It has been widely interpreted as an enemies list and singles out former executive branch officials but is by no means “comprehensive,” according to Mr. Patel. At his confirmation hearing to ...

What he said is the attorney general is not going to punish anyone. That is something the executive branch will sometimes do. This is a pretty aggressive and big usage of that strategy." ...

White House: Ordered a hiring freeze on all federal civilian employees in the executive branch except the military or immigration, national security or law enforcement positions. (Executive Action ...

The executive branch does control smaller tranches of discretionary funding, but they may not be enough to persuade school districts to change their practices. Image In Los Angeles, transgender ...

One sign of whether Trump will answer their calls came from an executive order that doesn’t even mention the word “abortion.” The anti-transgender order, which declared that there are only ...

President Donald Trump issued a wide-ranging executive order on Tuesday directing the Department of Health and Human Services and other federal agencies to examine policies related to gender ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order Wednesday that would prioritize and free up federal funding to expand school choice programs. The order impacts several ...

"A common strategy of presidents is trying to politicize federal employment positions so they have greater control over executive branch hiring and firing," said Bednar, who lists Dwight ...

Will Oremus, tech news analysis writer for The Washington Post, says conservative lawmakers have always viewed moderating or fact-checking online content as censorship — even though the Supreme ...

This executive order, in its attack on institutions of higher learning and on the constitutional right to free assembly, needs to be understood in that context. You don’t support liberal ...

Even the executive branch inspectors general who were fired abruptly by Trump to clear the path for limitless graft showed more gumption than leading Democrats by refusing to step aside without a ...