In an aggressive push to address the crises brought about by climate change, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers signed an executive order Friday aimed at powering the Badger State with 100% clean, carbon-free energy by 2050.
Read moreThe D.C. Circuit on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump’s request to fast-track a ruling allowing enforcement of three executive orders tightening regulations on labor negotiations in government workplaces.
Read moreAiming to calm a situation that has developed into the most dangerous peacekeeping mission in United Nations history, the Trump administration on Friday announced plans to sanction people and groups impeding the peace process in Mali.
Read morePresident Donald Trump has called on the D.C. Circuit to immediately green-light enforcement of three executive orders challenged by labor unions and deemed unlawful by a federal judge last year.
Read moreA week after the Supreme Court rebuked the government’s contrived rationale for changing the 2020 census to include a citizenship question, Justice Department attorneys told a federal judge Friday they will continue their fight.
Read morePresident Trump signed an executive order Monday that calls for upfront disclosure by hospitals of actual prices for common tests and procedures to help keep costs down.
Read moreThe White House formally announced an executive order on Wednesday to bar U.S. telecommunications firms from installing foreign-made equipment on national-security grounds, a move widely interpreted as stepping up a battle with China by effectively stopping sales with Chinese tech giant Huawei.
Read moreHastily written executive orders. Declarations by tweet. President Trump’s White House hasn’t been known for its careful crafting of policy. But Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, has spent months drawing up an immigration overhaul plan that the White House began to roll out Tuesday.
Read moreA federal judge refused to dismiss claims by the International Refugee Assistance Project and others over President Donald Trump’s two executive orders and proclamation that largely banned “nationals of multiple predominantly Muslim nations” from entering the United States.
Read moreNew York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced an executive order Tuesday that bans alcohol advertising on all city property.
Read morePresident Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a pair of executive orders aimed at speeding up work on energy infrastructure projects, including oil and natural gas pipelines, by limiting the ability of states to block those projects.
Read morePresident Trump will announce an executive order during a trip to Texas on Wednesday that could make it harder for states to scuttle pipelines and other energy projects based on concerns about their impact on water quality.
Read moreVying to reinstate executive orders that were found to gut union rights, an attorney for the government said Thursday that federal labor law cannot restrain President Donald Trump.
Read moreTaking aim at the angry student mobs that tend these days to derail controversial campus speakers, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that demands colleges commit to protecting free speech if they want federal funding.
Read moreLegal experts on Thursday urged Congress to use President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southern border as an opportunity to claw back powers the legislative branch has given to the president over the years.
Read moreA coalition of 16 states hit the the Trump administration with a federal complaint on Presidents Day to stop what they called an executive order that steers billions of dollars to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Read moreProtesters around the United States spent Presidents Day rallying against President Trump’s national emergency declaration as 16 states planned a lawsuit to block Trump’s latest ploy to fund his long-promised border wall.
Read morePresident Donald Trump declared a national emergency along the southern border and predicted his administration would end up defending it all the way to the Supreme Court.
Read moreIntensifying the country’s investment in artificial intelligence, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that would open up access to government data and computing resources.
Read morePersuaded by numerous examples of stalled regulatory action, a federal judge advanced a lawsuit over an executive order that requires agencies to nix two directives for each new one they implement.
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