Presidential decrees have evolved into powerful tools that significantly impact American governance, shaping policy decisions ...

Since his inauguration Monday, President Donald Trump has signed more than 50 presidential directives, from scrubbing references to diversity, equity, and inclusion out of federal policy to pardoning ...

The president has already challenged statutory protections against summarily firing officials overseeing such agencies ...

President Trump attempted during his campaign to distance himself from the right-wing blueprint to overhaul the federal ...

Trump actions against federal employees pushed them to the forefront of resistance against his aggressive moves to shrink ...

He said that’s necessary because President Richard Nixon created the agency through a 1970 presidential directive. And even though Congress has since continued funding the agency and giving it ...

Since his inauguration Monday, President Donald Trump has signed more than 50 presidential directives, from scrubbing references to diversity, equity, and inclusion out of federal policy to ...

Presidential directives have been central to some of the most significant policy decisions in American history and have also played a role in the good, bad and controversial uses of a chief ...