U.S. presidents have used executive orders since George Washington’s time, and Abraham Lincoln famously wielded them to emancipate slaves. These orders give presidents the power to make changes to align with their political priorities without convincing Congress to pass a law.

The VA memo exempts roughly three-quarters of the Veterans Health Administration's roughly 400,000-employee workforce.

Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, begins his second term today. He becomes the first president to be a convicted felon, the first to take office after being impeached, and the oldest person to take office.

During the family’s first stint in the White House, Trump appointed two of his sons to lead The Trump Organization, his conglomerate company. Elsewhere in the family, the president-elect asked his daughter Ivanka and her husband,

But quickly, he faced financial difficulties. Per UVA's Miller Center, "Trump borrowed significant amounts of money to fund the hotels and casinos. The situation grew so severe in 1990 that Fred ...

After four years covering a White House that prided itself on the clockwork predictability of process and routine, political reporters awoke on Tuesday morning to the familiar feeling of Trumpian

By Sheryl Gay Stolberg Reporting from Washington President Trump moved quickly on Monday to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, a move that public health experts say ...

President Donald Trump announced Monday he is withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization, in a significant move that drew criticism from public health experts on his first day back in ...

NEW YORK/LONDON/GENEVA, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the ...

President Trump issued an executive order Monday night withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization. The U.S. has historically been the largest funder of the Geneva-based ...

President Trump on Monday signed an executive order to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization. “Oooh that’s a big one,” Mr. Trump said at the Oval Office as he was handed the ...