The Latest Breaking News from Executive Order

Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship heads to the Supreme Court

For more than 150 years, almost all people who were born within U.S. territory automatically received citizenship – regardless of their parents’ immigration status.

The Conversation · May 12, 2025

Trump promises immediate sweeping cuts to drug prices in his ‘most important and impactful’ Truth Social post

President to sign executive order putting plan in place on Monday morning

The Independent UK · May 11, 2025

Trump is gutting civil rights enforcement — and blocking a key tool against discrimination

Right-wing activist Harmeet Dhillon leads the storied Civil Rights Division while Trump orders federal agencies to stop enforcing laws that ban 'disparate impact'

The Independent UK · May 9, 2025

DEA abandoning body cam program

An email obtained by ProPublica said the agency made the change to be “consistent” with a Trump executive order

Salon · May 7, 2025

US Supreme Court allows ban on transgender troops to take effect

The court’s decision split its nine-member bench along ideological lines, with its three left-leaning judges opposing.

Al Jazeera · May 7, 2025

17 States Sue Trump Administration for Its Anti-Wind Energy Policy

The lawsuit challenges a Day 1 executive order signed by the president to halt federal leasing for offshore wind energy projects.

Reason · May 6, 2025

Trump v. law firms: President uses power on potential court foes - Roll Call

More than a dozen law firms have made deals or faced executive orders against them since President Donald Trump took office.

Roll Call · May 6, 2025

Trump’s crypto dinner, where plates cost $1.5m, draws ethics concerns as president could make millions from meme coin

Despite having his own memecoin and being involved with a crypto company, Trump has signed executive order pushing the US to use crypto more

The Independent UK · May 5, 2025

SNL mocks Trump’s use of executive orders: ‘Reduce the number of interracial couples in TV commercials’

‘It's been 100 years since I became president...excuse me, days. Wow, feels longer’ James Austin Johnson began

The Independent UK · May 4, 2025

Federal judge bars Trump’s ‘unconstitutional’ retaliation against law firm Perkins Coie

In a ‘cringe-worthy twist’ on Shakespeare, Trump is urging in an ‘unconstitutional’ attack: Let’s ‘kill all the lawyers I don’t like,’ the judge wrote

The Independent UK · May 3, 2025