The order shows the president’s desire for more executions. But it’s unclear how the administration will carry out its plans, legal experts say.

President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping execution order on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful action” to ensure that states have enough lethal injection drugs to carry out executions.

January 22, 2025 – On Monday, President Donald Trump issued the following Executive Order: Restoring The Death Penalty And Protecting Public Safety By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

One of the executive orders issued by President Donald Trump amid the flurry of actions on his first day in office yesterday aims to reverse the long

Trump, upon taking office on Monday, signed a series of executive orders that included tough restrictions on immigration, a directive in favor of the death penalty, a withdrawal from a key global climate pact, and an order affirming the reality of biological sex.

The newly inaugurated president's directive fulfills a key part of Project 2025's right-wing mandate for his administration.

The order directs the U.S. attorney general to actively pursue the death penalty in federal cases, particularly for murders of law enforcement officers and crimes committed by people residing in the country illegally,