Though Trump is unable to put the commuted inmates back on death row, he did ask the attorney general in the order to “take ...

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

President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping execution order on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take ...

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

The order is a reminder that Americans live in two different worlds regarding the government’s use of the ultimate punishment ...

Trump falsely claimed that restoring the federal death penalty was necessary in order to deter violent crimes.

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

President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice issued a moratorium on federal executions, “in defiance of his duty to faithfully ...

Trump, upon taking office on Monday, signed a series of executive orders that included tough restrictions on immigration, a ...

I have not seen much press about President Trump's order concerning the death penalty. But several provisions could prove to be quite significant. First, ...

The order directs the U.S. attorney general to actively pursue the death penalty in federal cases, particularly for murders ...

The executive order calls on the attorney general to “take all appropriate action to seek the overruling of Supreme Court ...