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

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

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

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

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

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

President-elect Donald Trump is taking a victory lap at a rally in Washington, DC, a day before he is sworn in for his second ...

The president is directing the Justice Department to overrule the Supreme Court in cases where the justices have found ...

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

Donald Trump signed orders dealing with the border, criminal justice and the Biden administration. In many cases, he assigned ...

Trump campaigned heavily on expanding the death penalty and has asked attorney general to help states obtain lethal injection ...