President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order on the cryptocurrency industry, in a long-awaited move that appears to meet some industry demands.

The phrase "affirmative action" and much of the executive order Trump is repealing, itself built on one signed by Johnson's predecessor John F. Kennedy in March 1961, which asked government contractors to "take affirmative action" to insure employees and applicants were treated "without regard to their race, creed, color or national origin."

Donald Trump is returning to the White House ready to immediately overhaul the government using executive orders.

Executive orders are among the most prominent types of executive actions, and sometimes people use that term as a catchall for other categories of ways that presidents can exercise their control over the executive branch.

The executive order demanded an immediate pause to some IRA-related federal funding. Funding for which projects? It wasn't clear.

Here's what to know about executive orders as President Donald Trump plans for several on his first day in office.

Donald Trump has rescinded an executive order from President Joe Biden that sought to lower the price of drugs.

President Donald Trump’s executive order to suspend the US refugee program could leave at least 2,000 Afghans in limbo who had previously been approved to resettle in the US, a major Afghan advocacy organization is warning.

A federal judge to hear first arguments in a multi-state lawsuit seeking to block executive order ending constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship

The president’s move to revoke a ban on discrimination in federal contracting could have a chilling effect, but it will take an act of Congress to dismantle current programs.