Executive orders have shaped U.S. history, from Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation to FDR's New Deal. Recent presidents, ...

He signed a total of 54 executive orders, three more than Roosevelt did during his second term's first 100 days. Former President George H.W. Bush signed the fewest executive orders in his first ...

What do the Peace Corps, desegregation of the military, and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II have in common? They were all established by presidential executive orders, or ...