Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...

“This executive order is lacking in so many important details that it’s hard to know exactly what’s intended by some of these statements. Much of it sounds more like campaign rhetoric than policy ...

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.

Attorney Gilda Daniels and U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett denounce Trump's expansion of the federal death penalty, citing racial disparities and systemic injustices.

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House ... President Donald Trump signed a ...

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

In an executive order titled "Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety," Trump reversed a Biden-era moratorium on federal executions and instructed the attorney general to pursue ...

Crowd cheers president-elect at Capital One Arena as he delivers campaign-style speech with his family, Elon Musk and JD ...

The renewed use of the death penalty, announced by executive order signed on his first day in office, comes just after former ...