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

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

President Donald Trump wants to “restore the death penalty” through an executive order he signed earlier this week.

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

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

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

The steady decline in executions in the United States could see a reversal with President Trump seeking the expansion of capital 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 ...

Immediately upon taking office, President Trump signed a number of executive orders, significantly impacting several key ...

The executive order, titled “Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety,” provides a slew of directives for the U.S. attorney general and encourages states to increase use of ...

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