President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice issued a moratorium on federal executions, “in defiance of his duty to faithfully ...

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

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

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

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

January 22, 2025 – On Monday, President Donald Trump issued the following Executive Order: Restoring The Death Penalty And ...

The executive order, titled “Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety,” states that US policy must “ensure that the laws that authorize capital punishment are respected and f ...

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 ... compels the Justice Department to not ...

President Donald Trump is ordering his attorney general to dramatically reverse Biden-era death penalty policy by seeking ...

Death penalty opponents fear President Donald Trump is poised to start an "execution spree" after returning to the White ...

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order seeking to overturn Supreme Court precedents restricting capital ...