Many of the orders would amount to major changes in current policy, leading VERIFY readers to ask exactly what power executive orders hold, and whether they are the same as laws passed by Congress.

President Donald Trump issued a flurry of executive orders during the first day of his second term, including a single sweeping order revoking dozens of executive orders issued by the Biden ...

In the final hours of his presidency, Joe Biden issued blanket pardons to several people to protect them from politically-motivated prosecutions. Recipients included members of his family like his ...

President-elect Donald Trump took to social media on Wednesday to blame California Gov. Gavin Newsom for what he called "apocalyptic" wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area. Trump claimed the ...

Fierce Santa Ana winds have hit Southern California, which hasn’t seen more than 0.1 inches of rain since early May. That has led to an outbreak of devastating wildfires, one of which, a fire burning ...

Luigi Mangione, accused of fatally shooting Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, pleaded not guilty on Dec. 23 in a Manhattan courtroom to multiple charges, including murder as an act of ...

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down outside of a Manhattan hotel on Wednesday, Dec. 4. Luigi Mangione, 26, has since been arrested and charged in the killing. In the days after ...

New data published Tuesday revealed that an increasing number of American adults struggle with literacy, with more than a quarter showing low proficiency in the results of a years-long survey. But ...

In a statement released Sunday evening, Biden said, “I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a ...

One of the most talked about issues throughout the 2024 election season was immigration and border control. Social media posts online claim thousands of migrant children have gone missing during Joe ...

Social Security now pays out more money than it brings in, so payments rely largely on a trust fund built up by the Social Security Administration. That fund is projected to run out of money by the ...

After Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, Nov. 6, VERIFY reader Eddie asked us to compare two different Republican policy agendas: Project 2025 and the Trump ...