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

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

The executive order calls on the attorney general to “take all appropriate action to seek the overruling of Supreme Court precedents that limit the authority of State and Federal governments to impose capital punishment.

The order directs the U.S. attorney general to actively pursue the death penalty in federal cases, particularly for murders of law enforcement officers and crimes committed by people residing in the country illegally,

President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping execution order on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful action” to ensure that states have enough lethal i

Death penalty opponents fear President Donald Trump is poised to start an "execution spree" after returning to the White House on Monday. Just hours after his inauguration, Trump signed a executive order that directs the attorney general to seek the death penalty in appropriate federal cases and to help preserve capital punishment in states that have had difficulty obtaining lethal injection drugs.

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

If there’s one thing Donald Trump promised ahead of his second term as President of the United States, it was ruthless efficiency as it pertains to fulfilling the promises that got him elected. As such,