That brings us to the boldest executive order in history: The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by Abraham Lincoln on Jan. 1, 1863. Using his war powers as commander in chief, he freed all enslaved ...

What do the Peace Corps, desegregation of the military, and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II have in common? They were all established by presidential executive orders.

The African Union warned on Tuesday that the Sudanese civil war has created the 'worst humanitarian crisis in the world.' Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Chairman of an African Union panel on Sudan, said in a ...