Less than a year into his second term, President Donald Trump has issued more executive orders than he did in his entire first term. * Harry Truman’s first term began in April 1945, following the ...

In 2016, as then-presidential candidate Donald Trump vowed that US troops would carry out even his most extreme battlefield orders as commander in chief — some of which former military leaders said ...

When Nazis charged with unspeakable crimes against humanity tried to justify their conduct at the Nuremberg trials, they said they were “just following orders.” It didn’t work. No civilized nation has ...

Washington — President Trump said Friday he is canceling all orders signed by former President Joe Biden using an autopen, a mechanical device that reproduces signatures. "Any document signed" by ...

After declaring a crime emergency, Donald Trump orders temporary federal control of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, while also calling in 800 troops from the D.C. National Guard. What's the ...

They can refuse orders but could face consequences if the order is lawful. Members of the U.S. military have the legal right to refuse orders they believe are unlawful, but they risk violating ...

Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., explained what types of "unlawful" orders he thinks the U.S. military should not obey when given by President Donald Trump when pressed on the issue Sunday. In an interview ...

Vice President JD Vance responded on Sunday to Senator Elissa Slotkin's comments on ABC News' This Week where the Michigan Democrat acknowledged being unaware of any illegal orders issued by President ...

Charli Carpenter directs Human Security Lab which has received funding from University of Massachusetts College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the National Science Foundation, and the Lex ...

A group of six Democratic lawmakers with military or national security backgrounds released a video in November 2025 urging U.S. service members and intelligence personnel to refuse unlawful orders.

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is demanding specifics from a group of congressional Democrats who urged military service members to "refuse illegal orders." Graham sent letters to a cohort ...

REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS. YOU CAN REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS. YOU MUST REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS. IT’S A MESSAGE GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION. VETERANS SERVING IN CONGRESS AND THE U.S. SENATE TELLING ACTIVE DUTY ...