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.

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 wasted no time signing an executive order Monday that aims to give him more control over the federal workforce – whom he has long vilified as the “deep state.” ...