One thing we saw lots of this week as power switched from one political party to the other was presidential pardons.

During the dismal days that followed Watergate and the resignation of President Richard Nixon, there was a dark-humored joke that made the rounds. It went something like this: As Nixon was making his ...

Presidential pardons began with the George Washington ... including reprieves for the likes of President Richard Nixon, officials implicated in the Iran-Contra affair and disgraced commodities ...

The latest flood of pardons — from both Presidents Biden and Trump — can only deepen the cynicism so many have about ...

Former President Donald Trump says he is his "own worst enemy" while speaking with Fox News host Mark Levin in an interview.

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Although Vice President JD Vance said two weeks ago that those who committed violence during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot "shouldn't be pardoned," he defended the 1,500 pardons President Trump ...

President Trump holds up a signed executive order relating to clemency for anti-abortion protesters in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 23. (Ben Curtis / Associated Press) ...

Richard Blumenthal (D-CT ... an explanation required of the president, disclosure of any lobbying that has occurred in connection with that pardon decision.” Blumenthal contended that ...

Samuel Corum/Getty A man who was pardoned by President Donald Trump for his involvement with the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot was fatally shot on Sunday, Jan. 26, in Jasper County, Ind., police said.