"The increased pardon activity has elevated public attention on pardon power. This article explores the history, scope, and limitations of the pardon power, and provides answers to some practical ...

The same day, he issued a full pardon to former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich for trying to sell a U.S. Senate ...

Andrew Johnson offered several exemptions to his general amnesty after the Civil War.

Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence in 2020. The former governor had served about 8 years on charges stemming from ...

AP White House correspondent Zeke Miller and White House reporter Colleen Long led Inauguration Day reporting on President ...

President Donald Trump signs an executive order at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025. (DOUG MILLS/The New ...

President Trump has signed a flurry of executive orders since he was sworn ... Former Proud Boys national Chair Enrique Tarrio received a pardon. Service members dismissed from the military ...

Critics contend that with his singular act, Trump had effectively abolished the rule of law in the United States, creating a template in which ... That unfettered executive authority culminated in the ...

Trump to sign sweeping executive order to expand school choice ... the first law signed in his second term Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact ...

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval ... Ulbricht's attorney, Brandon Sample, said in a statement on the pardon: "After enduring over a decade of incarceration, this decision ...

But the pardon bonanza, for all its shock value and undeniable historical import, obscured a series of momentous policy changes initiated through an avalanche of new Trump executive orders.