

Politics Jan 17

President Donald Trump spent his final weekend in office in the White House. Reports are that he plans to leave Washington D.C. on Wednesday morning, just hours before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. For more on the president’s plans, including…
By PBS NewsHour
Politics Sep 07

The Philippine president has pardoned a U.S. Marine in a surprise move that will free him from imprisonment in the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino woman that sparked anger in the former American colony.
By Jim Gomez, Associated Press
Politics Aug 28

Trump on Friday pardoned Alice Marie Johnson, who had spent more than two decades serving life without parole for a nonviolent drug offense.
By Kevin Freking, Associated Press
Politics Aug 25

President Donald Trump is highlighting the pardon of a Nevada man convicted of bank robbery as part of the second day of programming at the Republican National Convention.
By Associated Press
Jul 23

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
A House panel on Thursday plans to vote on legislation that is intended to discourage presidents from giving pardons to friends and family. The legislation would also ban presidents from pardoning themselves.
Mar 15

By Eric Tucker, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press
President Donald Trump says he's considering a full pardon for former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about dealings with Russia’s ambassador before Trump took office.
Feb 27

By Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press
Arpaio argued the misdemeanor contempt of court conviction should be removed so it can't be raised against him in future court cases.
Feb 18

By Aamer Madhani, Kevin Freking, Jill Colvin, Associated Press
President Donald Trump has pardoned Edward DeBartolo Jr., the former San Francisco 49ers owner convicted in a gambling fraud scandal. DeBartolo Jr. built the San Francisco 49ers' 1980s-1990s dynasty.
President Trump and U.S. military leadership clashed this weekend over the case of Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, a highly decorated Navy SEAL accused and acquitted of war crimes but convicted of posing in a photograph with a dead militant’s…
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