The Politics of Presidential Mercy, by Jeffrey Toobin “When it comes to pardons, presidents are kings,” the legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin writes in his new book, “The Pardon: The Politics of ...

Trump's new orders also include mandates for how the U.S. government recognizes gender on federal documents and change official names of Mount Denali in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico. And they could ...

He then signed a second executive order to form an internal working group to ... for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. A new set of pardons were also issued. This time, Trump pardoned 23 ...

This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Luke Vargas: Donald Trump kick-starts his second term with a flurry of day-one executive ... of the preemptive pardons to those ...

This version may not be in its final form and ... a flurry of executive orders on energy, foreign policy, the federal workforce and more, while also signing an unconditional pardon for almost ...

Granting clemency would affirm our commitments to justice and human rights and to a vision of dignity and fairness for all.” ...

and signed dozens of executive orders addressing the first priorities of his administration. Mr. Trump gave sweeping pardons to nearly all of the 1,600 rioters charged with storming the Capitol ...

Mr. Trump returned to the Oval Office and then signed dozens of executive orders aimed at implementing his agenda, including making good on his vow to pardon the January 6 defendants ... that his ...

Amid the flurry of executive orders on Day 1 ... Schedule F in its original form applied, per some estimates, to somewhere around 50,000 civil servants (and potentially quite a lot more).

He got off to a quick start by signing a flurry of executive orders on Monday night ... said he wasn't sure if Tarrio got a pardon or commutation, but was also expecting to be released.

Monday’s pardons by two presidents violate the spirit ... governor, or other chief executive — would have decided whether to grant these kinds of amnesties. And such acts generally extended ...

Trump’s pardons don’t stop with violent January ... Promises made, promises kept,” Leavitt said. Trump signed an executive order ending the programs Monday night. The order, titled ...