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Former Mets star Darryl Strawberry thanks Trump for pardon during sermon at Tulsa church
BOBBY ROSS JR., Yahoo Entertainment
Former New York Mets great Darryl Strawberry praised Jesus and thanked President Donald Trump for pardoning his past tax evasion and drug charges as he...
Nov 23, 2025, 9:24 PM
Opinion - The Supreme Court made a horrible mistake when it gave Trump absolute power
William S. Becker, opinion contributor, The Hill
The Supreme Court should admit its error and restore the principle that no one, not even the president of the United States, is exempt from the rule of law.
Nov 17, 2025, 1:00 PM
DOJ quietly replaces...
The Associated Press, NBC News
The Justice Department posted pardons online bearing identical copies of President Donald Trump's signature before quietly correcting them this week after what the agency called a "technical error."The replacements came after online commenters seized on strik…
Nov 16, 2025, 3:19 PM
Donald Trump is relishing his pardon power — and using it
Heather Digby Parton, Salon
The president's rampant misuse of pardon power is yet another assault on democracy
Nov 16, 2025, 11:45 AM
A Tale of Two Terms: How Powerful Figures Were Prosecuted in Trump’s First Term, Then Pardoned in His Second
Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica
We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No other president has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on such a scale.
Nov 15, 2025, 10:00 AM
Trump ramps up the 'insider pardon' for those in his personal, political orbit
Joe Hernandez, NPR
This week, President Trump pardoned allies accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. It is part of an uptick in "insider pardons" issued in his second term, one legal expert says.
Nov 10, 2025, 3:04 PM
Trump grants pardons to Giuliani, Meadows, others linked to 2020 election efforts
Rebecca Rosman, NPR
The pardons include 77 allies tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including Rudy Giuliani, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and former Trump attorney Sidney Powell.
Nov 10, 2025, 11:55 AM
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, others involved in efforts to overturn 2020 election
ABC NEWS, ABC News
Ed Martin, the United States Pardon Attorney, announced that President Trump would be pardoning key figures involved in the efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Nov 10, 2025, 5:47 AM
Dick Cheney’s expansive vision of presidential power lives on in Trump’s agenda
Graham G. Dodds, Salon
The vice president's dream of an unfettered executive has largely come true.
Nov 7, 2025, 11:00 AM
Trump pardons former Tennessee House speaker convicted of federal public corruption charges
WILL WEISSERT, Yahoo Entertainment
President Donald Trump has pardoned the former Tennessee House speaker and a onetime aide of public corruption charges after the White House said the Biden...
Nov 7, 2025, 2:33 AM
Diddy Bragging in Prison About President Trump Pardoning Him Early Next Year
TMZ Staff, TMZ
Sean "Diddy" Combs thinks he's not long for FCI Fort Dix ... because he's telling fellow inmates he will get a presidential pardon from President Donald Trump early next year. Sources at the federal prison in New Jersey tell TMZ ... Diddy is…
Nov 4, 2025, 6:54 PM
Trump appeals against conviction in hush-money case
Kayla Epstein - New York, BBC News
His lawyers invoked presidential immunity and claimed the prosecution was politically motivated.
Oct 28, 2025, 7:09 PM
Trump's Big Law attorneys say his hush-money criminal conviction should be tossed because of presidential immunity
Jacob Shamsian, Business Insider
The appeal follows a Supreme Court ruling last year offering broad legal protections for US presidents.
Oct 28, 2025, 3:02 PM
Trump Demolishes the East Wing
The Editors, The Atlantic
Panelists discuss what authority the president may have to dismantle the historic White House.
Oct 25, 2025, 3:29 PM
Is Trump’s pardon of Binance boss Changpeng Zhao a conflict of interest?
Alex Kozul-Wright, Al Jazeera English
Zhao is a convicted criminal who founded the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange.
Oct 24, 2025, 2:11 PM
White House East Wing demolished, new images appear to show
Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News
Trump first said the project wouldn't interfere with the existing White House, but on Thursday satellite images appeared to show the entire East Wing reduced to rubble.
Oct 23, 2025, 6:33 PM
President Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao
BBC News
Mr Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison in 2024 after pleading guilty to violating money laundering laws.
Oct 23, 2025, 3:57 PM
Trump says he's owed a 'lot of money' over federal probes. Here's how the government could pay him
ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER, Yahoo Entertainment
President Donald Trump has suggested he's entitled to compensation from the federal government over investigations he faced that he claims were politically...
Oct 22, 2025, 8:28 PM
WATCH: Part of White House East Wing demolished as Trump begins ballroom construction
ABC News
Part of the White House East Wing was demolished on Monday as President Trump sets out to build a massive ballroom.
Oct 21, 2025, 5:01 PM
Trump lets George Santos walk free, redefining “law and order” again
CK Smith, Salon
Disgraced ex-congressman served 3 months of 7-year sentence, Trump calls it "fairness", critics say political favor
Oct 18, 2025, 3:14 PM
Trump commutes sentence for ex-lawmaker George Santos
CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday commuted the more than seven-year prison sentence of former representative George Santos for fraud and identity theft, ordering his immediate release.
Oct 18, 2025, 12:15 AM
Trump commutes sentence of former Republican lawmaker George Santos
Brian Osgood, Al Jazeera English
George Santos, serving a prison term on charges of fraud and identity theft, had been held in solitary confinement.
Oct 17, 2025, 11:53 PM
President Trump commutes the prison sentence of George Santos
Saige Miller, NPR
The disgraced New York Republican was sentenced to more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to a litany of federal charges, including wire fraud and identity theft.
Oct 17, 2025, 11:37 PM
President Trump Commutes George Santos' Sentence
TMZ Staff, TMZ
President Trump is springing ex-Congressman George Santos from prison, saying the convicted fraudster has no business doing 7 years behind bars. POTUS admitted Santos had been a "rogue" ... but added, at least Santos "had the Courage, Conviction,…
Oct 17, 2025, 10:28 PM