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The Secret Service code names used by 12 presidents and first ladies — and the stories behind them
Talia Lakritz,Ellen Cranley, Business Insider
President Donald Trump's Secret Service code name is "Mogul," and first lady Melania Trump's is "Muse." Here's what other presidents have been called.
Jan 9, 2026, 4:30 PM
Kamala Harris Reveals Detail Call With Trump After Assassination Attempt
Bibhu Pattnaik, Yahoo Entertainment
Former Vice President Kamala Harris shared a detail about her conversation with President Donald Trump following the attempt on his life. What Happened...
Dec 20, 2025, 9:45 PM
Federal judge weighs Trump's claim he is immune from civil litigation over Capitol attack
MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Yahoo Entertainment
Attorneys for President Donald Trump urged a federal judge on Friday to rule that Trump is entitled to presidential immunity from civil claims that he...
Dec 19, 2025, 5:54 PM
“Professionals at cheating”: Trump claims “truckloads” of evidence that Dems rigged elections
Alex Galbraith, Salon
The president said overwhelming evidence would appear in coming weeks.
Dec 14, 2025, 9:23 PM
Trump says he is pardoning Democratic congressman in bribery case
BBC News
Trump says he will issue a "full and unconditional" pardon of the Texas representative and his wife.
Dec 3, 2025, 5:29 PM
Trump pardons Democrat Henry Cuellar, claiming Biden political attack
Joseph Stepansky, Al Jazeera English
In his latest pardon, the US president claimed Biden targeted Congressman Cuellar for his criticism of US border policy.
Dec 3, 2025, 4:40 PM
Trump says he's pardoning Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar after bribery indictment
Lauren Peller, Michelle Stoddart, ABC News
Cuellar and his wife were indicted on charges including bribery in 2024.
Dec 3, 2025, 4:12 PM
Trump pardons Texas Democratic Rep. Cuellar in bribery and conspiracy case
MICHELLE L. PRICE, Yahoo Entertainment
President Donald Trump pardoned Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case on Wednesday, citing what he called...
Dec 3, 2025, 3:46 PM
Trump Gives Bonkers Excuse for Pardoning Drug-Runner President
Julia Ornedo, Daily Beast
President Donald Trump defended his pardon of a former Honduran president who once bragged that he would “stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses.” Trump, 79, ...
Dec 1, 2025, 5:56 AM
Trump frees former GPB Capital CEO after Biden admin's Ponzi scheme sentence
By Matt Tracy, Yahoo Entertainment
By Matt Tracy Nov 30 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has commuted the seven-year sentence of former GPB Capital Holdings CEO David Gentile, with a White...
Nov 30, 2025, 4:08 PM
Benjamin Netanyahu seeks pardon from Israel's president
BBC News
"An immediate end to the trial would greatly help lower the flames and promote broad reconciliation," Israel's PM says.
Nov 30, 2025, 11:49 AM
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