Republicans struggle to answer for Trump’s pardon of January 6 defendants just hours into his presidency
Republican senators struggled to defend Donald Trump’s decision to commute and pardon hundreds of January 6 protesters including those who were charged and convicted of crimes against police officers,
Donald Trump's Jan 6 Pardons Attacked In Home State Newspaper: 'Dangerous'
Donald Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of the more than 1,500 people convicted in connection with the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Several GOP lawmakers defend Trump’s pardon of Jan. 6 defendants
President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended the pardons and commutations of roughly 1,500 defendants charged with crimes connected to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, including some convicted of assaulting police officers.
Trump defends January 6 pardons in his first Oval Office interview of second term
President Donald Trump defended the pardons he issued to January 6 participants in his first interview since returning to the presidency. "They were very minor incidents, and it was time," Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity in an interview held at the Oval Office.
Oath Keepers, Proud Boys leaders out of prison after Trump Jan. 6 pardons
Four years after they raided the Capitol and assaulted police officers, a group of some of the most violent Jan. 6 rioters are now free men.
Trump’s Jan 6 pardon frees hundreds of Capitol rioters from prison
Hundreds of Donald Trump supporters who had been serving prison sentences for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol were freed on Tuesday, after the new president pardoned more than 1,
Trump wields huge power to kick start his new ‘Golden Age’
Proclaiming a new American “Golden Age,” Trump consolidated power hours into his new term, wielding massive executive ...
Trump’s blizzard of orders gets pushback, questions from GOP lawmakers
President Donald Trump’s blizzard of executive orders during the first few days of his presidency has sent Republican lawmakers scrambling to make sense of what impact they’ll have on the country, ...
Second acts: President Trump makes historic comeback
Politics is replete with comebacks – Richard Nixon, Winston Churchill and Vladimir Lenin make the cut. And so does President ...
Live updates: Trump meets with Senate GOP leaders ahead of infrastructure announcement
Follow live updates on Donald Trump's first full day back at the White House, as his executive orders are attempting to rescind the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship and firing ...
On Day 3, Trump signed unprecedented executive orders and House passed immigrant detention bill. Here’s how it unfolded.
Donald Trump is remaking the traditional boundaries of Washington, unleashing unprecedented executive orders as his ...
Jim Jordan says GOP is united behind Trump: ‘Feel the optimism’
Jordan described how every Republican is “behind the president” compared to how some in-party members, in addition to Democratic lawmakers, had opposed him.
Donald Trump sworn in as 47th president, declares 'America's decline is over'
Donald Trump was sworn in Monday as the 47th president of the United States in one of the most remarkable political comebacks ...
In reviving TikTok, Trump started something else: the imperial presidency
If Trump can upend the TikTok ban through secret deals and an impending executive order, what’s stopping him from doing the ...
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Donald Trump Is a Weak President Who Acts Strong
It can be difficult to comprehend Donald Trump in his totality — how he has both bent history to his will and failed to do ...
Donald Trump kicked off second term with flurry of action. What happens now?
The 47th president issued a series of executive orders, saw his first Cabinet member confirmed and moved into the White House ...
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What to Expect on Child Care from Trump’s Second Presidency
Elliot Haspel weighs in on what child care issues might be prioritized under the incoming Trump administration.
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How Republicans Learned to Excuse Political Violence
This is the easiest way to unravel a constitutional democracy: You turn democracy against the constitution, by claiming that an election gave the winner a mandate to suspend or ignore laws. In reality ...