The low bar for pardons under presidents from both parties invites people do bad things because the risk of consequence is ...

Trump's clemency for Jan. 6 rioters and Biden's reprieve for family represent merely the latest chapters in an odd history of ...

Since the Jan. 20 inauguration of President Donald Trump, events have happened at lightning speed, with several actions by the president sending shockwaves through the communities of America. Trump ...

Preemptive pardons, like the ones Joe Biden issued in his final hours as president, have been used by Donald Trump, Jimmy Carter and other presidents.

The first coming from President George Washington in 1795 during the Whiskey Rebellion. Other presidents such as Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, James Madison, Andrew Johnson and even Donald Trump have ...

Precedent for them dates back to President George Washington, who used them after the Whiskey Rebellion. Legal experts have long been divided over preemptive pardons. Critics have warned they are ...

President Donald Trump signed dozens of executive actions on his first day in office, including two that could impact the IRS—and your tax refund.

In his final hours in office, President Joe Biden issued blanket preemptive pardons Monday to prominent government officials, the bipartisan January 6 th committee, and members of his own family, ...

resulting from some Pennsylvania farmers rebelling over what they thought was an excessive tax on whiskey. The rebellion was serious enough that our very first president, George Washington ...