Johnson ‘Wholeheartedly’ Agrees With Trump’s Spending Cuts, Undermining Congress
The comments by the speaker were his latest move to diminish the role of the legislative branch, and in keeping with his move ...
Trump and Biden add to long, strange history of presidential pardons
Trump's clemency for Jan. 6 rioters and Biden's reprieve for family represent merely the latest chapters in an odd history of ...
Why America’s first Department of Education didn’t last
The brief experiment with a department of education was born in 1867 and enacted by Southern Democrat President Andrew ...
Opinion
Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6 insurrectionists turns the Founders’ vision on its head
Trump’s pardon of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists turns this vision on its head. As one of the first acts of his presidency, it certifies his view that we are two nations, not one. Instead of restoring ...
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How US presidents wield their mighty power to pardon
In 1869, Mr Andrew Johnson awarded pardons to three people convicted of fraud. But just days later, President Ulysses S. Grant took office and recalled the members of the US Marshals Service ...
JFK Files Declassified: Five Conspiracy Theories Behind His Assassination
President Trump announced he's releasing files related to the JFK assassination, the subject of conspiracies for decades.
Trump poised to diminish the education department; fate of financial aid, equity grants uncertain
It was President Andrew Johnson. President Trump signaled his plans Tuesday to diminish the U.S. Department of Education, saying that he has told Secretary-Designate Linda McMahon that he wants her to ...
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FACTBOX: Biden leads US presidents with 8,064 pardons as more than 45,000 have been issued since 1775
Former President Joe Biden has set a record for presidential pardons with 8,064 clemency actions as US leaders have granted ... Among the presidents before 1900, Andrew Johnson granted 7,654 ...