Texas Senator Ted Cruz has argued some of the pardons and sentence commutations issued by President Joe Biden before he left office in January 2025 are likely legally "null and void" because they were ...

President Donald Trump has claimed that the thousands of pardons signed during the Biden administration are void, due to ...

Well, the granddaddy of them all was former President Gerald Ford's pardon of former President Richard Nixon in 1974 for allegations or accusations associated with the Watergate scandal.

Retropolis 10 fascinating presidential pardons, from bootleggers to traitors Presidents have used the power to try and unite a divided nation or simply to smite political enemies.

NPR's Mara Liasson explains how President Trump is transforming the power of presidential pardons.

NPR's Steve Inskeep discusses the history of presidential pardons Rachel Barkow, Professor of Law at New York University.

Republicans investigate whether White House misused autopen in issuing mass clemency, as Biden defends process and affirms ...

Given the many big names who have received pardons recently by President Donald Trump, it's fair to ask, how do you get a pardon, anyway?

Can presidential pardon recipients hold public office? Yes. Just like voting, convicted persons pardoned by the president can run for public office.

Former President Joe Biden only signed one pardon by hand during his final weeks in office, and it was his most controversial one.

The usual rules of politics seem no match for the president’s desire to exploit an unchecked executive power.

NPR's Mara Liasson explains how President Trump is transforming the power of presidential pardons.