Editorial cartoonist Jeff Koterba draws on the 2023 National Thanksgiving Turkey's concerns about a possible government shutdown impact on presidential pardons. $2 for 6 months SUBSCRIBE NOW Read ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Among the turkeys needing the traditional Presidential pardon this Thanksgiving, are those responsible for the Democrats talking points to working class voters who liked what ...

But how did the tradition start and who was the first president to pardon a turkey? The national Thanksgiving turkey presentation has been observed since 1947, according to the National Turkey ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Monday, President Biden pardoned two large white-plumed turkeys from Minnesota named ‘Liberty’ and ‘Bell.’ Get it? Expect Trump to gobble about Mar-a-Lago turkeys ...

But how did the tradition start and who was the first president to pardon a turkey? The national Thanksgiving turkey presentation has been observed since 1947, according to the National Turkey ...

As a result, he is often credited as the first to pardon a turkey. But the 33rd president does not hold that title. The turkeys Truman received actually met the fate of becoming a holiday feast.

As a result, he is often credited as the first to pardon a turkey. But the 33rd president does not hold that title. The turkeys Truman received actually met the fate of becoming a holiday feast.

The first official presidential pardon for a Thanksgiving turkey Still, it wasn't until George H.W. Bush's administration that pardoning turkeys became a formal tradition.

Truman was the first to be given a turkey by the National Turkey Federation but not the first to pardon one. This is where the confusion comes in. The turkey lobby has been presenting presidents with ...