The three-time Super Bowl winner and NFL Hall of Famer sounded off about Philip Rivers returning to the Colts after ...

The US president has the absolute right to grant pardons. But Donald Trump’s spree of pardons for loyalists and business allies has raised not only political eyebrows but also legal questions about ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the contentious appeal weeks after President Trump had made the same request to the Israeli president. By Isabel Kershner Reporting from Jerusalem Prime Minister ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally requested a pardon in his long-running corruption trial, arguing it was in the “public interest.” In a letter addressed to President Isaac Herzog, ...

President Donald Trump pardoned two turkeys Tuesday — Gobble and Waddle — as part of an annual tradition that has occurred at the White House for more than 35 years. The Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning ...

The president spent so much time talking that Meyers thinks the turkeys would have preferred to be put out of their misery. By Trish Bendix Welcome to Late Night Roundup, a rundown of the previous ...

Review & Outlook: Democrats in Virginia, New Jersey and New York City focused on the cost of living and Trump's unpopularity, and they rolled to big victories. What do Republicans need to do to avoid ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt introduced "Waddle" the turkey to reporters in the briefing room before President Donald Trump is scheduled to pardon him and his friend, "Gobble," on ...

To be sure, a pardon is no longer the political equivalent of papal absolution. Nor does it create alternative facts that convert guilt to innocence by the stroke of pen. Still, what value do they ...

The story of the White House turkey pardon dates back to the Civil War, when Abraham Lincoln’s son Tad allegedly asked his father to spare a turkey from the holiday meal. President Lincoln obliged, ...

Thanksgiving is next Thursday, Nov. 27, but another tradition is typically celebrated at the White House just a few days before the holiday: the presidential turkey pardon. The tradition of a White ...

It seems as though the Presidential Turkey Pardon ceremony has existed since the Pilgrims because it has become such a well-known tradition. But, the event didn't become official until 1989. It's one ...