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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website for selling drugs. Ulbricht had been sentenced to life in prison in 2015 after a high-profile prosecution that highlighted

WASHINGTON — Senators vetting the nomination of Pete Hegseth for defense secretary received an affidavit Tuesday from a former sister-in-law alleging that the onetime Fox News host was abusive to his second wife, to the point where she feared for

Trump defends pardons for rioters and suggests Proud Boys could have place in politics  The Associated Press Republicans struggle to answer for Trump’s pardon of January 6 defendants just hours into his presidency  CNN Critics slam Trumps pardons for Capitol rioters, including

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO)—a move that experts say makes the U.S. and other countries less safe from infectious diseases and other public-health

The Department of Justice will seek the death penalty for capital crimes “committed by an alien illegally present in this country.” Lawyers say the order could be difficult to enforce. (Image credit: Chuck Robinson)

President Donald Trump has taken varied stances on TikTok, the wildly popular social media app that experts — including members of Congress and the FBI — warn poses risks to U.S. national security and raises significant privacy concerns for American

Change to Birthright Citizenship Would Affect Visa Holders, Too  The New York Times Twenty-two States Sue to Stop Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order  The New York Times Donald Trump News LIVE: US Birthright citizenship to end? Is it constitutional?  Mint Trump’s record-breaking Day 1

Trump pardons upend massive Jan. 6 prosecution by freeing rioters and dismissing cases  The Associated Press Analysis | The GOP’s stunning response to Trump pardoning those who assaulted police  The Washington Post Donie O’Sullivan speaks with pardoned January 6 defendants  CNN ‘A Betrayal,

Trump said those prosecuted for the attack on the U.S. Capitol had served long enough, and he sought to shift criticism to a set of preemptive pardons issued by former President Joe Biden. (Image credit: Jim Watson)

Trump defends his decision to pardon January 6 rioters  NPR Republicans struggle to answer for Trump’s pardon of January 6 defendants just hours into his presidency  CNN Critics slam Trumps pardons for Capitol rioters, including several Maryland offenders  Fox Baltimore Analysis | The