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Trump Defends Hernandez Pardon as U.S. Charges Maduro in Narco-Trafficking Case

The contrast has prompted fresh questions about the administration’s consistency on counter-narcotics policy.

D.C. Circuit Lets Trump Keep National Guard in Capital During Appeal

Trump’s 2025 Executive Orders Hit 221 After Fentanyl WMD Move

Supreme Court Weighs Presidential Power Over Independent Agencies in Trump v. Slaughter

Netanyahu Formally Seeks Presidential Pardon as Herzog Weighs Request

Trump Says He Is Voiding Biden Orders He Claims Were Signed by Autopen

Judge Blocks D.C. Guard Deployment With Stay for Appeal

Trump Issues Second Pardon to Free Jan. 6 Defendant From Unrelated Gun Convictions

Trump Grants Sweeping Federal Pardons to Giuliani and 76 Allies in 2020 Elector Effort

Trump Allies Intensify Push on Tina Peters as DOJ Pursues Unusual Relief

Bulgaria’s President Vetoes LUKOIL Asset-Sale Controls as Parliament Rejects Nationalization

Federal Judge Permanently Blocks Trump’s Proof-of-Citizenship Rule for Federal Voter Registrations

Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge to Trump’s Tariff Power Under IEEPA

U.S. Shutdown Nears Record as Courts Restore SNAP and Crypto Agenda Stalls

Trump Asserts Sweeping Executive Power, Including Control Over Legal Judgments and Military Use

Guardrails Gone: Trump Pressures Justice Department, Widens Domestic Force Use

Caleb Nelson’s Originalist Critique Confronts Expected Expansion of Presidential Removal Power

Reports Say Trump’s Truth Social Directive to Bondi Was Meant to Be Private

Trump Advisers See Few Checks Left as White House Accelerates Executive Power Drive

Trump Administration Seeks Fast-Track Supreme Court Review of Appeals Ruling Against Broad Tariffs