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Reports Say Trump Considered Giving Himself the Medal of Honor During Iran Crisis

Reports based on unnamed officials raise questions about wartime decision-making.

Rep. Mike Lawler Booed at New York Town Hall Over Defense of Trump’s Iran Campaign

Trump Ally Urges Executive Order to Take Control of Elections

Trump Wields Expansive Authority in Two-Week Push After Court Tariff Rebuke

Lula Appoints Nauê Bernardo Pinheiro de Azevedo as Substitute Judge to the TSE

Trump Allies Push Draft Order to Invoke Election Emergency Powers Citing China

Poland’s President Vetoes Bill to Restore Judicial Council’s Independence

Third Circuit Rejects Rehearing in Habba Case, Leaving Disqualification Ruling Intact

Trump Pardons Face Intensified Scrutiny Over Donor Money and DOJ Overrides

Trump Plans Pardon for Puerto Rico Ex-Governor Wanda Vázquez in Campaign-Finance Case

Trump Says International Law Is Unnecessary as U.S. Projects Power Unilaterally

Sheinbaum Defends Gertz Manero Ambassador Pick as Mexico Awaits Agrément

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

Pretoria High Court Backs Ramaphosa on Mchunu Suspension After Zuma–MK Bid Fails

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