The ability to grant pardons is a one of the president’s most absolute powers, and it often leads to controversy.

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), former chair of the Jan. 6 committee, said in a Thursday interview that he would accept a ...

What is the difference between a commutation of sentence and a pardon? What is clemency? Here's what you need to know.

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others in "the largest single-day act ...

I've never heard an elected official other than the incoming President talk about retribution," Thompson told CNN.

President Joe Biden has used the power to pardon his son and, on Tuesday, 39 others. So what is clemency? Here's what to know ...

President-elect Trump says he intends to pardon “most” rioters accused or convicted of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, ...

Asked about helping out his sons, Mayor Richard J. Daley responded, according to various accounts, something to the effect of ...

Joe Biden has commuted around 1500 sentences, marking the largest single-day clemency action in modern U.S. history.

President Joe Biden has announced he is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people. The White House said the people were ...

"I absolutely think that Hunter deserves a pardon here, but I disagreed on the timing, the argument and sort of the rationale ...

President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he would commute roughly 1,500 sentences of people who served their sentence on ...