Presidents are granted the authority to issue pardons under Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution. The Constitution's framers were heavily influenced by the English legal tradition of pardon, ...

and Richard Nixon, who resigned to avoid being impeached in connection with the Watergate scandal. The rarely-used procedure is spelled out in Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution ...

President Joe Biden’s legacy leaves much to be desired, but his decision to pardon his son Hunter on the way out of the White House leaves another irreparable stain.

The possibility that the pardon could backfire on the first family could impart new life to efforts by congressional ...

President Biden issued one of the most sweeping pardons in recent history Sunday to his son Hunter Biden, when compared with ...

So it seems like an appropriate moment to look back at Nixon’s time in office and ask: What was it like to be on his enemies ...

President Joe Biden moving to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, was the latest controversial pardon issued by an American ...

The Constitution gives the president the power to pardon someone before they are indicted, convicted or sentenced for a ...

Donald Trump certainly won't care. He never has to face another voter and that is the only reason he ever promised to keep his hands off of the programs in the first place. Trump can do somersaults on ...

Richard Nixon gives a victory salute on his successful ... in the less partisan politics of the 1970s, would have been impeached and convicted if he had not stepped down first.

After recuperating in Hawaii from her shattering defeat by Donald Trump, Kamala Harris is heading home. As she contemplates her political future, she may have an unlikely role model in mind.