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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said President-elect Trump would need to show remorse if he wanted to receive a pardon for his ...

As Donald Trump fights to overturn his hush money criminal conviction, the one New York Democrat with authority to grant him a pardon signaled that she would need to see some remorse from the ...

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said in a far-ranging news conference that he would consider pardoning embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who is facing federal fraud and corruption ...

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has pardoned 33 people and commuted the sentences of three women, one of whom was ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s recent “Meet the Press” interview has triggered concerns among allies and critics about his ...

Resolving tough disputes between the powerful is a major reason why the nation’s founders gave presidents the power to pardon ...

President Joe Biden announced a record-shattering act of clemency this week, commuting sentences for nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others. Between that and his choice to pardon his son, Hunter ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed ...

In those days, nepotism was not such a dirty word. It was, in words also attributed to Mayor Daley, a way for a public ...

In those days, nepotism was not such a dirty word. It was, in words also attributed to Mayor Daley, a way for a public ...