Ayesha Rascoe
Stories
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Law & Courts
Trump Grants Slew Of Pardons, Including George Papadopoulos And Duncan Hunter
Clemency advocates have pressed President Trump to intervene in the cases of people hit with mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses who have filled prisons in the past few decades.
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Politics
Trump Plans To Issue 20 Pardons And Commutations Before Christmas
President Trump has announced he will issue more than a dozen pardons and several commutations. Among them are former members of Congress and people connected to the Russia probe.
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Politics
Facing Pressure, Trump Relents On Starting Transition
Some Republican lawmakers have publicly urged the president to allow the formal transition process to begin for the good of the country.
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Politics
More Than 2 Weeks After Election, Biden Transition Officially Moves Forward
The head of the GSA on Monday authorized federal resources for the Biden transition, and for the first time allowed Biden's advisers to begin coordinating with the Trump administration.
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Politics
Trump Tried To Make This Election 2016 Again. It Didn't Go As Planned
President Trump slumped in polls and fundraising — and lost 10 days when he caught the coronavirus. He threw everything into reaching for a come-from-behind win, but Democrat Joe Biden beat him.
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Health
White House Chief Of Staff Mark Meadows Tests Positive For The Coronavirus
Meadows, never far from the president's side, traveled extensively to rallies in the homestretch of the campaign, and was with Trump and his family on election night.
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Politics
Trump Dumps 3 Agency Leaders In Wake Of Election
Republican Sen. James Inhofe rebuked the Trump administration for pushing out Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, one of three sudden departments of agency leaders in the past 48 hours.
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Politics
Who Won The Election? We Don't Know Yet
The Associated Press says it's a very close race. It called Florida and Ohio for President Trump, and called Minnesota for Joe Biden. There are still key swing states that are too close to call.
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National
Trump Pardons 5 People, Commuting Their Sentences
President Trump granted clemency to five people on Wednesday, commuting their lengthy sentences. The five cases had been highlighted by clemency activists.
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Politics
'Who's Had It?' Back On Trail, Trump Touts His Own Bout With The Coronavirus
Now out of the hospital and back on the campaign trail, President Trump has been downplaying the risks of catching the virus, a new twist in his defense of how the White House handled the pandemic.