Republican senators struggled to defend Donald Trump’s decision to commute and pardon hundreds of January 6 protesters including those who were charged and convicted of crimes against police officers,

Joe host Joe Scarborough played back footage of January 6 riot clashes with Capitol police in 2021 as he read aloud past quotes from ranking Republicans condemning the events. The on-air rebuttal came after President Donald Trump granted full pardons to approximately 1,

Some Republicans on Capitol Hill were particularly critical of the pardons for those convicted of assaulting police officers, while others declined to defend Trump's move.

President-elect Donald J. Trump had complained that flags were scheduled to fly at half-staff — a symbol of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter — on the day of his inauguration.

21 (UPI) --President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump made the rounds to three ... inside the U.S. Capitol rotunda as the 47th president of the United States. The president and first ...

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order that aims to restrict automatic citizenship to babies born on U.S. soil, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional.” The order Mr. Trump signed on Monday would reverse decades of precedent and affect children born to undocumented or temporary immigrants.

Former Vice President Mike Pence attended the second presidential ... peaceful transfer of power under the Constitution of the United States," Pence wrote. Trump's and Pence's relationship ...

House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson posted on social media that the flags at the Capitol will fly at ... Biden ordered the United States flags to fly at half-staff for 30 days following ...

Flags are up at the Capitol Flags that had been lowered for the passing of former President Jimmy Carter are back up at the U.S. Capitol. House Speaker Mike ... of the United States,” the ...

Jake Paul and Mike ... of the United States. Paul was a major supporter of Trump throughout his election campaign. He was seen at the inauguration earlier in the day at the Capitol Rotunda in ...

Readers discuss Jan. 6 pardons, past violence at the Capitol and other acts of clemency. Regarding the Jan. 21 front-page story “ Trump extends clemency to all involved in Jan. 6 riot ”:

House Speaker Mike ... the United States, my friend." Trump, who does not drink alcohol, toasted to Vance with what appears to be Diet Coke, as he has in the past. Back at the luncheon on Capitol ...