Alexander Hamilton defended the unilateral presidential pardoning power as a practical necessity for a young republic. He argued that it enabled the chief executive to act with the speed and secrecy required to offer timely mercy and restore tranquility “during seasons of insurrection or rebellion.” He also argued that the power was needed to soften […]

The commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command is set to meet with Congressional oversight committee leadership on Thursday as pressure builds over the military operations in the Caribbean Sea against suspected drug traffickers.

Even for a president who has long made clear he's no fan of Somalia, the latest round of White House contempt was a shock Wednesday in the country's largest Somali community.

A favorite pastime of election watchers and political operatives is to extrapolate every little detail possible from the results of an off-year or off-cycle election. This week was no different. On Tuesday night, Republican congressional candidate Matt Van Epps successfully held Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District for the GOP, while underperforming the district’s recent GOP margins. […]

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of covering up lethal strikes carried out on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean and placing the lives of U.S. service members at risk. "You know, when the president chooses a Fox News commentator to run the most important, most complicated, most...

A dozen former leaders of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday slammed the Trump administration over its changes to vaccine policy, calling these changes a threat to public safety. “We are deeply concerned by sweeping new FDA assertions about vaccine safety and proposals that would undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure...