The ability to grant pardons is a one of the president’s most absolute powers, and it often leads to controversy.

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), former chair of the Jan. 6 committee, said in a Thursday interview that he would accept a ...

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others in "the largest single-day act ...

The president is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 other people who were convicted of ...

President Biden announced Thursday that he is commuting sentences for roughly 1,500 people and is pardoning 39 others in what ...

The pardons include three Texans who have rebuilt their lives and made significant contributions to their communities.

Joe Biden has commuted around 1500 sentences, marking the largest single-day clemency action in modern U.S. history.

The move, announced in a statement Thursday, is the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history, the White House ...

What is the difference between a commutation of sentence and a pardon? What is clemency? Here's what you need to know.

President Joe Biden has used the power to pardon his son and, on Tuesday, 39 others. So what is clemency? Here's what to know ...

I've never heard an elected official other than the incoming President talk about retribution," Thompson told CNN.