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No president has used pardons more openly as a tool of personal and ideological loyalty than Trump.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Monday blasted the Social Security Administration's plan to sharply reduce in-person visits to its field offices, warning that the agency's new target to cut 15 million visits a year will make it harder for Americans to access benefits they have earned.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has slammed Minnesota Governor and Democratic Party leader Tim Walz (D-Minn.) for illegally issuing Commercial Driving Licenses (CDLs).

The White House on Monday released a detailed memo on President Donald Trump's previously undisclosed MRI exam, fueling new scrutiny over transparency even as his physician reported entirely normal results.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) warned on Monday that he will move to block any U.S. troop deployment to Venezuela, vowing to "immediately" trigger a bipartisan war powers fight if President Donald Trump orders strikes on the South American country.

The surprise announcement of Hernandez's looming pardon is a window into the unorthodox, norm-shattering way Trump grants clemency.

In previous cycles, the party with more departures tends to lose seats — if not the majority.

Senator Mark Kelly refuses to back down after President Trump threatens him with execution, citing a chilling rise in political violence claiming lives across America.

"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said that "it's very possible there was a war crime committed" in the Trump administration's first strike against a suspected drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean Sea in September.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's New York offices faced bomb threats on Monday. The emails, titled 'MAGA,' claimed the 2020 election was rigged, sparking security sweeps.