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Americans consume more illicit drugs per capita than anyone else in the world; about 6% of the U.S. population uses them regularly.

For decades, presidents have issued executive orders expanding and strengthening diversity programs within the federal workforce – Trump revoked a batch on Tuesday

Just hours into his second term, Trump pardons about 1,500 people charged in the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

American cartoonist and writer who portrayed angst-ridden New Yorkers and exposed the hypocrisy of government

On his last day in office, outgoing United States President Joe Biden issued a number of preemptive pardons essentially to protect some leading public figures and members of his own family from possible retaliation by Donald Trump. It was a novel and innovative use of the presidential pardon power.

Although it will impinge on the consciousness of few, the appointment of the next UK ambassador to the US is growing into a crisis. It would not do for the involvement of Peter Mandelson in anything to pass without some controversy, but the difficulties emerging around his scheduled departure to…

His last-minute acts of clemency invite Trump and future presidents to shield their underlings from the consequences of committing crimes in office.

House Speaker Mike Johnson declares President Donald Trump as the greatest president of our lifetime during an event following Trump's inauguration.

President-elect Donald Trump has selected opera tenor Christopher Macchio to perform the national anthem at his second inauguration

Both share the same brazen approach to financing the presidency, experts say

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