Opinion: At its best, the presidential pardon power is a tool of mercy, an instrument to correct abuses of power and miscarriages of justice. At its worst, this imperial power ...

Leaders at SMU joined the chorus of tributes to the 39th president as the nation mourned the passing of the United States’ ...

I watched President Jimmy Carter’s funeral at the National Cathedral. It made an impression on me, generating a lot of thoughts and reflections. The first stunning impression was that ...

The United States Navy has a tradition of naming many of its popular ships after U.S. presidents. Here are five that stand ...

What do George Wallace, Hubert Humphrey, Henry Jackson, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan have in common? Each would have made a ...

Trump's clemency for Jan. 6 rioters and Biden's reprieve for family represent merely the latest chapters in an odd history of ...

A merican presidents are often disappointed to discover limits to their authority, but the country’s founders intended the ...

Pardons will always be a president’s attempt to have the last word. Amid the usual public outcry, it’s rare that it works, ...

The answer is simple: there is no greater or more idealistic symbol of U.S. power in the world than the Panama Canal. As ...

Preemptive pardons, like the ones Joe Biden issued in his final hours as president, have been used by Donald Trump, Jimmy ...

The inauguration is really about swearing in the next president, but first ladies throughout history have stolen the show ...

Here’s a look at the life of Gerald R. Ford, the 38th president of the United States. Personal Birth date: July 14, 1913 Death date: December 26, 2006 Birth place: Omaha, Nebraska (grew up in Grand ...