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 ...

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

One thing we saw lots of this week as power switched from one political party to the other was presidential pardons.

The act of clemency puts Trump behind Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman in the ranking for most pardons issued during a ...

You might have noticed there was no mail delivery back on Thursday, Jan.  9. That was because President Biden had declared it a national day of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter, who died ...

Even in death, former President Jimmy Carter added to his legacy of public service. His example fortified us for the challenge of standing up for climate action in the face of Trump’s swift moves to ...

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

Over the years, the First Ladies of the United States have used the opportunity of the inauguration to show off their fashion sense.

A. January 1981 was a good time to be a Republican. Ronald Reagan was about to become president after defeating incumbent ...

On the last Sunday in 2024, I watched the CBS Sunday Morning Show. A large segment of the show was the annual dedication to those prominent individuals who’d died that ...

With integrity. With character. As charming as the recollections offered by Carter’s two grandsons were, the most moving ...

Presidents have pardon power -- that's in the Constitution, columnist Ron Faucheux notes. But there are some steps to take ...