Trump pardons major drug traffickers despite his anti-drug rhetoric
The president has granted clemency to about 100 people accused of drug-related crimes during his two terms in office, a
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As a lawyer for a conservative think tank, Ms. Bondi, now the attorney general, filed a Supreme Court brief last
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Read MoreTrump adds his birthday as free national park day while axing MLK Day and Juneteenth
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Days after pardoning him, President Trump accused Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas of disloyalty for not switching to the Republican
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