A sweeping presidential pardon for January 6 rioters drew the criticism of North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis on Tuesday. Tillis told reporters he was surprised after Trump pardoned more than 1,500 defendants,

Political analysts believe Tillis will be the most vulnerable incumbent Republican in the midterms -- elections where the party in power often loses seats in Congress.

John Cornyn (R-Texas ... in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a longtime ally of President-elect Trump. Meanwhile, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who voted to convict Trump in his 2021 impeachment, has already drawn a MAGA challenger. Sen. Thom Tillis ...

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) brought up election denialism at former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi’s U.S. attorney general confirmation hearing on Jan. 15.

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Donald Trump supporters who attacked the US Capitol four years ago began to leave prison on Tuesday after the newly installed president issued sweeping pardons, an early signal that he intends to make aggressive use of his executive power.

Here’s what Republican senators told ABC News after President Donald Trump issued pardons for Jan. 6 violent offenders.

Many Republican senators say they do not agree with President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon and commute sentences for more than 1,500 people who assaulted police officers,

Donald Trump is granting security clearances to new White House officials before they have completed the vetting process, according to reports. The US President claimed he was forced to issue temporary, six-month clearances because of a backlog left by his predecessor, Joe Biden.

The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas has officially stepped down from his position as the chief federal law enforcement officer in that region. Damien M. Diggs resigned from his position at 11:59 p.

Gov. Greg Abbott swore in UT alumnus Jimmy Blacklock as chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court on Jan. 7. The Supreme Court of Texas is the state’s highest authority on civil and constitutional matters.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has an answer for US President Donald Trump about his idea of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America”: he can call it whatever he wants on the American part of it.