Inside Trumps Decision to Pardon Ross Ulbricht the Creator of the Silk Road Drug Marketplace
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Inside Trump’s first strikes at Biden’s climate legacy
Energy Source combed through the president’s blizzard of executive orders on energy and climateFinancial Times - 6d -
Inside the Lakers' complex approach to NBA trade deadline decisions
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DNC's next leader faces tough road ahead under Trump
Whoever wins the race to take the helm of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) this Saturday is poised to inherit one of the most challenging and potentially thankless jobs in Washington as ...The Hill - 6d -
Inside Colombia’s Crisis Over Trump’s Deportations
When Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, refused military planes carrying deportees, infuriating President Trump, he revealed how heated the question of deportations has become.The New York Times - Jan. 28 -
Trump Threatens Tariffs Over Immigration, Drugs and Greenland
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Trump defends decision to fire 18 inspectors general
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Inside the 100-year fight to get a Black revolutionary pardoned
Joe Biden’s pardon of Marcus Garvey capped a decades-long campaign to restore the reputation of one of the most significant Black leaders of the 20th century. In the days before President Joe ...The Guardian - Jan. 26 -
Trump rolls back effort to lower Medicare, Medicaid drug costs
Trump’s executive order halts an effort to cap the copayment for generic medications at $2 for Medicare beneficiaries.MarketWatch - Jan. 25 -
Trump’s early moves could actually increase drug prices for seniors
Perhaps retirement issues aren’t top of mind for the president.MarketWatch - Jan. 24 -
Disgraceful pardons from Biden and Trump
Surely there are Republicans in Congress who think Trump’s decision to pardon so many criminals was not in his best interest, or the best interest of their party.The Hill - Jan. 23 -
Experts share concerns over President Trump's decision to pardon Jan. 6 defendants
Experts on extremism warn the blanket pardons for many Jan. 6 defendants risk more waves of violence. While some have criticized President Trump's decision, he defended it in an interview ...CBS News - Jan. 23 -
How Trump Decided to Pardon Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht
Libertarian and crypto allies of Ross Ulbricht, who was serving a life sentence for distributing drugs on his Silk Road website, leveraged President Trump’s desire for political support to secure ...The New York Times - Jan. 23 -
Why Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of dark web market Silk Road
President Trump made good on a campaign promise made to libertarians to pardon Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who received two life sentences in 2015 for creating and operating the infamous dark ...CBS News - Jan. 22 -
Trump pardons founder of Silk Road drugs website
US president says Ross Ulbricht was victim of ‘weaponisation of government’Financial Times - Jan. 22 -
Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht
President Trump grants full pardon to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, early bitcoin advocate.CNBC - Jan. 22 -
Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht
Libertarian activists, who generally oppose criminal drug policies, argued the government overreached in building its case against Ross Ulbricht and the dark web marketplace Silk Road.CBS News - Jan. 22 -
Trump's last-minute decision to go big on Jan. 6 pardons took many allies by surprise
Trump's pardon of more than 1,500 supporters charged in the Jan. 6 attack went further than what he suggested he would do just a month earlier.NBC News - Jan. 22 -
Trump pardons Silk Road dark web market creator
Trump said he had called Ulbricht's mother to let her know he had granted her son a full pardon.BBC News - Jan. 22 -
Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road drug marketplace
Ulbricht, sentenced to life in prison in 2015, given ‘full and unconditional’ pardon by president. Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he had granted a “full and unconditional” pardon to Ross ...The Guardian - Jan. 22 -
Trump Frees Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht After 11 Years in Prison
Donald Trump pardoned the creator of the world’s first dark-web drug market, who is now a libertarian cause célèbre in some parts of the crypto community.Wired - Jan. 22 -
Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace
Ross Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.The New York Times - Jan. 22 -
Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht
President Trump said Tuesday he had signed a full pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the scandalous online marketplace Silk Road, fulfilling a campaign promise Trump had made to Libertarian ...The Hill - Jan. 22 -
A Trump Executive Order Sets Out What Could Be a Road Map for Retribution
The order is titled “Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government,” but it asserts that the Biden administration might have acted illegally and directs agencies to seek evidence.The New York Times - Jan. 21 -
Trump reverses Biden policies on drug pricing and Obamacare
As President Donald Trump’s health care agenda for a second term takes shape, it’s becoming clear that many Biden-era policies won’t make the cut.NBC News - Jan. 21 -
Trump Just Pardoned Himself
Because presidents exercise such unfettered discretion in granting clemency, these actions provide useful insights into their true character.The New York Times - Jan. 21 -
Inside Trump's Day 1 executive orders on immigration
Among the roughly 200 executive actions Trump ordered on his first day in office were significant orders on immigration. CBS News political reporter Aaron Navarro has more on those.CBS News - Jan. 21 -
Inside the Capitol before Trump's inauguration ceremony
Extreme cold in Washington, D.C., has pushed President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration inside the Capitol. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has more.CBS News - Jan. 20 -
Inside the security precautions around Trump’s 2nd inauguration
Security is a top priority for the second inauguration of Donald Trump, with precautions being taken behind the scenes and adjustments being made after it was announced the ceremony would be moved ...NBC News - Jan. 20 -
Biden pardons nearly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders
"With this action, I have now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in U.S. history," President Joe Biden wrote in his announcement Friday.ABC News - Jan. 17 -
Biden sets pardons and commutations record with new clemency for nonviolent drug offenders
The president said that with Friday's action he has "now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in U.S. history."NBC News - Jan. 17 -
Inside the security for Trump's second inauguration
Miles of protective fences are being rolled out for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration Monday. CBS News Homeland Security and Justice reporter Nicole Sganga has more.CBS News - Jan. 16 -
LGBTQ creators brace for Meta's pro-Trump changes
Queer creators fear Meta’s decision to change its community standards to allow more incendiary language against people of different races and LGBTQ people could silence their voices, harm ...NBC News - Jan. 15 -
Inside Trump’s renewed interest to acquire Greenland for US
President-elect Donald Trump said he would not rule out the use of American military force to seize control of Greenland, a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. Trump is not the ...NBC News - Jan. 12 -
Inside Trump's "hush money" sentencing court proceeding
President-elect Donald Trump's "hush money" sentencing will go down in history as he prepares to take over the White House. CBS News' Katrina Kaufman has more on the atmosphere inside the ...CBS News - Jan. 10 -
Audio from inside Trump's "hush money" sentencing
President-elect Donald Trump has been sentenced to unconditional discharge for his New York "hush money" trial conviction. Listen to audio from the sentencing along with analysis from CBS News ...CBS News - Jan. 10 -
Inside the UK's first legal drug consumption room
The Thistle will open its doors next week after nearly a decade of deadlock over drug laws.BBC News - Jan. 10 -
TikTok creators left in limbo while awaiting decision on potential platform ban
The fate of TikTok is keeping creators and small business owners in anxious limbo as they await a decision from the Supreme Court that could upheld their livelihoodsABC News - Jan. 6
