When you think of the President of the United States, what comes to mind? Commander-in-Chief, leader of a nation, or maybe even a symbol of political power. But the President has some surprisingly diverse powers that might just leave you speechless.

For nine months, in a flood of emergency orders, the Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump to expand his power. The justices have permitted Trump to slash the federal bureaucracy, fire the heads of nominally independent agencies and exercise ...

The 2025-26 Supreme Court term’s first cases on presidential power are shaping up to be a study in contrasts. Last month, when the court heard oral arguments in Learning Resources v. Trump, President Donald Trump’s sweeping assertion of the executive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How much power does the president really have? fotojog-iStock/Getty Images Plus Those who wrote and wrangled over America’s Constitution might be troubled by the second presidency of ...

The book examines the development of the presidential pardon from a good-willed opportunity for forgiveness into a modern political weapon.

President Donald Trump pardons Butter, the national Thanksgiving turkey, in 2019at the White House in Washington, D.C., as first lady Melania Trump watches. The recent presidential pardons of figures who tried to overturn the 2020 election are part of a ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday seemed likely to expand presidential control over independent federal agencies, signaling support for President Donald Trump‘s firing of board members. The court’s conservative majority suggested it would ...

The Supreme Court will hear arguments today on whether the president can fire board members of independent agencies at will, challenging a 90-year-old precedent. Well, *** lot of people will be watching the case today to see how much power the Supreme ...

The recent presidential pardons of figures who tried to overturn the 2020 election are part of a broader effort to rewrite one of the most sordid episodes in recent memory. The effort should be rejected, and the pardon power — abused by presidents of ...

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It's no secret that President Trump has made liberal use of his pardon power during his time as president of the United States. But his generous usage of this presidential power to offer clemency to his supporters has led to some Americans viewing this power as a reward for loyalists.