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The power of presidential pardons

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On Christmas, honoring some of those lost to the coronavirus

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U.S. service members sing holiday cheer

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Brooks and Tumulty on a COVID relief bill in limbo

Brooks and Tumulty on a COVID relief bill in limbo

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In CT, tenants and landlords brace for eviction tsunami

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2020: Stories on criminal justice, LGBTQ rights and race

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Trump issues more pardons, while complicating COVID relief

This Christmas Eve has been anything but quiet in Washington after President Trump's surprise announcement that he doesn't support a new COVID relief bill. And last night, the president added 29 pardons and commutations, with many familiar names on the list. William Brangham spoke with Andrew Weissmann, former lead prosecutor in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, to discuss.