Colorado teen: “I’m trying.”

Editor’s note: Madison Schilling submitted her artwork to The Denver Post after her teacher at Green Mountain High School in Lakewood encouraged her to share it with a broader audience. Her hope is that it will help adults and teens cope with a difficult year of remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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On Tuesday, President Trump commuted the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who’s been serving time in Colorado prison.

Trump also pardoned former NYPD commissioner Bernie Kerik and granted clemency to financier Michael Milken.

As Democratic presidential candidates did battle this week in New Hampshire, Mike Bloomberg zipped ahead to focus on Super Tuesday states.

On the other side of the aisle, President Donald Trump took some flak from former chief of staff John Kelly over the removal of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman from the White House. Vindman testified in the House impeachment proceedings.

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It’s been a big week for President Donald Trump.

Last Tuesday he delivered a State of the Union address that included a Presidential Medal of Freedom for Rush Limbaugh and Nancy Pelosi ripping up a ceremonial copy of the speech.

The next day he was acquitted of impeachment charges by a GOP-controlled Senate and he subsequently removed a number of employees who testified as part of the House investigation from the White House.

And then this week his longtime ally, Roger Stone, caught a break when DOJ officials decided to step in and reduce their recommended sentence, prompting all four trial attorneys to resign or withdraw from the case.

Jeff Koterba, Omaha World-Herald
Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com
Steve Sack, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Jeff Koterba, Omaha World-Herald
David Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Daily Star
Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune
David Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Star, Tucson, Ariz.
David Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Star, Tucson, Ariz.

Several political cartoonists reacted to the news Tuesday, June 26, that the Supreme Court ruled the President has the authority to ban travelers from certain countries to protect the United States. President Donald Trump faced several challenges while trying to get the travel ban in place.

Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News, NY
Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News, NY

Cartoonists Nate Beeler of The Columbus Dispatch and Bruce Plante of the Tulsa World had a little fun with President Donald Trump’s talk of developing a new military branch, “Space Force.” “When it comes to defending America, it is not enough to merely have an American presence in space. We must have American dominance in space,” Trump said during his announcement.

Nate Beeler, The Columbus Dispatch
Nate Beeler, The Columbus Dispatch
Bruce Plante, Tulsa World
Bruce Plante, Tulsa World