{"id":207467,"date":"2026-04-12T23:52:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T23:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-signals-more-mass-pardons-in-pipeline-vance-leaves-pakistan-after-iran-peace-talks-break-down-theguardian-com\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T23:52:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T23:52:26","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-president-signals-more-mass-pardons-in-pipeline-vance-leaves-pakistan-after-iran-peace-talks-break-down-theguardian-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-signals-more-mass-pardons-in-pipeline-vance-leaves-pakistan-after-iran-peace-talks-break-down-theguardian-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: president signals more mass pardons in pipeline; Vance leaves Pakistan after Iran peace talks break down – theguardian.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump reported saying he will issue mass pardons at end of term; vice-president says Iran and US at an impasse over nuclear weapons question \u2013 key US politics stories from Saturday 11 April at a glance
After granting unconditional pardons to 1,500 people who participated in the 6 January 2021 US Capitol attack at the start of his presidency, Donald Trump<\/a> has signalled there could be more to come.
\u201cI\u2019ll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval [Office],\u201d the president reportedly said<\/a> in a recent meeting, garnering laughs from the room, according to a Wall Street Journal report<\/a> citing an anonymous source.
In response to the report, the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said: \u201cThe Wall Street Journal should learn to take a joke. However, the president\u2019s pardon power is absolute.\u201d
Meanwhile in Islamabad, vice-president JD Vance announced that the US and Iran had failed to reach a deal after historic peace talks<\/a>, before boarding Air Force Two and departing Pakistan. Vance said he spoke with Trump at least half a dozen times during the talks, and that one of the most significant points of difference between the two sides had been around the development of nuclear weapons.
\u201cThe bad news is that we have not reached an agreement, and I think that\u2019s bad news for Iran much more than it\u2019s bad news for the United States of America,\u201d Vance said.
Here are the latest key stories at a glance:
Donald Trump<\/a> has reportedly said he will issue pardons en masse to his closest advisers at the end of his second presidency, promising them in casual conversations over the last year. Since starting his second presidency, Trump has granted clemency<\/a> to more than 1,800 people.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
US vice-president JD Vance left Islamabad on Sunday local time after failing to reach a deal with Iran after a marathon 21 hours of negotiations.
Vance cited shortcomings in the talks, saying that Iran had chosen not to accept American terms<\/a>, including to not build nuclear weapons.
Iran\u2019s semi-official Tasnim news agency said that \u201cexcessive\u201d US demands had hindered reaching an agreement and that negotiations had ended.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The Manhattan district attorney\u2019s office said on Saturday that it is investigating a sexual assault allegation against Eric Swalwell, a Democratic<\/a> congressman from California<\/a> running to be the state\u2019s governor, who on Friday denied<\/a> claims by an unnamed woman that he sexually assaulted her twice.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
United States federal agents arrested three Iranian<\/a> nationals \u2013 including the son of a revolutionary at the center of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis \u2013 after the US state department terminated their green cards, the department announced on Saturday.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Pope Leo XIV<\/a> stepped into the international political arena at evening prayers in St Peter\u2019s Basilica in Vatican City on Saturday, saying prayer for peace is \u201ca bulwark against that delusion of omnipotence that surrounds us and is becoming increasingly unpredictable and aggressive.\u201d
The first US-born pope said: \u201cEven the holy Name of God, the God of life, is being dragged into discourses of death.\u201d
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Louisiana Republicans are moving to eliminate a court office won by an exonerated man<\/a>.
Washington officials say 21 dead canines<\/a> that washed ashore were foxes, solving a local mystery.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened 0n Friday 10 April<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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