The annual turkey pardoning is a long-held Thanksgiving tradition for the White House. But the history of exactly when the ...

The history of White House Thanksgiving traditions date back more than 160 years to President Abraham Lincoln, who ...

This year Sen. Blumenthal pardoned a young turkey growing up on Steadfast Farms in Bethlehem for Thanksgiving.

The mayor’s pardon for Lucky the Turkey kicks off the holiday events in Rapid City, with the Festival of Lights taking place ...

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has pardoned two turkeys named after the state’s famous basketball star Caitlin Clark. The turkeys ...

Reynolds declared the two turkeys, named for the former University of Iowa basketball star, "free to roam" on Thanksgiving ...

Joe Biden on Monday pardoned his final two turkeys as president, ahead of Thanksgiving. And Jimmy Fallon roasted the outgoing ...

More than 65 members of Congress have asked Biden to use his clemency power to “address long-standing injustices in our legal ...

As Michigan has picked up its own version of this American tradition in recent years, it's brought new interest to how the ...

Turkeys are living, breathing animals, and they don’t deserve the suffering wrought by animal agribusiness. Each year, the ...

This is one of Joe Biden's last such decisions. As President of the United States, he "pardoned" two turkeys before ...

Various sources indicate that the average Thanksgiving turkey lifespan is 14 to 18 weeks, some 2% of the 3- to 4-year natural ...