First: Donald Trump is aggressively using the power of the pardon to let loyalists off the hook, especially conservatives he claims - baselessly - were pursued by the Biden Justice Department for political reasons. The latest example: a reality TV couple convicted in a $30 million fraud scheme. 

Plus: Trump is clearly getting fed up with Vladimir Putin's seeming unwillingness to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. But will the president actually punish Russia? 

And: John King talks with Trump supporters in Allentown, Pennsylvania to get their take on the president's trade war. Do these voters really think the president will bring manufacturing back as he's promising? 

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