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Trump Grants Pardons to Turkeys Peas and Carrots

by Associated Press

   WASHINGTON --

   In an annual Thanksgiving tradition, President Donald Trump has used
   the power of his office to keep a pair of turkeys off the holiday
   table.
   Trump's poultry pardon means the two turkeys - a 39-pound bird named
   Peas and a 41-pounder named Carrots - will get to live the rest of
   their lives at a Virginia farm. Both were raised on a farm near Huron,
   South Dakota. First lady Melania Trump joined her husband for the act
   of mercy carried out during a light-hearted ceremony in the White House
   Rose Garden.
   President George H.W. Bush established the annual turkey pardon
   tradition in 1989 by sparing a 50-pound bird.
   Trump was traveling to his Florida estate later Tuesday to spend the
   Thanksgiving holiday with family.