She repeatedly appeared on Trump’s cable channel of choice, Fox News, to drive home the point. Trump freed Rod Blagojevich in February 2020 by commuting his prison sentence.

If anyone knows how former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan is feeling these days, it might be Rod Blagojevich. Illinois’ former governor faced sentencing twice. Both times, a federal ...

1986: Hard Rock Cafe opened in Chicago. Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon were among its first guests. TV host Oprah Winfrey attended the opening with Stedman Graham, ...

Anosh Ahmed, indicted former executive at Loretto Hospital, is running a PR blitz to rebuild his image from Dubai, where he ...

Teresa Giudice's ex-husband penned an emotional plea to the President, imploring him to give him a chance to reunite with his ...

Michael Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, was convicted of trading legislation for the ...

The village's dire financial condition means Dolton can't afford to take on the house where Pope Leo XIV grew up, a motion for a temporary restraining order argues.

Madigan, 83, who for years was widely hailed as the most powerful politician in the state, was convicted on bribery conspiracy and other corruption charges.

It’s the most highly anticipated sentencing in a Chicago public corruption case since former Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich more than a decade ago, and U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey ...

The Supreme Court justices’ annual financial disclosures were released Tuesday, revealing millions of dollars in combined book payments to the justices in 2024.  Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson took ...

It’s also higher than the 6 1/2-year sentence for ex-Gov. George Ryan, and about half of the 14 years Ryan’s successor, Rod Blagojevich, was ordered to serve.