Mike Madigan knew for a very long time that the U.S. Attorney’s office and the FBI badly wanted to put his head on a spike.

Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is speaking out about ethics reforms following the conviction of Michael Madigan and pardon of Rod Blagojevich.

This week, John Kass & Jeff Carlin take on the week’s news, starting with the long-awaited guilty verdict in People v.

Columnist Rich Miller gives his take on the outcome of Mike Madigan's federal trial, just as former Gov. Rod Blagojevich ...

Illinois corruption takes center stage as Michael Madigan is convicted of bribery and Rod Blagojevich gets a pardon. Plus, why a project to keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes is on hold.

The Trump administration is telling prosecutors and agents to care less on efforts to investigate foreign corruption, ...

Most folks just figured that Mike Madigan had avoided the long arm of federal law by being extra-careful. And he may have ...

Under the Constitution’s broad grant of discretionary power, President Donald Trump could effortlessly pardon all the crimes committed against these officers, and he did so with a breezy one ...

We discuss the federal trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan wrapping up and President Trump's decision to ...

Just what is it with President Donald Trump's fixation on Rod Blagojevich, the monumentally corrupt former governor of ...

Blago pardon is terrible ...

President Donald Trump has pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose 14-year sentence for political corruption ...