Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is asking President Donald Trump to pardon him. Good luck with that.

The longest serving state speaker in history, Madigan was charged in 2022 with bribery conspiracy, wire fraud among others ...

Democrat Michael Madigan was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison and reported to a minimum-security federal prison ...

2018: Former Chicago Cubs reliever Lee Smith and Harold Baines, former Chicago White Sox outfielder, were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Smith retired in 1997 after an 18-year career ...

As a Somali American and a former Republican candidate in Minnesota, I was deeply disappointed to hear the president refer to a minority community as “garbage.” No president should ever speak about ...

President Trump’s use of his clemency power is drawing criticism as he grants pardons and commutations that at times appear ...

The anti-federalists especially feared that the president would use his pardon power to corrupt the nation. "The unrestrained ...

President Donald Trump pardoned Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case on ...

Tex., was indicted by the Department of Justice on conspiracy and bribery charges in connection with an investigation between ...

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) is the latest in a growing list of current and former elected U.S. lawmakers who have received ...