David Guttenfelder—APMen shielding themselves from the wind as they try to light their cigarettes, Sinpyong, North Korea, November 11, 2013. It’s not every day that a disgraced former governor who’s ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Rod Blagojevich continues to maintain his innocence after President Donald Trump commuted the former Illinois governor's sentence, releasing him from prison after serving more than ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Despite a presidential free pass, former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich still has some legal hoops to jump through before he is fully clear of his corruption sentence. President ...

Rod Blagojevich's interview with Scott Raab in Esquire is captivating--but perhaps not in the way the former Illinois governor was hoping. In a monologue so colorful as to make Raab "stipulate ... for ...

CHICAGO — Perhaps the most telling moment of the news conference Rod Blagojevich held hours after President Donald Trump granted the disgraced ex-Illinois governor a full pardon came even before he ...

Rod Blagojevich’s first term as governor began in 2003. Rod Blagojevich became the first Democratic governor of Illinois in nearly 30 years. Lead support for CHICAGO STORIES is provided by The ...

CHICAGO -- Rod Blagojevich returned home to Chicago early Wednesday, shaking hands and signing autographs after President Donald Trump cut short the 14-year prison sentence handed to the former ...

CHICAGO -- An appeals court vacated five convictions and threw out the sentence of former Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday afternoon. The rest of Blagojevich's convictions were affirmed by the 7th ...

CHICAGO, IL -- A federal judge on Tuesday upheld Rod Blagojevich's 14-year prison sentence on corruption counts, setting aside pleas for leniency by the former Illinois governor's wife and daughters ...

After obliterating the "bought and paid for" jury in the Blagojevich trial last week, Jon Stewart began his sit-down with the former Illinois governor surprisingly tamely last night. By the end of the ...