President Donald Trump has granted clemency to former Major League Baseball star Darryl Strawberry for a 1995 tax evasion ...

If President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to send National Guard troops to Chicago — over the objections of Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson — then it would be unprecedented.

President Donald Trump announced Friday he signed a commutation ordering the immediate release of former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., from federal prison. "George has been in solitary confinement for ...

President Trump overstepped his authority when he sought to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Ore., to protect the ...

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 ...

Authorities open a wiretap to investigate Blagojevich. Authorities open a wiretap to investigate Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich’s alleged pay-to-play schemes. Lead support for CHICAGO STORIES is ...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich reflects on President Donald Trump, illegal migration's impact on his state, Chicago crime and Gov. J.B. Pritzker on 'My View with Lara Trump.' Social Security, ...

An influence campaign has relied on allies of the president, including Rudolph W. Giuliani, to cast a Serbian politician as a victim of political persecution. By Kenneth P. Vogel Kenneth P. Vogel is ...

President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon Changpeng Zhao, the founder of a cryptocurrency exchange convicted of money laundering, is the most recent in a string of controversial pardon moves. Trump ...

President Donald Trump has enthusiastically embraced his constitutional power to pardon those convicted of federal crimes across both his terms in office. His pardons have often reflected his personal ...

Over the past 12 months, the presidential pardon power has been abused more brazenly than at any time in American history. Since then, Trump has continued to reward political loyalists with pardons or ...

In recent years, Republican members of the House of Representatives have had a crime rate that seems comparable to that of the most perilous of American neighborhoods, at least going by the growing ...