Madigan, 82, and his co-defendant, political ally and confidant Michael McClain, are accused of running a criminal enterprise ...

Closing arguments are set to begin Wednesday at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in ...

Closing arguments are expected to begin Wednesday in the federal corruption trial of longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Court is expected to resume at 9 a.m. Former federal prosecutor ...

Michael Madigan’s jury is made up of ordinary Illinoisans whose lives have likely been affected by the former speaker, given ...

In Illinois in 2022, approximately 9,000 U.S. citizen children were born to mothers who lack legal status, and just over ...

Indiana legislators would like to redraw the Indiana-Illinois border to absorb parts of Illinois, but the proposed action ...

The trial, now in its third month and heading towards closing arguments, is the culmination of a sprawling, decade-long corruption investigation that has netted several convictions, including the ...

Immigrant communities around Illinois braced for threatened mass deportations, but there had been no raids as of Tuesday ...

Pritzker sharply criticized the Trump Administration for sowing "chaos and confusion" over potential immigration raids and for a wide range of executive actions.

Trump Asserts a Muscular Vision of Presidential Power as He Takes Over In a flurry of executive actions, President Trump revived disputed claims of broad presidential authority from his first term ...

A man looks at an electronic board displaying the Nikkei stock average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, August 6, 2024. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.