CHICAGO — Lawyers for former House Speaker Michael Madigan formally rested their case before the jury on Thursday after ...

CHICAGO — Jurors in the Michael Madigan corruption case have heard a lot of evidence about a 2018 meeting between the ...

U.S. government attorneys are expected to present their rebuttal case Thursday after the defense rests at the corruption ...

A defense attorney has presented a statement in lieu of testimony from Gov. J.B. Pritzker at the corruption trial of former ...

CHICAGO — Daniel Solis, the once-prominent Chicago alderman whose turn as an FBI mole took down the state’s two longest-serving Democratic power brokers, walked out of a federal courtroom on ...

Closing arguments are scheduled to begin next Wednesday at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael ...

Jurors appear on track to hear the last of the evidence in Madigan's trial by Thursday, following about three months of ...

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Knowledge of unlawfulness is one of the issues that Judge John Robert Blakey expects to clarify when he prepares jury ...

After nearly three months, more than 60 witnesses and a surprising turn on the stand from the defendant himself, the evidence phase of former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial has drawn ...

Day 38 of the Madigan trial showcases Wier Vaught's testimony and FBI raid details, adding layers to the complex case.

As the Biden administration works to reunite families who were separated at the border, it’s time to write a new narrative about who deserves protection.