Illinois Elections Board staff recommended Senate President Don Harmon’s campaign committee be fined $9.8 million for campaign fundraising violations but the penalty was not imposed because ...

A year after being elected to the Senate by running against the status quo, Andy Kim is wielding his political might.

Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang fled to the U.S. seeking asylum, fearing persecution from the Chinese government.

Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang fled to the U.S. seeking asylum, fearing persecution from the Chinese government. He was warned not to return to China after being accused of corruption.

The senator admitted that he lied to the FBI on Sept. 24, 2019, when he told agents he didn’t know how much money a former intern of his had been paid by red-light camera executive Omar Maani.

A month before his retrial on bribery charges, state Sen. Emil Jones III has agreed to enter into a deferred prosecution deal ...

Former political powerhouses Ed Burke and Mike Madigan are seeking pardons from President Donald Trump after their corruption convictions.

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

In Miami, voters chose Democratic candidate Eileen Higgins over Trump-endorsed Emilio González in a runoff election for mayor ...

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