Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted on charges that included seeking to sell an appointment to then-President Barack ...

The Obama presidency, while highly regarded and beloved among Democrats, must be reexamined in order for the Democratic Party ...

President Donald Trump on Monday granted a full pardon to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted on 18 ...

Blagojevich was convicted in 2011 on charges that included seeking to sell an appointment to then-President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat and trying to shake down a children’s hospital. Blagojevich ...

In the first three weeks of his administration, President Donald Trump moved with haste to dismantle the federal government's ...

Blagojevich was convicted on corruption charges for trying to sell a Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama. Trump commuted the former governor's sentence in 2020.

Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence in 2020. The former governor had served about 8 years on charges stemming from ...

The former Illinois governor was convicted on multiple charges of corruption in 2011. He served eight years in prison before ...

The pardon was the latest overture between the president and the former governor, who is still known in Chicago simply as ...

Old State Capitol Plaza. After people spoke to the ... One of the speakers was Salem Addison King, a University of Illinois-Springfield student who aims to support and to organize people in ...