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

1950 – Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the ...

But some European officials who have helped to oversee the 1995 Dayton peace agreement that ended the war fear the removal of ...

On Dec. 9, 2014, a Senate Intelligence Committee report said the CIA's interrogation of terror suspects was more brutal than ...

2018: Former Chicago Cubs reliever Lee Smith and Harold Baines, former Chicago White Sox outfielder, were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Smith retired in 1997 after an 18-year career ...

The measure restricts immigration arrests around state courthouses. Republicans have criticized the law and suggested it ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement's "Operation Midway Blitz" arrested more than 4,000 people; data showed about 15% had ...

Members of the Illinois Freedom Caucus are harshly criticizing the reinstatement of a non-citizen arrested by ICE as a police ...

A new Illinois law enables individuals to be better able to sue federal officers for knowingly violating their rights and ...

President Trump has expanded the use of pardons in his second term. Critics say some of his clemency grants could amount to a ...

Bruce Blakeman becomes the third challenger to Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Buffalo-born Democrat in her first elected term.