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Rezko convicted: Political insider guilty of money laundering, fraud, aiding bribery

May 23, 2019 at 3:46 p.m.

Antoin "Tony" Rezko, whose friendship and fundraising prowess helped shape the political careers of Gov. Rod Blagojevich and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, was convicted Wednesday of using his political clout...

Obama: I toured home with Rezko

August 22, 2021 at 3:21 a.m.

Before he bought his South Side mansion in 2005, Sen. Barack Obama took his friend and fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko on a tour of the premises to make sure it...

Funds tough to figure for Rezko aid

August 21, 2021 at 9:48 p.m.

As Barack Obama is finding out, it's not as easy to dump politically toxic campaign donations as it might seem. For the third time in more than a year, Obama's...

Illinois lands clean-coal plant

August 21, 2021 at 1:16 p.m.

Illinois won a battle with Texas on Tuesday for a showcase clean-coal research project, but within hours the Bush administration waved a caution flag about rising costs and said it...

Abe Lincoln’s assassination

May 14, 2019 at 3:52 a.m.

More than 100,000 grieving Chicagoans meet Abraham Lincoln's funeral train here and file past his casket. After holding the nation together through its darkest hours, AbrahamLincoln celebrated the end of...

U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (D-NY) greets supporters at Festhalle Barn at the Amana Colonies November 6, 2007 in Amana, Iowa.

Clinton: Most famous. Least known?

June 17, 2018 at 9:03 p.m.

When Hillary Clinton opened her Washington townhouse for a political fundraiser last fall, the highlight for a select few came after the movers and shakers wrote their checks and left....

Deporting mother inflames emotions

June 17, 2018 at 8:37 p.m.

The lightning-swift deportation of Elvira Arellano triggered an equally sharp debate Monday about whether her dramatic battle to stay in the U.S. will help or hurt attempts to liberalize immigration...

Deporting mother inflames emotions

August 22, 2021 at 7:47 p.m.

The lightning-swift deportation of Elvira Arellano triggered an equally sharp debate Monday about whether her dramatic battle to stay in the U.S. will help or hurt attempts to liberalize immigration...

Wind whips up city, but fury is limited

August 21, 2021 at 2:03 p.m.

No one would ever dare call Chicagoans weather wimps, but Thursday was a day for nervous sky-watching as an otherwise sultry afternoon was spoiled by hard winds and forecasts of...

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. administers the oath of office to President Barack Obama a second time in the Map Room of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009, in Washington, D.C.

Barack’s rock: Michelle Obama

January 30, 2019 at 7:06 a.m.

The featured speaker at a luncheon, Michelle Obama is about to ask a crowd of influential Chicago women to commit their hearts and wallets to her husband's presidential campaign. But...

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