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Assistant U.S. Attorney John Lausch speaks with reporters at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Aug. 11, 2008, in Chicago.

U.S. attorney nominee for Chicago, a former Ivy Leaguer, called ‘more Joliet than Harvard’

May 15, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

Nominated to be the next U.S. attorney in Chicago, John R. Lausch Jr. got an early taste of leadership as captain of Harvard's football team 26 years ago. The 6-foot,...

Trump picks John Lausch to be new U.S. attorney for Chicago

May 15, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

John Lausch, who captained his high school's state champion football team and went on to a career as a prosecutor and litigator, is set to be nominated as Chicago's next...

Aaron Schock speaks to reporters on Feb. 6, 2015, in Peoria. The former Illinois congressman's attorneys accuse federal investigators of misconduct in their probe of the Republican and want the charges against him dismissed.

Former Rep. Schock’s attorneys: Prosecutors have ‘apparent obsession’ with his sexuality

August 22, 2019 at 12:20 a.m.

Attorneys for ex-U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock asked a judge Tuesday to throw out the felony indictment against him, contending federal prosecutors and agents asked witnesses what they called irrelevant, offensive...

Then-U.S. Sen.-elect. Tammy Duckworth greets commuters outside the Millennium Park Metra Station in Chicago on Nov. 9, 2016, the day after she defeated Republican Mark Kirk.

Local Democrats attack Trump over tweet about transgender troops in the military

May 15, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

Chicago-area Democrats in Congress blasted President Donald Trump's surprise tweet Wednesday saying he would not accept or allow transgender troops in the military, with Democrats assailing the move as "stupid"...

President Donald Trump holds a meeting with Saad Hariri, Prime Minister of Lebanon, in the Oval Office at the White House on July 25, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Also pictured are Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner.

After Kushner hearing, Rep. Quigley says House Russia probe may take a year

May 15, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

House Intelligence Committee member Mike Quigley said President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was cooperative when he appeared Tuesday before the panel. The Chicago Democrat said he worries, though, that...

Jesse Jackson Jr. walks with his then wife, Sandi Jackson, as they leave the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 14, 2013, following a sentencing hearing.

Ex-Rep. Jesse Jackson divorce trial date set after ‘mediation was not successful’

May 22, 2019 at 11:44 p.m.

More than a year after former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. started a divorce proceeding, his acrimonious split from ex-Ald. Sandi Jackson is headed to trial in the nation's capital next...

Aspen Suites hotel in Rochester, Minn., is where Republican political operative Peter W. Smith killed himself, according to police records.

Peter W. Smith’s final day: ‘It seemed like he had a lot on his mind’

August 22, 2019 at 12:08 a.m.

Months after he said he'd started to quietly work to contact Russian hackers to look for a cache of Hillary Clinton's emails, Peter W. Smith called The Wall Street Journal...

Peter W. Smith, GOP operative who sought Clinton’s emails from Russian hackers, committed suicide, records show

August 22, 2019 at 12:07 a.m.

A Republican donor and operative from Chicago's North Shore who said he had tried to obtain Hillary Clinton's missing emails from Russian hackers killed himself in a Minnesota hotel room...

2 Chicago-area buglers play in prestigious Army band corps

June 3, 2018 at 11:07 a.m.

When America celebrates its 241st birthday Tuesday, the country will come alive with music, parades, cookouts and fireworks, from sea to shining sea. On the job in Washington, D.C., though,...

Former federal prosecutor Lausch is White House pick to be Chicago’s next U.S. attorney

May 22, 2019 at 11:37 p.m.

Former federal prosecutor John Lausch is President Donald Trump's pick to serve as the next U.S. attorney in the Chicago-based Northern District of Illinois, sources said. Lausch, 46, has not...

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