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Former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks with Democratic political strategist and CNN commentator David Axelrod at the University Club of Chicago on Aug. 21, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she wanted to ‘protect’ President Biden’s legacy

August 22, 2024 at 6:29 a.m.

Nancy Pelosi said Democrats need to hold the White House and win majorities in both the House and Senate to defend democracy against Republicans led by former President Donald Trump.

Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley socializes before being honored during an event at Cinespace Studios Chicago, Nov. 16, 2023. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Former Mayor Richard Daley expected to be in Chicago for DNC but keeping it ‘low key’

August 16, 2024 at 3:52 p.m.

Richard M. Daley, the mayor who brought political conventions back to Chicago after 1968, taking on a different role this time around.

Workers on a cherry picker place 2024 DNC signage on a building near the United Center in preparation for the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 14, 2024, in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Mayor Johnson ally raising money from Chicago business leaders for DNC events

August 15, 2024 at 7:27 a.m.

A top ally of Mayor Brandon Johnson has been hitting up Chicago businesses to contribute to a dark money political organization hosting several events next week during the Democratic National...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago with his legal defense team on July 16, 2024, for a hearing on pretrial motions in his racketeering case. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

‘This dog will not hunt’; Feds say Supreme Court ruling has no impact on Madigan bribery allegations

July 30, 2024 at 12:50 p.m.

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent interpretation of a key anti-corruption law does not dismantle the sprawling racketeering case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, prosecutors argued in a court...

Michael McClain, left, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on May 2, 2023, after being found guilty in the ComEd Four bribery trial. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Madigan confidant asks for severance from upcoming corruption trial, claiming ex-speaker’s legal team could ‘ambush’ him

July 22, 2024 at 3:26 p.m.

In a motion filed Friday evening, attorneys for Michael McClain asked that he be severed in his upcoming racketeering trial with former Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, second from left, arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago with his legal defense team on July 16, 2024, for a hearing on pretrial motions in his racketeering case. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Ex-Speaker Madigan back in court after lawyers ask judge to gut indictment in light of SCOTUS ruling

November 21, 2025 at 4:50 p.m.

Armed with a U.S. Supreme Court decision that scaled back a key federal bribery statute, lawyers for ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan have argued 14 counts of the indictment should be...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, center, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Jan. 3, 2024, after a hearing before U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey over whether Madigan's landmark trial should be postponed pending a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court in another Chicago-area bribery case. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Prosecutors, defense won’t seek to delay Michael Madigan trial after high court ruling

July 9, 2024 at 6:27 p.m.

Federal prosecutors late Monday revealed a muted initial response to the bombshell U.S. Supreme Court decision that could directly affect some of the counts in the case against the former...

Then-Speaker Michael Madigan in the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield in 2017. (Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai).

Fallout from Supreme Court ruling just beginning in Michael Madigan racketeering case

November 21, 2025 at 4:50 p.m.

U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey ordered both sides Thursday to confer on the issues and report back to him by July 8.

Former Portage Mayor James Snyder arrives with attorney, Jackie Bennett Jr, and his wife, Deborah, to federal court in Hammond on March 15, 2018. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Madigan, ComEd Four cases imperiled by U.S. Supreme Court ruling weakening public corruption law

June 26, 2024 at 8:56 p.m.

In a 6-3 ruling, the court's highly anticipated opinion threw out a key part of the federal bribery statute and sided with the former mayor of Portage, Indiana, James Snyder.

Ex-Ald. Edward Burke leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after he was sentenced to two years in prison and fined $2 million for his corruption conviction on June 24, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Humbled political titan Edward Burke sentenced to 2 years in prison in corruption case; judge fines ex-alderman $2 million

June 25, 2024 at 7:21 a.m.

Former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke was sentenced to 2 years in prison in his corruption case by a judge in federal court and fined $2 million.

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