Editorial written by Chicago Tribune Board. Back in early 2009, Chicago’s storied Second City comedy theater created a satirical musical spoof of a former governor of Illinois, “Rod Blagojevich, ...

President Trump said Thursday he was making Alice Johnson, whose sentence he commuted during his first term, his “pardon czar ...

During a speech in Miami, President Donald Trump floated a plan to pay out “DOGE Dividend” stimulus checks to taxpayers.

This week, John Kass & Jeff Carlin take on the week’s news, starting with the long-awaited guilty verdict in People v.

Meanwhile, Sen. Dick Durbin, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Vice President JD Vance's assertion ...

Citing ex-Speaker Michael Madigan’s conviction, former Gov. Pat Quinn called on Gov. JB Pritzker to toughen Illinois ethics ...

Columnist Rich Miller gives his take on the outcome of Mike Madigan's federal trial, just as former Gov. Rod Blagojevich ...

From the commentary, "Let the protests continue and let Democrats' favorability numbers continue to decline as the public backs a return to sunlight being the best disinfectant and the old Puritan ...

The filing was signed by Antoinette Bacon, a supervisory official in the Justice Department's criminal division, and Edward ...

President Donald Trump was sworn in for a second time last month after coming out on top during the 2024 presidential race. But could his birthday soon become a national holiday?

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 18, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

Trump lauded with chants of ‘four more years’ by Bannon, Black supporters; Musk makes bizarre CPAC appearance: Live - ...