The pardon was the latest overture between the president and the former governor, who is still known in Chicago simply as ...

Blagojevich was commuted after serving nearly eight of his 14-year sentence in February 2020, during President Trump's first ...

Now that former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has received a presidential pardon, could an ambassadorship or even a run for ...

Among Illinois political leaders, Republicans and Democrats found rare common ground in their reaction to news that President ...

I support President Trump in many ways,” state Sen. Jil Tracy (R-Quincy) said, “but I don’t think he understands that this just signals that the corruption in Illinois is just accepted, rather than it ...

The message to politicians convicted or accused of corruption couldn’t be clearer: You have a friend in the Oval Office.

President Donald Trump on Monday granted a full pardon to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted on 18 ...

President Donald Trump is expected to pardon former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who was imprisoned on charges of ...

During Monday’s Oval Office pardon, Trump rejected the idea he would assign Blagojevich as ambassador to Serbia (a growing consideration according to Politco ). Still, he noted an openness to the ...

Donald Trump‘s plan for U.S. “ownership” of Gaza does not include giving Palestinian people the right to return to their land ...

President Trump commuted the former Illinois governor's sentence back in 2020 after he had served 8 years of a 14-year sentence.