2007: U.S. Sen. Barack Obama announced his candidacy for the presidency outside the Old State Capitol in Springfield, which ...

President Trump is reportedly set to pardon former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of crimes including ...

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

The Obama Presidential Center is being built near Jackson Park in Chicago, and will consist of a planned museum, library, ...

The ex-governor said he and the president were victims of 'lawfare' and didn't address rumors that he's being considered for ...

Instead of signaling a turning of the corner in pursuit of a more perfect union, the elevation of a Black man into the White ...

A 53-year-old construction worker who fell several floors into a ventilation duct at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago ...

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

Former first lady Michelle Obama speaking during the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press Share WASHINGTON — Former first lady Michelle Obama, who ...

Nearly five years after commuting former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s federal prison sentence, President Donald Trump on Monday ...

A House Republican has suggested a resolution that would allow Donald Trump, but not Barack Obama, to run for a third term.

The Republican president signed the pardon on Monday and called the Democratic former governor “a very fine person” who “was ...