WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama's review of his staff's contacts with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich did not include records of conversations taped by federal prosecutors, a Democratic ...

CHICAGO — FBI wiretaps reveal former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was playing political games with an Illinois U.S. senate seat almost immediately upon the election of Barack Obama to the presidency. "You're ...

WASHINGTON -- A report issued by Barack Obama's White House transition team concluded that the president-elect had no contact with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich or his office and no one acting on ...

Roland Burris will not face state perjury charges in connection with his sworn testimony about an alleged "pay-for-play" scheme to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President Obama, an Illinois ...

After ten days of deliberating, the jury in the Rod Blagojevich corruption trial has declared him guilty "on 17 counts, not guilty of one count and one with no verdict announced in court Monday, with ...

CHICAGO - President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday joined others calling for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to resign over allegations that the governor schemed to barter Obama's vacant Senate seat ...

WASHINGTON - Roland Burris took his place as Barack Obama's successor in the Senate on Thursday, ending a standoff with fellow Democrats who initially resisted his appointment by Illinois Gov. Rod ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama and two of his top aides met last week with federal investigators building a corruption case against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, accused of trying to ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich asked a federal judge on Thursday to issue a subpoena for President Barack Obama to testify as a witness at his corruption trial. Blagojevich said ...

Rod Blagojevich's interview with Scott Raab in Esquire is captivating--but perhaps not in the way the former Illinois governor was hoping. In a monologue so colorful as to make Raab "stipulate ... for ...

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has new hope of being released from prison early. Last week, President Trump argued that Blagojevich was treated unfairly, convicted on political corruption ...