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When reviewing nonprofit tax filings from the nine private colleges and universities that have operated in Northeastern ...

Lawmakers convicted of felonies tied to their government jobs, like ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan, are banned from ...

The New Republic's Michael Tomasky joins Morning Joe to discuss the road ahead for Democrats, and NAACP Derrick Johnson celebrates 116 years of the organization.

After a four-month trial featuring more than 60 witnesses, followed by nearly 65 hours of deliberations, a federal jury this morning found former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan guilty of ...

The verdicts end a months-long federal trial for one of the most powerful political figures in Illinois, He didn’t have the ...

BUDGET OR BUST: It’s do-or-die time for Speaker Mike Johnson. At 10 a.m., the House Budget Committee marks up leadership’s budget resolution as Johnson practically dares a small cadre of intransigent ...

But a handful of GOP hardliners aren’t satisfied. Earlier Wednesday, Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., one of the fiscal ...

Ben Bradley, WGN-TV investigative reporter, joins Lisa Dent to give the latest news on the jury’s decision in the Madigan ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) didn’t rule out a full-year stopgap to keep the government funded through the end of the fiscal ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson flexed his Southern charm when asked about Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern calling him "full of s--t, ...

The House speaker doesn’t seem to care too much that there are supposed to be three equal branches of government.