Eugene Robinson writes a column on politics and culture and hosts an online chat with readers. In a three-decade career at The Washington Post, Robinson has been city hall reporter, city editor ...

(Photos by Whitney Vanzant and Jennifer Fligor.) Some of you may have noticed a new sort of Tiger excitement happening during McClain High School sporting events this year. That new thing is the MHS ...

In a final attempt to weaken defense attorneys’ arguments over the racketeering, bribery and other corruption allegations against Madigan and his co-defendant, longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike ...

CHICAGO — It was a well-known aphorism during former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s record 36 years in power that while others in the state’s political realm were merely playing ...

“Mr. Madigan and McClain are adept at making sure Mr. Madigan’s fingerprints are not left at the scene,” Bhachu said of an episode involving a proposed land deal that forms the basis of five ...

(The Center Square) – The jury has completed its first full day of deliberations at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain. Deliberations ...

Longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain and his wife Cinda walk toward the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Jan. 27, 2025, ahead of further closing arguments in his and former Illinois House Speaker ...

CHICAGO — Jurors hearing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s trial are finally scheduled to begin deliberations Wednesday afternoon more than three months after testimony in the ...

But one day before the government began its final rebuttal, a lawyer for Madigan’s co-defendant, longtime Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain, urged the jury on Tuesday not to fill in what he ...

(The Center Square) – Closing arguments have resumed at the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain in Chicago. McClain ...

I grew up in a small town in Oregon and couldn't wait to pack my bags and head to Portland for college. The city seemed to have everything I could need: bustling streets, museums, art, culture ...

Washington ― Michigan Republican U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain hit back at the "woke" Episcopal bishop who went viral Tuesday after confronting President Donald Trump during a prayer service by urging ...