Imprisoned former Ald. Edward Burke has become the latest Chicago Democrat to seek clemency from someone who, at first blush, would seem like an unlikely suitor: Republican President Donald Trump.

Burke, 81, has filed a petition with the Office of the Pardon Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, seeking to have his ...

The federal civil rights complaints alleged First Amendment violations and retaliation. The Department of Corrections did not ...

Ed Burke, 81, was found guilty of federal racketeering and bribery charges in 2023 and is serving a two-year prison sentence. The typical commutation process could take months or years, but President ...

Former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, who was convicted in a federal bribery case, has requested his sentence be commuted. If his ...

Trump's budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it ...

The Tribune spoke with Nicole Hallett, a clinical law professor at University of Chicago, and Diana Rashid, managing attorney ...

A Hobart man who served six months in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was fatally shot Sunday by a Jasper County Sheriff’s officer — less than a week after he was pardoned by ...

These Bureau of Prisons programs teach prisoners about life, giving back and obeying the rules. Dog training programs and ...

The TV host known as "Dr. Phil" embedded with U.S. immigration enforcement officers during an operation in Chicago on Sunday, ...

San Diego County’s Board of Supervisors, for example, recently voted to forbid local law enforcement from aiding federal immigration ... and five years in prison per immigrant involved.

It sends a terrible message, I think, that you can storm the seat of the national government and clearly commit crimes, be ...