The big picture: Fifty cast members and writers from Second City have been hired at "SNL." Plus, a handful more did comedy ...

The decade-long FBI investigation that led to Madigan’s trial roiled local politics and changed the course of Illinois ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the state’s most powerful politician during his nearly four-decade reign, was ...

A federal jury Wednesday convicted former House Speaker Michael Madigan, once the most powerful person in Illinois politics, of bribery conspiracy charges in a wide-ranging case alleging he ran his ...

Johnson's ominous warning before a church audience Monday night has fueled speculation about a high-level political purge as ...