The hawkish defender of Guantanamo Bay and the post-9/11 security state worries President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is threatening civil liberties.

In 1992, the billionaire was H. Ross Perot, and his vehicle for attacking the incumbent president, George H. W. Bush, was ...

The state’s 70th governor served from 1985 to 1991, and was sentenced to prison after his third term over corruption charges.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet heralded by some for clearing the state’s death row, has died. He was 91 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet heralded by some for clearing the state’s death row, has died. He was ...

George Ryan dies at 91; former Illinois governor halted executions, but went to prison amid corruption scandal His one term as governor ended amid accusations he used government offices to reward ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet heralded by some for clearing the state’s death row, has died. He was 91 ...

Trump resurrects George W. Bush’s rendition regime Trump's rationale for dredging up wartime powers to render people to a foreign prison is rather familiar ...

George H.W. Bush vetoed a civil rights act that would have expanded job protections in 1990.

Trump admits that there's no immunity for POTUS and Scooter Libby could have put President George W Bush in jail ...