A discreet effort is underway to explore the possibility of President Donald J. Trump pardoning former Gov. John G. Rowland.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet ...

President Donald Trump has used the power of his office in ways critics and experts say inject politics into the criminal ...

Eventually, he served as speaker of the Illinois House, lieutenant governor ... Democrat who promised to clean up Springfield — Rod Blagojevich. Later, as federal investigators probed his ...

Catherine Lucey covers the White House for The Wall Street Journal.

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