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Dennis Hastert had multiple sources of income after leaving Congress
Former House speaker Dennis Hastert was making $165,200 a year in 2007 when he resigned from Congress, and quickly parlayed his political experience into a much more lucrative career as...
Former Speaker Hastert’s federal pension not in danger
Even if former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is convicted of financial improprieties and lying to the FBI, he could keep collecting pensions totaling at least $100,000, according to state...
Former Rep. Aaron Schock reimburses government $122,000
Former Rep. Aaron Schock repaid the government $122,590 during his final months in office, new financial statements show. The repayments include more than $86,000 Schock received for mileage reimbursement expenses...
Obama on B.B. King: ‘Killer blues’ in heaven tonight
President Barack Obama, remembering the late blues great B.B. King, on Friday recalled being cajoled into singing "Sweet Home Chicago" with him three years ago at the White House. King,...
Obama commutes sentences of 22 convicted on drug charges
President Barack Obama on Tuesday commuted the prison sentences of 22 people convicted of drug offenses, including two Illinois men. The White House said the move continues Obama's push to...
Jesse Jackson Jr. arrives at halfway house, asks for ‘a second chance’
Released from a federal prison in Alabama on Thursday, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. drove with family members to a Baltimore halfway house. "I've made mistakes, and I'm prayerful...
Jesse Jackson Jr. leaves prison for halfway house: ‘He’ll do well’
Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. left an Alabama prison early Thursday after serving a year and a half for illegally spending $750,000 in campaign funds on furs, vacations and...
Father: Jesse Jackson Jr.’s impending prison release will be ‘day of joy’
Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.'s stay in a halfway house after he is released from a federal prison camp in Alabama on Thursday could be short. Some inmates transition to...
Biography tracks Michelle Obama from a Chicago youth to first black first lady
A new biography of Michelle Obama paints a picture of a presidential spouse whose first-of-a-kind tenure unfolded in a hyperpartisan age and how one false step "risked death by a...
The mileage Rep. Aaron Schock billed for personal SUV adds to legal woes
Rep. Aaron Schock's world travels have been well-chronicled by him on Instagram, and to his dismay, more recently by news reporters. There are photos of Schock dancing the tango with...