Kim Janssen

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, left, and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean made a joint appearance at Elgin's Judson University on April 19, 2018.

In the era of Trump, old rivals Gingrich and Dean team up in Elgin, make a plea for less ugly politics

May 24, 2019 at 1:18 a.m.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean may have spent the better part of their lives fighting each other, but in a joint appearance at Elgin's...

Al Capone's Palm Island villa has been listed for sale. The 30,000-square-foot Florida estate has its own private beach.

Home where Capone may have planned St. Valentine’s Day Massacre listed for $14.9 million

May 24, 2019 at 1:18 a.m.

A piece of Chicago history is on sale — in sunny Miami Beach. But you'll need deep pockets if you want to buy the former Florida mansion of Outfit boss...

Cook County State's Attorney Kimberly M. Foxx sits for an interview in her office in Chicago on Nov. 14, 2017. She has been attracting national Democratic attention.

Cook County’s top prosecutor attracts admiration in D.C., but Kim Foxx mum about bigger political ambitions

May 24, 2019 at 1:18 a.m.

She has only been in office for a little more than a year, but Cook County's top prosecutor Kim Foxx is already attracting admiring attention from Democrats on the national...

Ald. Michael Zalewski, left, and Mike Madigan.

No Madigan ‘conspiracy’ behind Chicago alderman’s retirement, lawmaker son says

May 24, 2019 at 1:18 a.m.

State Rep. Michael J. Zalewski was quick on Monday to snuff out any suggestion that his father's retirement from the Chicago City Council was part of a plot to have...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth speaks during a news conference on June 20, 2017, at the Capitol in Washington.

Tammy Duckworth becomes first woman to give birth while serving in U.S. Senate

May 24, 2019 at 1:18 a.m.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth gave birth to a girl Monday, becoming the first sitting senator to have a baby while in office. Maile Pearl Bowlsbey — Duckworth's second daughter —...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks to the National Association of Attorneys General at their Winter Meeting in Washington on Feb. 27, 2018.

Sessions asks Chicago’s top fed to help handle House Clinton probe

May 24, 2019 at 1:18 a.m.

President Donald Trump's administration doesn't normally turn to Chicago for help when it's in a jam. But that's exactly what Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director Christopher Wray did...

Economic Club of Chicago chair Mellody Hobson shakes hands with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell following his address and Q&A at the Economic Club of Chicago luncheon at Hilton Towers, April 6, 2018.

Mellody Hobson, Fed chair Jerome Powell bond over ‘dictator’ filmmaker spouses

May 24, 2019 at 1:18 a.m.

Newly minted chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell's decision to give his first public speech in Chicago Friday was something of a coup for Mellody Hobson. But Hobson —...

Gov. Rauner, left, and first lady Diana Rauner have <a href="https://trib.in/2uP1dCY">donated "The Godfather" author Mario Puzo's papers to Dartmouth College</a>. In the film based on Puzo's book, Al Pacino, right, played Michael Corleone, who was a Dartmouth alumnus.</p>

Day after proposing to slash state university budgets, Gov. Rauner spent $625,000 on ‘Godfather’ memorabilia

May 24, 2019 at 1:18 a.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner took heat in February 2016 for a budget speech that proposed slashing state university funding by 20 percent. But it turns out that just a day later...

Pfleger warns America will ‘go to hell’ if it does not follow Martin Luther King’s legacy

May 24, 2019 at 1:18 a.m.

Half a century to the second after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Chicago pastor Michael Pfleger stood Wednesday on the Memphis motel balcony where King was...

Emanuel violates ‘Dukakis rule’ with silly hat, chokes up at honorary degree ceremony in Ireland

May 24, 2019 at 1:18 a.m.

An emotional Mayor Rahm Emanuel choked up Tuesday as he accepted an honorary doctorate from the National University of Ireland Galway. Emanuel — violating the so-called Dukakis rule, which states...

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