The Latest Breaking News from John Lausch

The Justice Department is reviewing a batch of potentially classified documents found in the Washington office space of President Joe Biden’s former institute

Two major utilities serving Illinois residents have now been charged as a result of the years-long investigation that swirled around Madigan. The probe ended his reign as the longest-serving statehouse speaker in the nation and led to the original racketeering indictment filed against him earlier…

A federal judge has sentenced an Illinois man to 55 years in prison for the shooting death of a deputy U.S. marshal serving an arrest warrant for a series of downstate burglaries

Cheats may have defrauded billions in pandemic aid. Federal officials must pursue these cases and figure out a better way to prevent such fraud before the next crisis or disaster happens.

A judge last year declined a request from Hoover for a lower sentence under the First Step Act. But the judge gave the Gangster Disciples founder room to try again.

CHICAGO — Mayor Lori Lightfoot may have said she was “deeply offended” by the deferred prosecution deal that federal prosecutors struck with former Alderman Daniel Solis, but she sure seems interested in any dirt he’s been dishing.

Tracey Hunter says prosecutors never called her or her daughter, Tina Hunter, McDonald’s mother, about the decision.

CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors will not bring any case against the former Chicago police officer who killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, U.S. Attorney John Lausch’s office announced Monday.

“There is a significant prospect that a second prosecution would diminish the important results already achieved,” Lausch’s office said in a statement.