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Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says in a new book that White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel wanted his help in arranging to leave the Obama administration after two years to reclaim his seat in Congress.

Former Chief of Staff for ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-IL) reaches plea deal in attempted sale of Obama's Senate seat and agrees to cooperate.

A judge has scheduled a start date of June 3, 2010, for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's federal corruption trial.

Even in a Senate club famous for how it ostracizes the unwanted, the shunning of Democratic Sen. Roland Burris is unprecedented.

A federal judge in Chicago said today that the Senate ethics committee can review tapes of secretly recorded conversations between Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) and the brother of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich (D), who was removed from office earlier this year amid a corruption investigation.

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he was willing to eat bugs for his children, but a federal judge saved him from that.

U.S. Attorney plans 'significant' Chicago court filing, sources tell FOX News likely an indictment.

U.S. District Chief Judge James Holderman has denied a motion by lawyers for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich to remove federal prosecutors in Chicago from the ongoing corruption case.

Illinois Sen. Roland Burris claims he did not pay the $10,000 requested by former Gov. Blagojevich's brother.

It wasn't long after the Illinois state Senate voted unanimously to remove Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office that Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn put his hand on a Bible and took the oath of office to replace him.