CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock is claiming government dirty tricks in the corruption case that prosecutors are building against him. Schock appears awe-struck by the latest ...

FARETRAS REVENGE Former Methuen City Councilor Joel Faretra who was thrown off the council by his colleagues in disgrace, ...

Long before Joseph Steffen surfaced at the center of political intrigue in Annapolis, Gerry Brewster suspected he was the political operative who wiped out his fundraising list and plastered his ...

The expression "often imitated, never duplicated" dates back to the 1920s, when Traub Manufacturing Co. used it to advertise its line of wedding and engagement rings. Lately, though, it's easy to be ...

Political shenanigans are in full swing, and it is hard not to wonder whether the candidates who spend so much money on them give us enough credit to know we’re on to them. The campaigning from their ...

“Dirty tricks” was a term used to describe the behavior of operatives within the Nixon administration to smear the reputations of opponents and undermine the appeal of certain politicians. Fifty years ...

A shadowy group has been recruiting unsuspecting candidates to act as potential spoilers in competitive House races in the latest attempt from far-left groups to tip Republican races. For the past ...

As far as burglaries go, this one was pretty audacious. On March 8, 1971, nine anti-Vietnam-war activists in Pennsylvania burgled the FBI. They stole secret files in the regional FBI office in the ...

When Dolores Cuellar of Orlando opened her door and saw a woman with a clipboard, she didn't hesitate to say which candidate she preferred. "Not Bush," said Cuellar, 42. "The other one." The woman ...