That political pal, state Rep. Thaddeus Jones, is being investigated for misusing campaign money — the same type of offense ...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson says his son, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., has been released from an Alabama prison after serving a year and a half for illegally spending $750,000 in ...

In a video, Jackson Jr. says he chose the date to honor "a man who inspired my life to public service. A man who blessed me ...

CHICAGO — Jesse Jackson Jr., once a rising Democratic star who saw his congressional career unravel in scandal, is returning to the political stage. He will announce his bid this week for the same ...

WASHINGTON — Former Illinois Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr., who pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds and served time in federal prison, announced a comeback bid Wednesday, entering the Democratic ...

Jackson, who faces up to five years in prison when sentenced on June 28, resigned in November shortly after his re-election. He and his legal team have kept a low profile, but not too low a profile — ...

After both Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife Sandi were sentenced to jail for crimes related to the former Congressman's misuse of campaign funds, another chapter in the son of Rev. Jesse Jackson's ...