Waukegan is having some corruption issues. Dan Hinkel is all over this story and wrote about it for the Chicago Tribune. He talked to Big John this morning.

Is this year's shopping season going to be bigger than ever? Jonathan Hoenig has evidence that it might be. He joined Big John this morning for more news on the economy.

Special forces are heading to Syria. Will they do more harm than good? Mike Rogers told us this morning on the Big John Howell Show.

There's a really expensive gas station in Afghanistan. There's a ridiculous list of demands among the GOP presidential candidates for their debates. There's some outrage of the Pledge of Allegiance. And there's another Tale from the Red Line all in the...

Keith Conrad jumps on the air to help 'Big' John clear up some misconceptions from this morning's show.

Bret Baier, host of Fox's "Special Report" join the show to discuss a variety of topics including Paul Ryan succeeding John Boehner as House Speaker, Congress agreeing on a two year budget plan and the death of former Senator Fred Thompson.

Congress completed work on a two-year budget after an early Friday morning vote to approve the deal that would increase spending limits and avert a damaging default, essentially ending the budgetary battles that have defined President Obama’s relation...

Congress completed work on a two-year budget after an early Friday morning vote to approve the deal that would increase spending limits and avert a damaging default, essentially ending the budgetary battles that have defined President Obama’s relation...

Former House Speaker John Boehner said he convinced his replacement Paul Ryan to take over his punishing job by laying "every ounce of Catholic guilt that I could on him." Joining the show to talk about John Boehner's legacy and the shoes that Paul Rya...

Representatives for many of the Republican presidential candidates gathered Sunday night near Washington, DC to work on reshaping their party's primary debates. The meeting came in the wake of last week's widely-criticized debate, hosted by CNBC, which...