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Supporters of presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro for the Partido Liberal react during general election day on October 4, 2026, in Brasilia, Brazil. According to official results, Bolsonaro has 47.06% of the votes, and incumbent president of Brazil and presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva has 45.13%, with 99% of the voting counted. Bolsonaro and Lula will face off in a runoff on Oct. 25, 2026, after neither reached 50% of the votes to be elected president. (Ton Molina/Getty)

Daniel DePetris: Brazil’s elections appear to be another win for Donald Trump

By Daniel DePetris

October 6, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Over the last year and a half, right-wing candidates have won seven presidential elections in...

Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb and head of the National Design Studio, speaks during the America.gov launch event on Sept. 29, 2026, in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty)

Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s ‘truth’ betrayed by White House chatbot

By Clarence Page

October 5, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

President Donald Trump is likely not pleased to find out he unleashed a fact-checker against...

Finnish President Alexander Stubb is applauded while speaking during the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters on Sept. 22, 2026, in New York. (Seth Wenig/AP)

John T. Shaw: Finland’s president offers a compelling plan for a new world order

By John T. Shaw

October 4, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Finland's president believes the system created after World War II must be rebuilt and rebalanced...

President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Mehmet Oz, left, administrator for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services, delivers remarks during an event on maternal healthcare in the Oval Office of the White House on May 11, 2026, in Washington. The Trump administration recently launched Moms.gov, a website to help provide resources for expecting women and their families. Also pictured are philanthropist Olivia Walton, second from left, and Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., third from right. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty)

Clarence Page: Feeling ‘under-babied’? More like underpaid and overburdened

By Clarence Page

May 18, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Dr. Mehmet Oz sounded the alarm on a fertility crisis, but what about those who...

Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple in Oak Park in 2017. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Edward Keegan: Frank Lloyd Wright’s buildings are always worth revisiting

By Edward Keegan

May 17, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Two new books on Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie and Bogk houses build upon the remarkable...

Undersecretary of Defense/Comptroller Jules Hurst, from left, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the fiscal year 2027 budget request at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 12, 2026. The Trump administration is asking for an unprecedented $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)

Elizabeth Shackelford: An indefensible defense budget proposal and what it portends for our nation

By Elizabeth Shackelford

May 15, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Giving the Trump administration a massive increase in funding only dials up the risk of...

This view from the observation deck of the Varso Tower shows the Palace of Culture and Science and a skyline of Warsaw, Poland, on Oct. 22, 2025. (Sergei Gapon/Getty-AFP)

Heidi Stevens: A glimpse at Warsaw history reinforces why books and literacy are vital for democracy

By Heidi Stevens

May 15, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

When we ban books, we take away the stories and witnesses who can help us...

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in central Moscow on May 9, 2026. (Alexander Nemenov/Getty-AFP)

Daniel DePetris: Vladimir Putin’s costly warmongering is stirring up resentment at home

By Daniel DePetris

May 12, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The discontent in Russian society over the costly war in Ukraine is beginning to bubble...

With the Chicago skyline in the background, a child runs on the sand at Tobey Prinz Beach in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, March 21, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Clarence Page: Why are young couples delaying having a family? Dread, for one.

By Clarence Page

May 12, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

When asked about a delay in having kids, many young couples cite economic and job...

Mayor Brandon Johnson rides the elevator down after meeting with Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch in Welch’s office at the Illinois State Capitol building on May 6, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

David Greising: The mayor makes a plea for his Bears plan, but Springfield is megaprojects bill-bound

By David Greising

May 8, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The mayor calls for a taxpayer-owned Chicago Bears arena, even though the megaprojects bill is...

The activist and painter Judith F. Baca uses paint to darken the right side of Cesar Chavez’s face, creating a shadow to represent, she said, “his dark side arising,” in “The Great Wall of Los Angeles,” at her studio in Santa Monica, California, on April 3, 2026. Artists who created public depictions of the civil rights icon Cesar Chavez have had to revisit their works after accusations emerged of Chavez’s sexual abuse of girls in the movement. (Ariana Drehsler/The New York Times)

Steve Chapman: What the erasure of Cesar Chavez reveals about American politics

By Steve Chapman

May 6, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

If Cesar Chavez, now cloaked in disgrace, had his life to do over again, I’m...

Mexican National Guard soldiers patrol in Culiacán, in Mexico's Sinaloa state, Feb. 4, 2026. The U.S. has indicted Sinaloa's governor, Rubén Rocha Moya, and nine other officials. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times)

Daniel DePetris: An indictment of Sinaloa’s governor could roil US-Mexico ties

By Daniel DePetris

May 5, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

An indictment against current and former Mexican officials will complicate the two nations' work to...

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act on Aug. 6, 1965, in a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Surrounding the president, from left directly above his right hand, are Vice President Hubert Humphrey; House Speaker John McCormack; Rep. Emanuel Celler, D-N.Y.; first daughter Luci Johnson; and Sen. Everett Dirksen, R-Ill. Behind Humphrey is House Majority Leader Carl Albert of Oklahoma, and behind Celler is Sen. Carl Hayden, D-Ariz. (AP)

Clarence Page: The Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling will promote corrupt electoral maps

By Clarence Page

May 3, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

In striking down the Louisiana voting map as a racial gerrymander, the court opened the...

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