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A young woman reacts as she looks at her damaged home after Russia's night missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 14, 2026. (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Trump’s abhorrent Russian diesel deal defies US laws and won’t lower gas prices

By Elizabeth Shackelford

October 16, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Donald Trump has illegally undone sanctions efforts against Russia. For all of this, Americans won’t...

Saturday Night Live Host Shane Gillis during the monologue on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (Will Heath/NBC/TNS)

Heidi Stevens: Shane Gillis ‘SNL’ opener misses the mark — and the moment

By Heidi Stevens

October 16, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

The most disappointing thing about Shane Gillis’ shopworn, hackneyed, tone-deaf, retrograde, unfunny “Saturday Night Live”...

Former Indiana U,S. Rep. Lee Hamilton, who was co-chair of the Iraq Study Group, in his office at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington on Nov. 24, 2006. (Pete Souza/baiduhai)

John T. Shaw: We need Congress to ponder the long term with a new future-focused group

By John T. Shaw

October 14, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Half a century ago, many lawmakers viewed their responsibilities differently and created a forum to...

Dr. Seuss children's books "If I Ran the Zoo," "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street," "On Beyond Zebra!" and "McElligot's Pool," will continue to be available at the Naperville Public Library branches despite the announcement they will no longer be published because of racist and insensitive imagery.

I hope this Tweet of the Week Poll finds you well

By Eric Zorn

March 12, 2021 at 12:11 p.m.

Instructions: Click the box next to each tweet that amuses you -- no limit to...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., attends a Senate meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 1, 2021.

Column: Sen. Dick Durbin breaks with President Joe Biden to endorse needed filibuster reform

By Eric Zorn

March 9, 2021 at 3:34 p.m.

"Stand up and talk, Mr. Smith," said the text message Tuesday morning from Illinois U.S....

Rick Foulkes and his wife, Rita Rossi-Foulkes, are seen with their dog Stormy at their Riverside home on March 8, 2021. Foulkes is in need of a liver transplant to save his life. The two play in a Beatles cover band to raise money for community organizations and mental health.

Column: 2 guitar-playing, Beatles-loving doctors and their search for a liver (on Twitter) to save the husband’s life

By Heidi Stevens

March 9, 2021 at 3:12 p.m.

Rick Foulkes, Rita Rossi-Foulkes and their two kids were on vacation in California the first...

A newspaper is blown by the wind after it is placed on a railing by a television crew outside Buckingham Palace in London on March 8, 2021. Britain's royal family is absorbing the tremors from a sensational television interview by Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex, in which the couple said they encountered racist attitudes and a lack of support that drove Meghan to thoughts of suicide.

Column: Royals should take advantage of the diversity that Meghan and Harry bring

By Clarence Page

March 11, 2021 at 7:49 a.m.

Was "Take down the British monarchy" on Oprah's to-do list? No, it only looked that...

Meghan Markle with Queen Elizabeth II in 2018.

Column: Meghan Markle saw herself as biracial, but the royals saw her as Black

By Dahleen Glanton

March 9, 2021 at 1:30 p.m.

One of the most intriguing questions still lingering from Meghan Markle's and Prince Harry's interview...

A blues museum, eco-food hub and apartments are part of $67 million in projects picked to kick off Chicago’s Invest South/West initiative

By Ryan Ori

March 9, 2021 at 1:14 p.m.

Three real estate developments with a combined investment of $67 million have been chosen to...

Englewood resident Fannie Peeples gets a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Friend Health nurse Syreetta Stinson at the Peace House of I Grow Chicago, March 26, 2021. I Grow Chicago teamed with Friend Health to provide 150 vaccines, coffee and doughnuts at the event.

Column: CDC guidelines for fully vaccinated Americans overlook the needs of anti-social comfort enthusiasts

By Rex W. Huppke

March 8, 2021 at 5:26 p.m.

News that fully vaccinated Americans can gather indoors with other vaccinated people without wearing masks...

Woody Allen is seen on the set of his movie "Alice," starring Mia Farrow in August 1990.

Column: What a Woody Allen reckoning can teach us about Lincoln statues, Dr. Seuss and the British royal family

By Heidi Stevens

March 8, 2021 at 2:03 p.m.

Ginia Bellafante, a columnist at the New York Times, wrote an essay Friday that strikes...

A mural that features Theodor Seuss Geisel, left, also known by his pen name Dr. Seuss, covers part of a wall near an entrance at The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum, in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Column: The liberal Dr. Seuss probably would have thought ‘cancel culture’ was bunk

By Dahleen Glanton

March 8, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

It is ironic that conservatives have come to Dr. Seuss' rescue. It is unlikely that...

This image provided by Harpo Productions shows Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, left, speaking with Oprah Winfrey.

Column: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry talk to Oprah Winfrey. It was the racism all along: ‘It was all happening just because I was breathing.’

By Nina Metz

March 8, 2021 at 1:22 p.m.

In her years as an actress and someone who worked with humanitarian causes, Meghan Markle...

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