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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...

Trump supporters participate in a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

Column: Let’s call the Capitol riot what it really was — an attempted massacre

By Dahleen Glanton

February 11, 2021 at 5:18 p.m.

It is clear by the stunning case House impeachment managers presented on Wednesday that the...

Column: Trump can’t take refuge in the First Amendment

By Steve Chapman

February 10, 2021 at 2:53 p.m.

When the mob of Donald Trump fanatics invaded the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, one...

Artist JB Daniel refreshes his collections of signs in the 10800 block of South Champlain Ave., in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood, on Feb. 9, 2021.

Column: Chicago artist dots city landscape with a sneaky, beautiful pandemic message: ‘Help each other’

By Heidi Stevens

February 10, 2021 at 3:14 p.m.

Chicago artist JB Daniel was getting pretty tired of the walk from his house to...

Lead House impeachment manager Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), right, hugs House impeachment manager Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) after she spoke during the second day of the second Senate impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington on Feb. 10, 2021.

Commentary: How a 13-minute impeachment video asserted the power of the authentic image

By Michael Phillips

February 10, 2021 at 1:28 p.m.

Every now and then, a piece of visual storytelling — be it propaganda, or impeachment...

A worker smooths out soil in the foreground as the construction of the Salesforce Tower continues next to the 60-story Wolf Point East apartment tower on May 4, 2020.

Salesforce sticking with plans for 60-story Chicago tower, despite telling workers they can work remotely after COVID-19

By Ryan Ori

February 11, 2021 at 9:34 a.m.

Salesforce isn't backing off plans to anchor a 60-story office tower under construction along the...

The U.S. Capitol is shown as members of the Senate listen to opening arguments from House impeachment managers and attorneys representing former President Donald Trump on Feb. 9, 2021.

Column: Democratic impeachment of Trump puts his 74 million voters on trial

By John Kass

February 10, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

In their second impeachment of the man who is now no longer president, the Democrats...

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the lead impeachment manager, and his team arrive to begin the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington on Feb. 9.

Column: Trump’s impeachment trial isn’t about him. It’s about us.

By Mary Schmich

February 9, 2021 at 7:24 p.m.

Before the second impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump began Tuesday, it may have been...

Column: A repeat offender incited violence against Americans. He should be brought to justice for the Capitol attack.

By Dahleen Glanton

February 9, 2021 at 6:38 p.m.

Many of us did not look forward to the impeachment trial. We awaited it reluctantly,...

If you know right from wrong, you know that it’s right to fill out the Tweet of the Week poll

By Eric Zorn

February 12, 2021 at 12:40 p.m.

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

Don Tracy, then a Republican candidate for Illinois lieutenant governor, participates Jan. 7, 2010, in a debate with challengers in Springfield.

Column: New state Republican Party chair Don Tracy lives in an ethical glass house

By Eric Zorn

February 9, 2021 at 4:51 p.m.

In September 2018, a Springfield labor leader filed a complaint with the state's Office of...

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