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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...

A staff member prepares the article of impeachment against President Donald Trump to be signed at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 13, 2021, in Washington. The House of Representatives voted to impeach Trump for incitement of insurrection.

Column: Impeachment was the only way to prove that an insurrection and civil unrest are not the same

By Dahleen Glanton

January 14, 2021 at 3:04 p.m.

The House of Representatives on Wednesday took the historic step of impeaching a U.S. president...

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., walks to her office after the U.S. House voted to impeach President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 13, 2021.

Column: Who cares that Nancy Pelosi wore the same suit to both of Donald Trump’s impeachments? I do.

By Heidi Stevens

January 14, 2021 at 9:19 a.m.

Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to serve as speaker of the House, made more history...

Patrons in a West Hollywood, Calif. restaurant watch CNN presidential-election coverage on Nov. 5, 2020.

Column: A modest proposal for our democracy: Change those election night ‘magic walls’ on CNN and FOX

By Chris Jones

January 14, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

How, in the absence of any evidence whatsoever, did President Donald J. Trump persuade so...

Column: Does Trump impeachment heal a divided and angry nation?

By John Kass

January 14, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Revenge is a dish best served cold, but the second impeachment of President Donald Trump...

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, talks with others after the U.S. House voted Jan. 13, 2021, to impeach President Donald Trump.

Column: Twice-impeached Trump, GOP bemoan ‘cancel culture.’ If they’re canceled, why are they still so noisy?

By Rex W. Huppke

January 13, 2021 at 6:07 p.m.

Hello, technical support? I recently subscribed to Cancel Culture and I'm having some issues. It...

Column: Maybe America needs group therapy? Christie Tate’s memoir, ‘Group,’ reveals the messy process of facing and healing our traumas.

By Heidi Stevens

January 13, 2021 at 1:19 p.m.

Maybe America needs group therapy. I sat down to read Christie Tate's memoir, "Group: How...

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

Column: A Trump self-pardon could be a service to the nation

By Steve Chapman

January 13, 2021 at 2:02 p.m.

For the past four years, President Donald Trump has regularly flouted the Constitution, laws and...

Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin talks to workers Aug. 27, 2019, on an elevator at the under construction Vista Tower. The building was later renamed the St. Regis Chicago.

Column: Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin reflects on 28 years of reviewing Chicago’s wonders and blunders, and why such coverage should continue

By Blair Kamin

January 13, 2021 at 4:43 p.m.

When I became the Tribune's architecture critic in 1992, there was no Millennium Park, no...

Speaker Michael Madigan on the floor as the Illinois House convenes at the Bank of Springfield Center on Jan. 8, 2021.

Column: The Illinois plane, with no pilot, is going down

By John Kass

January 13, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

The Boss Madigan drama is offered like some entertaining "Game of Thrones," with all the...

The U.S. Capitol in Washington as a mob of Trump supporters breached the building on Jan. 6, 2021.

Column: In today’s America, the neighbor next door could be a domestic terrorist

By Dahleen Glanton

January 13, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

One of the most disturbing revelations from last week's insurrection at the Capitol is that...

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