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President Donald Trump, right, meets with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine, left, for bilateral talks at Beştepe Presidential Compound during the NATO Summit on July 8, 2026, in Ankara, Turkey. (Win McNamee/Getty)

Daniel DePetris: Donald Trump’s fight with Volodymyr Zelenskyy reveals a deeper frustration

By Daniel DePetris

October 20, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The likely driver for the latest fight over Ukraine is that the war Donald Trump...

Comedian and political satirist Bill Maher waves to the stage during the 27th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor celebrating Maher on June 29, 2026, in Washington. (Kevin Wolf/AP)

Clarence Page: Beware the charm of our rising chatbots

By Clarence Page

October 19, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Besides the existential risks of artificial intelligence, consider how AI chatbots insinuate themselves in the...

The new Cragin Park Fieldhouse stands Oct. 15, 2026, in Chicago’s Belmont Cragin neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Edward Keegan: Is the minimalist fieldhouse in Chicago’s Cragin Park architecture or just a building?

By Edward Keegan

October 19, 2026 at 8:09 a.m.

The Cragin Park Fieldhouse expresses a clear architectural character with its exposed steel structure. I...

Michael Null, left, and William Null, right, arrive at the American Patriot Rally, organized by Michigan United for Liberty, to demand the reopening of businesses on the steps of the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing on April 30, 2020.

Column: What the plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer tells us about militant extremists

By Clarence Page

October 12, 2020 at 10:08 a.m.

Sometimes it hurts to be right. I have received more than a little mockery in...

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, listens to the president after the public announcement of her nomination in the Rose Garden of the White House on Sept. 26, 2020.

Column: What was Judge Amy Coney Barrett like as a freshman at Notre Dame law school? ‘A joy.’

By John Kass

October 9, 2020 at 6:24 p.m.

With U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett going through her Senate confirmation hearings...

People fill out their ballot during early voting at Welles Park in Chicago, Oct. 14, 2020.

Column: Making sense of the 3/5th vs. majority of votes requirement for the graduated tax amendment

By Eric Zorn

October 9, 2020 at 5:35 p.m.

Confession time: I've been scratching my head all year, each time I come across the...

The McDonald's global headquarters in the Chicago's West Loop on Dec. 19, 2019.

McDonald’s HQ to sell for about $420 million, a record for Chicago’s Fulton Market district

By Ryan Ori

October 29, 2020 at 11:07 a.m.

Developer Sterling Bay has a deal to sell McDonald's headquarters building for about $420 million,...

The Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 5, 2020, as the justices began a new term following the recent death of their colleague, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Column: Democrats should reject court-packing

By Steve Chapman

October 9, 2020 at 12:35 p.m.

Joe Biden and the Democratic Party apparently think they are on their way to a...

The new Bank of America Tower with a new block of Riverwalk.

Column: City’s tallest office building in 30 years opens along Chicago River, mixing drama and banality

By Blair Kamin

October 9, 2020 at 3:37 p.m.

Here are three big reasons you should care about the just-completed, hauntingly empty, Bank of...

The new Bank of America Tower from Wacker Drive on Oct. 7, 2020.

Review: Bank of America Tower

By Contributed Content

October 9, 2020 at 11:21 a.m.

The modernist design of the just-opened but empty Bank of Amerca Tower, a mix of...

Vice President Mike Pence speaks as Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., listens during the vice presidential debate on Oct. 7, 2020, at Kingsbury Hall on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.

Column: The threatening silence of Biden and Harris on packing the Supreme Court

By John Kass

October 9, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

When we watch politicians perform, most of us focus on the action, on what is...

Armed protesters stand near the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing on April 30, 2020, during a demonstration demanding the reopening of businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Column: Failed plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer shows danger of anti-government rhetoric

By Rex W. Huppke

October 8, 2020 at 5:59 p.m.

On June 11, 2001, I stood in a tight, gray-walled room at a federal penitentiary...

The Illinois State Capitol in Springfield.

Column: Inconvenient truth: Graduated-rate income tax would make it easier to tax certain retirement income. And that’s a good thing!

By Eric Zorn

October 8, 2020 at 5:23 p.m.

In a devious bit of campaign strategy in the final weeks of the 2020 campaign,...

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