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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...

A protester carries a Proud Boys banner while other members start to unfurl a large U.S. flag in front of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem on Sept. 7, 2020 .

Column: What Trump said about the Proud Boys was unconscionable, and obscures a great American tragedy

By John Kass

October 1, 2020 at 1:10 p.m.

President Donald Trump's failure to loudly and forcefully condemn white supremacists in his debate with...

Owner Louise "Momma" Harper cooks at the griddle at the New Pine Valley Restaurant in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood. She's decided to sell the place and retire after 58 years.

Column: She waited on Martin Luther King Jr. and ‘watched six generations grow up here.’ Now, after 58 years, ‘Momma’ Harper is leaving North Lawndale.

By Dahleen Glanton

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

Louise Harper had been working as a waitress at the Pine Valley Restaurant for four...

People watch the first debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden at Ethiopian Diamond restaurant in Chicago on Sept. 29, 2020.

Column: Presidential debate was a contest of blown opportunities

By Clarence Page

September 30, 2020 at 4:17 p.m.

My wife was the first to go. She stood up and made a beeline for...

Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and President Donald Trump's choice to fill the Supreme Court seat of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 29, 2020.

Column: Amy Coney Barrett’s malignant view of the Constitution

By Steve Chapman

September 30, 2020 at 2:10 p.m.

One of the chief dividing lines in American politics is how Supreme Court justices interpret...

President Donald Trump, left, and former Vice President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate on Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Column: That wasn’t a presidential debate. It was Facebook comments, but live. And equally uninformative.

By Heidi Stevens

September 30, 2020 at 10:37 a.m.

That wasn't a presidential debate, it was a WWE match. It was a beer-soaked brawl...

After standing in line for at least two hours, people finally get to cast their ballots on the first day of early voting at the DuPage County Fairgrounds on Sept. 24, 2020, in Wheaton.

Column: Voters have more to fear from the GOP than the Russians this year

By Dahleen Glanton

September 30, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

I cast my first ballot in a presidential election in 1976. Every four years afterward,...

Tracy Aiden holds books from her little free library on Sept. 29, 2020, next to the library that she set up in Evanston with books featuring diverse characters.

Column: She’s a teacher out to create little free children’s libraries — full of books that go beyond white kids and animals

By Mary Schmich

September 30, 2020 at 1:11 p.m.

Tracy Aiden woke up Saturday morning with a headache and, to use her word, "supernervous."...

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden arrives at Cleveland Airport in Cleveland, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, for the first presidential debate against President Donald Trump.

Column: Trump’s toxic debate performance was 90 minutes of disqualifying noise and cruelty

By Rex W. Huppke

September 30, 2020 at 10:10 a.m.

Like most Americans who have not spent the past decade broiling their brains in Fox...

The most stunningly ambidextrous Tweet of the Week poll ever!

By Eric Zorn

October 3, 2020 at 2:05 p.m.

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

Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett, center, walks toward White House counsel Pat Cipollone, from left, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Vice President Mike Pence as they arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 29, 2020.

Column: The Democrats’ book of revelations on Judge Amy Coney Barrett

By John Kass

September 29, 2020 at 5:32 p.m.

Why is the left reacting to President Donald Trump's nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett...

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