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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...

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry in Manitowoc on Sept. 21, 2020.

Column: No malarkey, Joe Biden’s ‘El Cid’ strategy against President Trump

By John Kass

September 25, 2020 at 7:01 p.m.

Who will win "The Clash of the Epically Flawed Personalities," or as you might mistakenly...

The American flag flies at half-mast in honor of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Cecil Airport on Sept. 24 in Jacksonville, Florida.

Column: Uncivil War: A poem about Donald Trump

By Mary Schmich

September 26, 2020 at 9:32 a.m.

This is the latest in my series of occasional TrumPoems chronicling the presidency of Donald...

President Donald Trump at the Cobb Galleria Centre Sept. 25, 2020, in Atlanta.

Column: An old question comes back: What if President Trump loses but won’t leave?

By Clarence Page

September 25, 2020 at 4:32 p.m.

Pardon me if I repeat myself but, sometimes, I repeat myself. I realized that as...

Sen. John F. Kennedy, D-Mass., right, speaks and Vice President Richard M. Nixon listens during the fourth presidential debate from a New York studio on Oct. 21, 1960.

Column: Tuesday’s presidential debate may be a great show, but it’ll be irrelevant

By Steve Chapman

September 25, 2020 at 4:40 p.m.

The first debate is typically the most dramatic occasion of every general election presidential campaign....

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in state in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP)

David Brooks column: How faith shapes my politics

By The New York Times

September 25, 2020 at 11:17 a.m.

Over the past few decades, whenever a Republican president puts up an important judicial nominee...

Anne Marie Calligas, 5, left, and her sister Isabel, 7, hug on their walk to Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago on Sept. 24, 2020.

Column: 5-year-old Alabama girl is in Chicago for life-saving surgery. COVID-19 has complicated every step of the way.

By Heidi Stevens

September 28, 2020 at 12:18 p.m.

Anne Marie Calligas was born fighting. She arrived two months early, after a complicated pregnancy,...

President Donald Trump arrives at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Sept. 24, 2020, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Column: Trump’s upcoming coup: A formal invitation from a cowardly president who knows he might lose

By Rex W. Huppke

September 25, 2020 at 9:14 a.m.

This will be remembered as the week President Donald Trump formally announced his plans to...

A makeshift memorial for the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen near the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington on Sept. 21, 2020.

Column: RBG lies in state. John Lewis is gone. It’s like losing both parents at once. What now?

By Mary Schmich

September 25, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

John Lewis and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. They were the parents. They led us and taught...

Police officers stand in front of an armored vehicle on Sept. 23, 2020, in Louisville, Kentucky.

Column: Would we say their names if police were killed?

By John Kass

September 25, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

That burning Molotov cocktail painted an arc of fire in the Portland night sky on...

A child holds a sign reading "Justice for Breonna" as people gather for a protest in reaction to the announcement of charges in the Breonna Taylor case outside of St. Sabina Church in Chicago on Wednesday, September 23, 2020. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Column: The Breonna Taylor case is heartbreaking, but not a ‘miscarriage of justice’

By Eric Zorn

September 24, 2020 at 5:52 p.m.

At a news conference in Chicago on Wednesday afternoon, Gov. J.B. Pritzker referred to a...

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