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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...

Airickca Gordon-Taylor, center in purple, and the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., both cousins of Emmett Till, speak outside Roberts Temple Church of God In Christ in Chicago on Aug. 28, 2015. They led a motorcade to Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the death of Emmett Till. Till's funeral took place at Roberts Temple in September 1955.

Column: Chicago church where thousands viewed Emmett Till’s open casket is named to list of nation’s most endangered places

By Blair Kamin

September 24, 2020 at 10:03 a.m.

The Chicago church where Emmett Till's badly beaten body was displayed in an open casket,...

The Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ Building is seen Sept. 23, 2020, in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. The church has been placed on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's list of America's 11 most endangered historic places.

Most endangered historic places in the U.S.

By Contributed Content

January 28, 2021 at 10:01 a.m.

The Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ Building in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood has been...

Gale Sayers (40) is helped from the field by Mike Pyle (50) and Gary Lyle after the Bears running back was injured in a game with San Francisco, circa Nov. 11, 1968. Sayers was out for the season.

Column: The one true thing: Gale Sayers and those 18 inches of daylight

By John Kass

September 24, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

If you're lucky as a kid, you learn the things that are not true. Grown-ups...

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron speaks during a news conference Sept. 23, 2020, to announce a grand jury's decision to indict one of three Louisville police officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor.

Column: Justice in Breonna Taylor’s death fell victim to ‘law-and-order’ politics

By Dahleen Glanton

September 23, 2020 at 7:25 p.m.

There will be no justice for Breonna Taylor. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron made sure...

The body of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose under the Portico at the top of the front steps of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington.

Column: How to overcome a conservative Supreme Court and protect abortion rights

By Steve Chapman

September 23, 2020 at 5:20 p.m.

Among Americans who are not politically conservative, the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader...

A woman waves an RBG flag outside the Supreme Court at a makeshift memorial for late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Sept. 21, 2020, in Washington.

Column: RBG’s death puts the rule of law and the Constitution on November ballot

By John Kass

September 23, 2020 at 11:24 a.m.

The death of the liberal icon Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, greatly admired even...

People sit on the Main Quadrangle on the University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood in 2018.

Column: Battling over books, professors and the president miss the essence of Western civilization

By Ron Grossman

September 23, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

I'm hardly surprised by Donald Trump's attack on teachers, saying they are corrupting the nation's...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walks to his office at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 21. McConnell is planning to hold a vote to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat.

Column: In the battle of the Supreme Court, Democrats need to get down in the gutter with Republicans

By Dahleen Glanton

September 23, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Filling U.S. Supreme Court seats has always been an unpredictable game. It required no particular...

Bethel Gascho walks past a bright red fall tree along East Main Street in Barrington on Sept. 22. Gascho said, "I love to walk, reflect and pray."

Column: Take a deep breath and repeat, ‘Despair is not an option.’ An election season to-do list.

By Mary Schmich

September 23, 2020 at 3:17 p.m.

We've entered a new season. It's not just the season of autumn, it's election season,...

This Oct. 28, 2019 photo shows Michael Stipe and Mike Mills, from R.E.M. posing for a portrait in New York. The Neptunes, the innovative production-songwriting duo of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, are nominated for the prestigious Songwriters Hall of Fame 2020 class. Joining them as nominees are Outkast, R.E.M., Mariah Carey, Patti Smith, Journey, Vince Gill, Gloria Estefan, the Isley Brothers, the Eurythmics, Mike Love, David Gates and Steve Miller. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)

The Tweet of the Week poll is not rigged. Or so they want you to believe

By Eric Zorn

September 25, 2020 at 4:04 p.m.

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

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