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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...

Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward arrives at Trump Tower in New York on Jan. 3, 2017. Woodward, facing widespread criticism for only now revealing President Donald Trump's early concerns about the severity of the coronavirus, told The Associated Press that he needed time to be sure that Trump's private comments from February were accurate.

Column: Bob Woodward has nothing to answer for — his book is coming out at just the right time

By Eric Zorn

September 10, 2020 at 2:57 p.m.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday amplified a common complaint when she criticized author Bob...

Kindergarten teacher Sarena Griffin and two friends and their daughters were eating breakfast at Bacon and Jam in Mount Greenwood on Monday. Their server brought them the bill and said another diner already paid it and wrote a note on the back. The note said it was from a retired Chicago police officer who said he wanted them to know he would've given his life for theirs and their lives matter.

Column: She and her friends were having breakfast in Mount Greenwood. A retired police officer paid their bill and left a ‘beautiful’ note that Black lives matter.

By Heidi Stevens

September 10, 2020 at 10:34 a.m.

Sarena Griffin met her friends Erin Jones Walker and Ogemdi Adeboje for breakfast Monday morning...

The soccer field west of Walter Payton College Preparatory High School is included in the planned development of land owned by Moody Bible Institute on the North Side.

Developer seeks approval for thousands of units on portion of Moody Bible Institute’s Near North Side campus

By Ryan Ori

September 9, 2020 at 2:05 p.m.

A Chicago developer is moving forward with ambitious plans that could bring thousands of residential...

Tracy Baim of Windy City Times films the LGBTQ Chicago Equality rally June 11, 2017, during Midsommarfest in Andersonville.

Column: Windy City Times is ending its print edition after 35 years as a voice for Chicago’s LGBTQ community. ‘It’s been the honor of my life.’

By Heidi Stevens

September 10, 2020 at 9:54 a.m.

When Rebecca Makkai was doing research for "The Great Believers," her gorgeous 2018 novel about...

President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr step off Air Force One upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Sept. 1, 2020.

Column: Barr’s Justice Department rides to Trump’s defense in case involving rape claim. Your tax dollars at work!

By Rex W. Huppke

September 9, 2020 at 12:13 p.m.

Great news, fellow Americans. Our tax dollars may now be used to help defend President...

Doreen Angone, hangs photos of Dajore Wilson near her memorial on 47th Street and South Union Avenu on Sept. 9, 2020 in Chicago. Angone, who lives across the street, said she was the first one there on Monday evening and helping the victims until first responders arrived.

Column: Is there a rain hard enough to cleanse Chicago of its sins against children?

By John Kass

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

A hard rain fell on the corner of 47th and Union where Dajore Wilson, 8,...

A woman runs on the Lakefront Trail near Monroe Harbor in Chicago on Aug. 25, 2020.

Column: Winter’s coming. The secret to surviving it in a pandemic? Pace yourself.

By Mary Schmich

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

Labor Day in the Pandemic Year of 2020 has come and gone, and by the...

Fill out the Tweet of the Week poll like no one is watching

By Eric Zorn

September 11, 2020 at 1:39 p.m.

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

The charging document says Kyle Rittenhouse was carrying a Smith and Wesson AR-15, like this one shown March 1, 2018, at Duke's Sport Shop in New Castle, Pennsylvania.

Column: About Kyle Rittenhouse’s gun charge: Will a legal loophole allow him to skate?

By Eric Zorn

September 9, 2020 at 8:56 a.m.

Of all the responses I received to my column last week on the shooting deaths...

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley, second from left, and others listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting at the White House in 2019.

Column: If Trump’s military support slips too much, he’ll be the ‘loser’

By Clarence Page

September 8, 2020 at 1:57 p.m.

In response to credible reports that President Donald Trump has derided fallen U.S. soldiers as...

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