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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...

People march while calling for justice for Daniel Prude on Sept. 3, 2020, in Rochester, New York.

Column: Video of Daniel Prude’s death at hands of police is horrifying. But white Americans need to bear witness.

By Rex W. Huppke

September 4, 2020 at 3:15 p.m.

Video from police body cameras shows Daniel Prude, a 41-year-old Black man from Chicago, being...

A Lake County Sheriff's deputy watches protesters outside of the Lake County Courthouse on Sept. 25, 2020 in Waukegan. An extradition hearing was being held inside for Kyle Rittenhouse of Antioch, who is charged in shooting to death Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum last month during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Column: Here’s why Kyle Rittenhouse, the teen shooting suspect in Kenosha killings, is likely to get off

By Eric Zorn

September 3, 2020 at 10:54 p.m.

Kyle Rittenhouse is going to walk. This is my conclusion as I emerge, blinking in...

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks unanimously approved a staff recommendation that the red brick two-flat at 6427 S. St. Lawrence Ave. where Emmett Till once lived be granted preliminary landmark status.

Column: Emmett Till house takes first step toward landmark status as questions are raised about its future

By Blair Kamin

September 4, 2020 at 8:39 a.m.

The Chicago house of Emmett Till, whose brutal murder in Mississippi helped spark the civil...

The new Bank of America Tower along the Chicago River on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020.

Architecture in Chicago for fall 2020: A vital season awaits, despite the pandemic. Our 12 picks not to miss.

By Blair Kamin

September 8, 2020 at 11:50 a.m.

Despite the dark shadow cast by COVID-19, the fall architecture season in Chicago promises a...

Chicago police officers block West Washington Boulevard on Aug. 22, 2020, as activists march to the Fraternal Order of Police building and call for a defunding of the Chicago Police Department and the removal of cops in schools.

Column: Donald Trump and police unions — an unholy alliance that stops real police reform

By Dahleen Glanton

September 3, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Every city and town in America is on edge. We look at the social unrest...

U.S. Rep. Sean Casten tours the Westmont Fire Department on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020.

Column: Talking toenails, Nancy Pelosi, the People’s Republic of Oak Park? Who wins the Golden Moutza of August?

By John Kass

September 3, 2020 at 7:40 a.m.

Who wins your Golden Moutza of the Month of August? Will it be House Speaker...

Lightning flashes behind President Donald Trump, carrying an umbrella, as he exits Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Aug. 28, 2020.

Column: Trump’s ‘Air Antifa’ plane story is true (maybe). I know because I was there (maybe).

By Rex W. Huppke

September 2, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Donald Trump has found an important new issue to address, and it's purely a coincidence...

A man jogs with his dog along the lakefront near Monroe Street in Chicago on Aug. 31, 2020.

Column: It’s September. Already. Again. This year many wish we could skip ahead as an election and cabin fever loom.

By Mary Schmich

September 2, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

It's September. Already. Again. But not just any September, not just the September of wistful...

Taris Williams cuts the grass in front of the housing complex near where Jacob Blake was shot by police last week, on Sept. 1, 2020, in Kenosha. Williams said it is up to residents to take care of the neighborhood and he cuts grass at more than a dozen locations. He said he does it for the good of the community, it's therapeutic and because "children emulate what they see."

Column: Trump’s stop in Kenosha wasn’t risky. It was smart politics.

By John Kass

September 2, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

You can understand why Democrats didn't want President Donald Trump to visit Kenosha to respond...

Najee Ali, director of Project Islamic Hope, leads a "Wakanda Forever!" salute from the 2018 film "Black Panther," during a news conference to celebrate the actor Chadwick Boseman, Aug. 29. 2020, in Los Angeles.

Column: In a summer of COVID-19 and racial reckoning, Chadwick Boseman’s death hits especially hard

By Dahleen Glanton

September 2, 2020 at 5:48 p.m.

Chadwick Boseman's death hit African Americans particularly hard. In part, it is because it came...

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