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Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb and head of the National Design Studio, speaks during the America.gov launch event on Sept. 29, 2026, in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty)

Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s ‘truth’ betrayed by White House chatbot

By Clarence Page

October 5, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

President Donald Trump is likely not pleased to find out he unleashed a fact-checker against...

Finnish President Alexander Stubb is applauded while speaking during the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters on Sept. 22, 2026, in New York. (Seth Wenig/AP)

John T. Shaw: Finland’s president offers a compelling plan for a new world order

By John T. Shaw

October 4, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Finland's president believes the system created after World War II must be rebuilt and rebalanced...

A wall running along Clark Street, interspersed with resident-only locked gates, separates the Dearborn Park subdivision from foot traffic along Clark Street on Oct. 1, 2026, near the South Loop. From 15th Street, north on Clark and then east on Roosevelt Road, Dearborn Park goes half a mile without a public pedestrian entrance. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Edward Keegan: It’s time to tear down Dearborn Park’s walls in the South Loop

By Edward Keegan

October 4, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The architecture throughout Dearborn Park is very much a product of its time. And it...

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, stands with his family before taking the stage to give a concession speech in a primary race during his election night watch party at the Westin Hotel on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, March 17, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Laura Washington: Illinois and Chicago campaigns defy conventional monied wisdom

By Laura Washington

August 12, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Elections are being bought and sold by the monied classes, "they" say, but elections in...

From left, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pose after signing a trilateral defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Saudi Press Agency)

Daniel DePetris: The Saudi Arabia-Pakistan-Turkey deal provides the US with an opportunity

By Daniel DePetris

August 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Here's why the mutual defense agreement among Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey is significant.

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive former public health official and Democratic Senate candidate, addresses supporters at a primary night watch party at the Majestic Theater in Detroit, in the early morning hours of Aug. 5, 2026. (Nick Hagen/The New York Times)

Clarence Page: Time for Democrats to widen their ‘big tent’

By Clarence Page

August 10, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Democrats shouldn't be afraid to back candidates like Dr. Abdul El-Sayed who take dissenting but...

People take pictures in front of the Chicago River with Trump Tower in the background on Sept. 11, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Edward Keegan: Donald Trump’s design depravity and disregard for expertise

By Edward Keegan

August 9, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The president is now living the real estate developer’s fantasy — with seeming no laws,...

President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang after Huang delivered remarks at the White House during an event on "Investing in America" on April 30, 2025. Nvidia is an example in which the price for regulatory approval of the advanced sale of chips to China was to give a cut of the revenue to the U.S. government. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Elizabeth Shackelford: The only communist threat is coming from inside the White House

By Elizabeth Shackelford

August 7, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Why has the "Red Scare" returned now? Because when a party in power is deeply...

"Yesteryear," by Caro Claire Burke, and "Majestic Hills," by Dawn Turner, both explore what takes place just beyond the places we’re used to looking. (Heidi Stevens/TNS)

Heidi Stevens: Two summer reads that invite us to glimpse behind the facade of a carefully curated world

By Heidi Stevens

August 7, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Fiction invites you to walk in someone else’s shoes and inhabit someone else’s mind and...

An image from video shows a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean shortly before it was destroyed by the U.S. military, killing two and injuring one, on Jan. 23, 2026. (U.S. Southern Command/via AP)

Steve Chapman: Donald Trump’s drug boat attacks are brutal and futile

By Steve Chapman

August 5, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Operation Southern Spear is a radical departure from how past presidents tried to combat drug...

Palestinians inspect the scene of an Israeli airstrike near al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on Aug. 1, 2026. (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)

Daniel DePetris: Comprehensive peace in Gaza is still just a dream

By Daniel DePetris

August 4, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The unveiled agreement is not new as much as it is an effort to get back...

Clément Delangue, chief executive officer of Hugging Face, speaks before a march to support open-source AI software in San Francisco, July 25, 2026. OpenAI has acknowledged that two of its AI models went rogue and successfully hacked into Hugging Face, the digital library of AI software that is popular among developers. (Brennan Smart/The New York Times)

Clarence Page: AI bots are busting loose. Have we seen this movie before?

By Clarence Page

August 3, 2026 at 8:24 a.m.

Do we get a choice in this AI future? That's the question at the heart...

Runners start the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Columbus Drive on Oct. 13, 2019. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai/TNS)

Heidi Stevens: Another training run — and another life lesson

By Heidi Stevens

July 31, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

It’s all fun and games until you have to run 10 miles. Alone, writes Heidi...

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