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This image from CCTV video released by Saudi Arabia's Media Ministry shows passengers taking cover as flames and smoke fill part of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during what authorities described as a strike at the airport on Oct. 10, 2026. (Saudi Media Ministry via AP)

Daniel DePetris: Resumption of war between Houthis and Saudis is bad timing for Donald Trump

By Daniel DePetris

October 12, 2026 at 1:27 p.m.

The attacks in Saudi Arabia come when Donald Trump is in a standoff over the...

Attorneys for Christa Pike hold a news conference after a judge ruled the Tennessee Department of Corrections must preserve all evidence related to the failed execution of Pike, on Oct. 7, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee. (George Walker IV/AP)

Clarence Page: A botched execution shakes our death penalty presumptions

By Clarence Page

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

The botched execution of Christa Pike offers a gross illustration of the cruelty that capital...

Chicago school board president candidates Jessica Biggs, Hilario Dominguez and Victor Henderson participate in a forum at the Copernicus Center on Sept. 29, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

David Greising: The race for Chicago school board president is about ideas — and character

By David Greising

October 10, 2026 at 10:01 a.m.

It will take savvy strategic thinking, backed by the character needed for leadership, to make...

Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes dribbles the ball in the first half against the Indiana Hoosiers at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Feb. 22, 2024, in Bloomington, Indiana.

Column: Dad explains appeal of his viral Caitlin Clark essay. ‘Someone on TV wears a ponytail just like her and is doing amazing things.’

By Heidi Stevens

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

The fact that Asitha Jayawardena’s daughter, that millions of daughters—and sons—can watch Clark win like...

Palestinians collect food aid in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Feb. 26, 2024. (Getty-AFP)

Elizabeth Shackelford: With Israel, the United States isn’t as weak as it’s acting

By Elizabeth Shackelford

March 8, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Israel has a significant dependence on the United States for its ability to wage war....

Rioters breach the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

Steve Chapman: Trump may evade justice, but some insurrectionists are paying a price

By Steve Chapman

March 7, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

One by one, those who participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot have had to...

Migrants ride a Chicago-bound Metra train after arriving on a bus from El Paso, Texas, in the early morning of Jan. 5, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Clarence Page: Immigration is on Americans’ minds. And politicians are seizing the opportunity.

By Clarence Page

March 6, 2024 at 8:21 a.m.

Donald Trump is once again using immigration to galvanize other Republicans.

A Palestinian girl carries a child through the rubble of houses destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Gaza City on March 3, 2024. (Getty-AFP)

Daniel DePetris: The US ‘rules-based order’ has been shattered in Gaza

By Daniel DePetris

March 5, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

On Gaza, the U.S. is increasingly isolated. Much of the world is confounded by Washington’s...

People hug at a "Listen to Michigan" watch party, a group who asked voters to vote uncommitted instead of for President Joe Biden in Michigan's primary election, in Dearborn, Mich. on Feb. 27, 2024. (Jeff Kowalsky/Getty-AFP)

Laura Washington: The middle is where it’s at heading into Super Tuesday

By Laura Washington

March 4, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The moderate Republican center and progressives on the Democratic left present a mirror-image challenge for...

Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, listens as his attorney, Abbe Lowell, makes a statement to the press following a closed-door deposition before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and House Judiciary Committee on Feb. 28, 2024, in Washington. The meeting was part of the Republicans' impeachment inquiry into President Biden. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Clarence Page: House GOP gives us a big Hunter Biden nothingburger

By Clarence Page

March 3, 2024 at 5:01 a.m.

The star witness in House Republicans' impeachment inquiry into Hunter Biden and President Biden turned...

A school district in Florida banned dictionaries from its libraries on the grounds that allowing students to read them violates HB 1069, which lets residents demand the removal of any library book that “depicts or describes sexual conduct.”

Heidi Stevens: School draws clothing onto children’s book illustrations after latest book ban attempt. We’re not powerless to stop this madness

By Heidi Stevens

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

It’s hard to wrap my head around this worldview that all bodies — children’s bodies,...

Former President Donald Trump, a Republican presidential candidate, arrives at the Black Conservative Federation's annual BCF Honors Gala at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in Columbia, South Carolina, on Feb. 23, 2024. (Andrew Harnik/AP)

Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s bizarre pitch to Black voters is martyrdom marketing

By Clarence Page

February 28, 2024 at 5:01 a.m.

Donald Trump sees himself as a victim and a martyr, persecuted because he stood up...

Police use water cannons to disperse demonstrators Feb. 24, 2024, in Tel Aviv, Israel, during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza strip by Hamas. (Ohad Zwigenberg/AP)

Daniel DePetris: Benjamin Netanyahu’s postwar plan for Gaza brushes aside U.S. requests

By Daniel DePetris

February 27, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's postwar plan for Gaza clearly favors the far-right members of...

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