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Supporters of presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro for the Partido Liberal react during general election day on October 4, 2026, in Brasilia, Brazil. According to official results, Bolsonaro has 47.06% of the votes, and incumbent president of Brazil and presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva has 45.13%, with 99% of the voting counted. Bolsonaro and Lula will face off in a runoff on Oct. 25, 2026, after neither reached 50% of the votes to be elected president. (Ton Molina/Getty)

Daniel DePetris: Brazil’s elections appear to be another win for Donald Trump

By Daniel DePetris

October 6, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Over the last year and a half, right-wing candidates have won seven presidential elections in...

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...

U.S Sen. Bernie Sanders I-Vermont, at lectern, and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, second from right, at a campaign rally for House primary candidates in New York on June 18, 2026. From left: Brad Lander, Claire Valdez, Sanders, Mamdani and Darializa Avila Chevalier. (Angelina Katsanis/The New York Times)

Laura Washington: The socialists and moderates in the Democratic Party must work together to regain Congress

By Laura Washington

July 15, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

No matter how hard left-leaning Democrats try to portray themselves in the majority, they need...

Children play in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz as a plume of smoke rises from an explosion off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on July 13, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/Iranian Students' News Agency)

Daniel DePetris: The US and Iran are back at war. Could it sink Donald Trump’s presidency?

By Daniel DePetris

July 14, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

If gas prices rise again, then pressure to come to a resolution in the war...

Thrive Exchange, a six-story mixed-use building designed by architect Jackie Koo in the city's South Chicago neighborhood, on July 9, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Edward Keegan: A new Goldilocks urban apartment building for South Chicago

By Edward Keegan

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

Thrive Exchange, a six-story-tall building in South Chicago, is not too large and not too...

Runners make their way down State Street in the first miles of the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 13, 2024, through the Loop. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai/TNS)

Heidi Stevens: 5 lessons from marathon training that have (almost) nothing to do with running

By Heidi Stevens

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

Heidi Stevens is committed to learning a new life lesson from each of the 16...

Children cool off at Crown Fountain in Millennium Park in downtown Chicago during a heat wave on June 29, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Climate change’s heat is baking us to death. We must act.

By Elizabeth Shackelford

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

It isn’t just the U.S. Heat waves have rocked Europe, but these inconveniences to most...

Ukrainian firefighters evacuate an elderly woman from the scene of an attack as Russian missiles and drones strike Kyiv on July 6, 2026, killing at least 10 people and heavily damaging apartment buildings. The large-scale attack happened a few days after the deadliest assault on the capital city this year. (Paula Bronstein/Getty)

Daniel DePetris: Ukraine is front of mind ahead of the NATO summit spectacle

By Daniel DePetris

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

Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin all want the war in Ukraine to end,...

Panels that were part of an exhibit on slavery at the President's House Site in Philadelphia are put back on Feb. 19, 2026. (Joe Lamberti/AP)

Clarence Page: Donald Trump should take a lesson from Frederick Douglass

By Clarence Page

July 6, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

By altering history to make the ruling party look great, leaders can more easily justify...

A statue of Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable along North Michigan Avenue in 2009. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai/TNS)

Heidi Stevens: Megyn Kelly doesn’t speak for me in her unhinged rant about immigrants

By Heidi Stevens

July 3, 2026 at 10:07 a.m.

That’s a whole lot of we-ing and us-ing for someone who surrendered the moral and...

Portraits of President Donald Trump and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins are displayed in the Department of Agriculture exhibit on the fourth day of the Great American State Fair on the National Mall on June 28, 2026, in Washington. (Al Drago/Getty)

Steve Chapman: On its 250th birthday, the promise of America has darkened

By Steve Chapman

July 1, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The contrast between Gerald Ford's bicentennial comments and Donald Trump's sentiments for the 250th anniversary...

U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley talks with supporters after announcing his candidacy for Chicago mayor at the Uptown Theatre on June 27, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Laura Washington: Should Chicago mayoral candidates be allowed to run for two offices at the same time?

By Laura Washington

July 1, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Some Illinois politicians are so enamored with getting elected that they accept their party’s nominations...

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