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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva addresses supporters during a victory rally after winning a fourth term in the presidential runoff in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Oct. 25, 2026. (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)

Daniel DePetris: What Donald Trump should do now that his Brazilian ally has been defeated

By Daniel DePetris

November 3, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Flávio Bolsonaro's own self-imposed exile comes at a tricky time for relations between the United...

Former President Barack Obama speaks Oct. 28, 2026, in Morrow, Georgia, where he repeated the Cheesecake Factory Oval Office comparison. (Brynn Anderson/AP)

Clarence Page: Barack Obama’s Cheesecake Factory joke explains the state of MAGA

By Clarence Page

November 2, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Oval Office belongs to all of us, which is one reason why Barack Obama’s...

Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin departs July 22, 2026, at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., after a mock graduation event to commemorate Durbin’s long advocacy for the Dream Act, a path to citizenship for undocumented people brought to the U.S. as children. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

John T. Shaw: Sen. Dick Durbin is not giving up on immigration reform

By John T. Shaw

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

Sen. Dick Durbin has a strategy on immigration reform that draws from others' earlier struggles...

Susie Lee and Laura Baginski at an Early Birds Club dance party in San Pedro, California, on Jan. 10. The two high school friends co-founded Early Birds in 2024. Lee died on Aug. 3, at age 49. (Carissa Woo/Carissa Woo/TNS)

Susie Lee, co-founder of Early Birds dance parties, dies at 49. ‘The spirit and the soul of the whole thing’

By Heidi Stevens

August 7, 2025 at 8:46 a.m.

Susie Lee, 49, died Sunday and is remembered as the founder of a dance club...

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Lehigh Valley International Airport on Aug. 3, 2025, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

Steve Chapman: Donald Trump’s grand plan to lose friends and squander influence

By Steve Chapman

August 6, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

In Trump's “America First” calculus, we don’t need friends — because we can get what...

A marijuana joint is rolled at a two-day cannabis festival in Hartford, Michigan, in 2022. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Laura Washington: Are dangerous car crashes being perpetuated by cannabis?

By Laura Washington

August 6, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Billboards hawk cannabis dispensaries and personal injury attorneys in southwestern Michigan. Is weed leading to...

People shout behind the slogan ''Fake Legislators Are Real Communist Bandits'' during a campaign rally to promote recall vote targeting 24 Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers in Taipei, Taiwan, on July 24, 2025. (Chiang Ying-ying/AP)

Daniel DePetris: Taiwan’s president is not having an easy time of it at home or with the US

By Daniel DePetris

August 5, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

U.S. decisions to not let the Taiwanese president stop in the U.S. and cancel defense...

A protester holds a sign outside the White House demanding the release to all files related to Jeffrey Epstein in Washington on July 18, 2025. (Alex Wroblewski/Getty-AFP)

Clarence Page: President Donald Trump drives wedges into his own movement

By Clarence Page

August 3, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The irony for Donald Trump is the fervor of the conviction that Jeffrey Epstein's crimes...

Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein (left) and Bob Woodward speak to members of the media from the steps of Woodward's house June 1, 2005, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. After 30 years of secrecy Woodward and Bernstein have confirmed former FBI Deputy Director Mark Felt was the "Deep Throat" source who helped unravel the Watergate scandal and bring down President Richard Nixon. (Win McNamee/Getty)

Heidi Stevens: When newsrooms shrink, so does our capacity to know and understand one another

By Heidi Stevens

August 1, 2025 at 1:18 p.m.

Mistrust is being fed to us by corporate conglomerates, crooked politicians and others with a...

Aldermen Timmy Knudsen, 43rd, from left, Maria E. Hadden, 49th, and Bennett Lawson, 44th, speak during a Chicago City Council meeting at City Hall on July 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

David Greising: Chicago aldermanic privilege raises its stubborn head again. This time against granny flats

By David Greising

August 1, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Thanks to pushback from “Bungalow Belt” aldermen, a yearslong push to allow coach houses and...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers a speech during a news conference to mark his first 30 days in office at Yeongbingwan of Blue House on July 3, 2025, in Seoul, South Korea. (Kim Min-Hee/Getty)

Daniel DePetris: South Korea’s new president tries to shake up the Korean Peninsula

By Daniel DePetris

July 29, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Bringing stability back to the Korean Peninsula is a necessity for South Korea's president, but...

Michelle Morales attends a Chicago Board of Education meeting at Austin College and Career Academy High School on Sept. 28, 2023. Morales is also president of Woods Fund Chicago, a private foundation that supports community organizing for racial and economic justice and public policy advocacy. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

John T. Shaw: Philanthropy leader fights fear and envisions a better world

By John T. Shaw

July 28, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Michelle Morales of Woods Fund Chicago has shown statesmanship by expanding her organization's philanthropic commitment.

A rendering of the planned Neutral Edison building along the east bank of the Milwaukee River in downtown. When completed in 2027, the 361-foot-tall and 31-story building is expected to be the second tallest timber structure in the world. (Neutral)

Edward Keegan: Milwaukee is building contemporary timber towers. What about Chicago?

By Edward Keegan

July 27, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Since 2022, Chicago's neighbor to the north has been home to the tallest timber tower...

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