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Former President Donald Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee, during a campaign event at the Hyatt Regency in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on April 2, 2024. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)

Clarence Page: Trump put himself in an anti-abortion trap that he’s yet to escape

April 10, 2024 at 5:05 a.m.

Donald Trump, reported to have mulled endorsing a national ban on abortion after 16 weeks of pregnancy, reacted by saying he wanted to keep the issue with the states.

Former President Donald Trump takes the stage during a campaign rally on March 9, 2024, in Rome, Georgia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)

Clarence Page: Donald Trump goes all in defending Jan. 6 mob and Karl Rove goes off

April 7, 2024 at 5:05 a.m.

Karl Rove was as direct as possible on how unacceptable Donald Trump's defense of Jan. 6 mob is. He couldn't be more right. So why does Trump retain so much...

The remains of the cargo ship Dali are seen after it crashed into and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge, on April 2, 2024, in Baltimore, Maryland. A work crew was fixing potholes on the bridge, which is used by roughly 30,000 people each day, when the cargo ship struck in the early morning of March 26. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)

Clarence Page: Deriding DEI is the right’s attempt at a polite way to attack civil rights

April 3, 2024 at 7:33 a.m.

What does DEI have to do with the mayor of Baltimore and the collapse of Francis Scott Key Bridge? Nothing. But that's not stopping some conservatives from finding a connection.

Jo Padilla speaks with a proxy outside a residential building while attempting to enumerate residents for the U.S. Census Bureau in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood on Sept. 24, 2020. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Clarence Page: Census forms are changing again — because we are

March 31, 2024 at 5:05 a.m.

The new categories for ethnicity and other descriptives on census forms can seem silly or even out of touch. But they're there for a reason. America is changing all the...

Youth take cover after hearing gunshots at a public school that serves as a shelter for people displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 22, 2024. (Odelyn Joseph/AP)

Clarence Page: Haiti’s tragic history just keeps repeating itself

March 27, 2024 at 5:13 p.m.

The miseries currently afflicting Haiti are a familiar sight to columnist Clarence Page, who visited the island nation right before similar troubles erupted in 2004.

Michael Regan, the EPA administrator, speaks during an EPA event to unveil new standards to reduce vehicle emissions in Washington, March 20, 2024. The Biden administration on Wednesday issued one of the most significant climate regulations in the nation’s history, a rule designed to ensure that the majority of new passenger cars and light trucks sold in the United States are all-electric or hybrids by 2032. (Pete Kiehart/The New York Times)

Clarence Page: Is it an electric car or a Bidenmobile? Greening of transportation gets political.

March 24, 2024 at 5:05 a.m.

Surveys show many Republicans drive electric vehicles, but that's not stopping the political right from pillorying them as Bidenmobiles.

Donald Trump, former president and current Republican presidential candidate, salutes during a campaign rally on March 16, 2024, in Vandalia, Ohio. (Jeff Dean/AP)

Clarence Page: The busting of the myth of Donald Trump’s business genius

March 20, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Donald Trump's lawyers were forced to admit to a judge that the man who would be president (again) doesn't have the cash to pay a $454 million legal judgment.

Black Conservative Federation members cheer as former President Donald Trump arrives at the group's honors gala in Columbia, South Carolina, on Feb. 23, 2024. (Andrew Harnik/AP)

Clarence Page: This time Trump really does seem to be making Black voter inroads. Why?

March 17, 2024 at 5:05 a.m.

There was a lot of talk in 2020 about how Donald Trump was making inroads with Black voters but in the end they went with Biden. Polls so far show...

House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Ken Buck, left, shakes hands with former Special Counsel Robert Hur after he testified before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill, March 12, 2024, in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)

Clarence Page: Rep. Ken Buck’s sudden retirement yet another setback for a reeling GOP House leadership

March 14, 2024 at 5:05 a.m.

Colorado Rep. Ken Buck's move to retire next week makes House Speaker Johnson's job that much harder — and may end Lauren Boebert's congressional career. We can only hope.

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Vice President Kamala Harris applaud as President Joe Biden arrives to deliver the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on March 7, 2024. (Alex Brandon/AP)

Clarence Page: For one night, Biden was the media master while Trump was fumbling

March 10, 2024 at 5:01 a.m.

It's usually Donald Trump who hogs the media spotlight. But Joe Biden's State of the Union performance reversed that narrative for one night.

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