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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, left, and President Donald Trump exchange words during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on May 21, 2025, in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)

Clarence Page: President Donald Trump’s grudge against South Africa is based on racist fiction

May 26, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Our president is solidifying his image as a global leader of white identity politics.

Afrikaner refugees from South Africa arrive May 12, 2025, at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

Clarence Page: Donald Trump embraces South Africans — the white ones

May 18, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

In the coming week, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to meet Trump at the White House. They have much to discuss.

Americans from Texas including Cole Wendling, center, celebrate after the newly elected pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, was announced on May 8, 2025, in Vatican City. (Mario Tama/Getty)

Clarence Page: Pope Leo XIV seems well loved — but for how long?

May 11, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The more I have learned about Robert Prevost, the more I am reminded of what people in Chicago neighborhoods call a “reg’lar guy.”

Chicago police officers keep watch aboard a CTA Green Line train from Austin to downtown on March 31, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Clarence Page: Let’s take advantage of the crime downturn to learn what’s gone right

May 4, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Amid all the executive orders, will the president and his MAGA movement notice the good news happening in Chicago and other big cities?

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin thanks neighbors and friends on April 24, 2025, from the backyard of his Springfield home where he’s lived since 1978 after announcing he won’t seek reelection when his fifth term ends. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Clarence Page: Sen. Dick Durbin’s departure stirs a scramble amid a new generation

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

As President Donald Trump’s polling takes a tumble 100 days into his second term — and Illinois' Dick Durbin, the Senate’s second-ranking Democrat, announces his retirement, a very old hit...

In this photo provided by U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen's office, Van Hollen, D-Md., meets with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, left, at an undisclosed location on April 17, 2025, in San Salvador, El Salvador. (Sen. Van Hollen's Office)

Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown enters the Twilight Zone

April 20, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The Trump administration has admitted to an “administrative error” in Abrego Garcia's case, yet it also says it does not have the authority to secure his return.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall is seen on March 28, 2025, in Washington. Trump has called for reshaping the Smithsonian into a “symbol of inspiration and American greatness.” (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

Clarence Page: Trump and Vance raise puzzling question at the Smithsonian. What’s ‘improper ideology’?

April 13, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

In his executive order, Trump called for reshaping the Smithsonian into a “symbol of inspiration and American greatness.”

Clarence Page: In Wisconsin, Elon Musk turned fame and wealth into votes but not victory

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

Elon Musk's defeat in Wisconsin last Tuesday night was a new sign of energy on the political left.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth prepares to give a television interview outside the White House on March 21, 2025. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

Clarence Page: Signalgate reveals Donald Trump’s backward-looking military view

March 30, 2025 at 9:05 p.m.

A hard-won Senate confirmation was not enough to keep the aroma of scandal away from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for long.

President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 13, 2025. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Clarence Page: President Donald Trump loves free speech, as long as it’s his

March 24, 2025 at 8:28 a.m.

Donald Trump has left little doubt that he will continue to wage legal and oratorical warfare against freedoms of the press and speech.

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