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U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., is pushed out of the room as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem holds a news conference regarding the recent protests in Los Angeles on June 12, 2025. (Etienne Laurent/AP)

Clarence Page: When the president’s peacemaking efforts invite more chaos

June 15, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

We need to give peace a chance. But peace is not what Donald Trump and Kristi Noem have in mind for the blue states and blue cities of America.

President Donald Trump, right, during a news conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Clarence Page: Big, beautiful bromance breaks up — live on social media

June 8, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

By Thursday afternoon, White House staff were calling fracas as “the one big, beautiful breakup,” a reference to the legislation that ignited Musk’s fury.

Students from University of Illinois Chicago protest against President Donald Trump during a rally in Chicago’s Federal Plaza, May 2, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Clarence Page: Hey, men, Democrats want your votes. They really do.

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

The decline of men and concomitant rise of women in Democratic voting ranks has been observed for decades and is not expected to change drastically soon.

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.”

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