RealClearPolitics January 5, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

U.S. Resets the Global Chessboard

K.T. McFarland, FOX News

Dawn of a New Era in Hemispheric Relations

Markos Kounalakis, Washington Monthly

Using America's Leverage, Avoiding Morass in Venezuela

Byron York, DC Examiner

Trump's Not-So-Veiled Threat vs. New Venezuela Leader

Michael Scherer, Atlantic

Ten Reasons To Cheer the Arrest of Maduro

Richard Porter, RealClearPolitics

The End of the Beginning in Venezuela

Juan Gonzalez, Foreign Affairs

What To Know About Venezuela's Vast Oil Reserves

Sherter & Cunningham, CBS News

What Maduro Knows: The Secrets of Dictators

Roger Simon, Substack

Danish PM Has a Pointed Warning for Trump About Greenland

Li Zhou, HuffPost

Put Trump on the Ballot in 2026

Jeff Mayhugh, RealClearPolitics

Is Walz Dropping Out in Minnesota?

Khaleda Rahman, Newsweek

Media Did Not 'Miss' the Truth About Democrat Dishonesty

David Deavel, AMAC

Top 10 Trends for 2026

Ruchir Sharma, Financial Times

Ozempic Melted Away Weight--and Idea of 'Body Positivity'

Jonathan Alpert, WSJ

Heather Mac Donald, Claremont Review of Books

The Banal Spectacle of 'Avatar: Fire and Ash'

Stephen Kearse, The Nation

RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition

Walz: From Democrat VP Pick to Ending His Reelection Bid

Kaia Hubbard, CBS News

Walz's Reckoning Feels Like Beginning, Not End, of a Trend

Alex Berenson, Substack

What Trump Meant When He Said U.S. Will 'Run' Venezuela

Liptak, et al., CNN

You're Fired! A Lively Weekend in Caracas

Mark Steyn, SteynOnline

How Maduro Sealed His Own Fate

Juan Rojas, Compact Magazine

Is Greenland Next?

Greg Ip, Wall Street Journal

Hegseth Pentagon Delivering Where Others Failed

Francis Sempa, American Spectator

Voters May Not Want To Hear GOP's Midterm Message

Hayes Brown, MS Now

Dems Should Reject Mamdani's Vile, Anti-American Outlook

Dace Potas, USA Today

The College Backlash Is a Mirage

Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic

1,000 Ways To Boost Educational Freedom

Bennett & Mohrman, FOX News