RealClearPolitics January 16, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

On Verge of Strikes in Iran, U.S. Held Off. What Happens Next?

Liptak, et al., CNN

Speaking Frankly About Iran

Roger Kimball, The Spectator

How Iran's Islamic Revolution Devoured Itself

Christopher de Bellaigue, Financial Times

Is Iran Crisis Over?

Bevan, Wegmann & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM

Does the Left Want Illegal Immigrants To Get Away With It?

Ari Fleischer, FOX News

Dems Need a Serious, Grown-Up Approach to the Border

Ruy Teixeira, Substack

ICE/Minnesota: One of Two Things Is Going To Be Normalized

Robby Starbuck, X

How the Economy Weakened Support for Trump in 2025

William Galston, Brookings

Fraud, the Fed and Unchecked Power

Stephen Presser, Chronicles

Looking Left: Trump, Warren To Collab on Credit Card Rates?

Philip Wegmann, RCP

The World Is Moving On From Green Energy

Joel Kotkin, UnHerd

My Experience With Artificial Intelligence

Thomas Sowell, Wall Street Journal

Trump Backs Secret Service Chief Despite 'Concern at Times'

Susan Crabtree, RCP

Machado Presents Trump With Her Nobel at WH Meeting

Max Matza, BBC News

Trump: Zelensky Holding Up Russia-Ukraine Peace Deal

Holland & Slattery, Reuters

49ers Injuries Fuel Theory About Power Substation

Fortier & Samaha, Washington Post

Charlie Kirk Embodies the Samizdat Prize

David DesRosiers, RealClearPolitics

RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition

House Oversight Probes NY Medicaid Matching Practices

Ben Weingarten, RCP

WH Wants the Left To Stop Sounding So Much Like Trump

Steve Benen, MS Now

What's Happening in MN Is Why We Have the Insurrection Act

Mike Davis, FOX News

Dem Blindness: The False Gloss of Optimism

Joe Klein, Substack

How the Pulitzer Incentivizes Bad Journalism

David DesRosiers, The Daily Signal

Mamdani Starts by Getting the Imagery Right

D.D. Guttenplan, The Nation

The Fed's Job Isn't Finished Until Hiring Comes Back

Dan Varroney, RealClearPolitics

Drawing a Legal Line on DEI Coercion

Ilya Shapiro, City Journal

Will Google Become Our AI-Powered Central Planner?

Matt Stoller, Substack

Pennsylvania Dairy Farmers Celebrate the Whole Milk Act

Salena Zito, DC Examiner

Are Movie Theaters Cool Again?

Kyndall Cunningham, Vox

Latest Polls: Trump Job Approval Falls to Second Term Low in RCP Average