RealClearPolitics January 19, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

Rude But Right on Crime

Heather Mac Donald, City Journal

Four Possible Reasons Trump Is Waffling on Iran

Joshua Keating, Vox

Despite Trump's Success, Immigration Isn't 'Solved'

Jeffrey Anderson, RealClearPolitics

We've Done Nothing Wrong, Minneapolis Won't Be Intimidated

Jacob Frey, This Week

Newsom Gerrymander Might Have Discrimination Problem

Jonathan Turley, The Hill

Somalia and the High Cost of Low Trust

Mitzi Perdue, RealClearPolitics

Is a Hochul-Mamdani Partnership Built To Last?

Justin Vassallo, Substack

Trump's Realpolitik Takes Over Davos

Vranica & Cutter, Wall Street Journal

Putting a Stake in Stakeholder Capitalism

Terrence Keeley, RealClearWorld

Shapiro: Harris Staff Questioned If He Was Israeli Agent

Toluse Olorunnipa, Atlantic

Greenland and the Guarani

James Pinkerton, The American Conservative

How Taiwan Became the Chipmaker for the World

Yangyang Cheng, The Nation

Venezuela and the New Era of American Strategy

William Barclay, RealClearPolitics

The Things You Can't Make People Do

Jerusalem Demsas, Substack

Chicago Politicos to a Good Judge: Shut Up and Take It

John Kass, JohnKassNews

Michael Cohen Flips--Again

Byron York, Washington Examiner

MLK Day a Chance To Reflect on the Constitution

Elizabeth Wydra, Washington Monthly