RealClearPolitics April 23, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

Iran Sorely Miscalculated

Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

How To Avoid Playing Into China and Russia's Hands

Alterman & Vaez, Foreign Affairs

China Weathered Tariffs--But the Iran War Is Taking a Toll

Laura Bicker, BBC News

SPLC Targeted TPUSA 4 Months Before Kirk Assassinated

Andrew Kolvet, FOX News

Virginia's Bold Measure Gives Democrats a Crucial Edge

Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine

Orwellian VA Referendum Faces Court Challenges

Carl Cannon, RCP on SiriusXM

The Climate Litigation Swindle

Heather Mac Donald, City Journal

RFK Jr. Is in His Influencer Era

Dylan Scott, Vox

Criminals Pretending To Be Police Is a National Problem

Amalia Wompa, RCI

Book: Supreme Court Clerks See Two Sides to Elena Kagan

Jenni Fink, Newsweek

Why It's Democrats' Turn To Offer a Supreme Court Olive Branch

Donald Trump, Making Rome Great Again

Melinda Henneberger, RealClearPolitics

Trump Destroyed Iran's Nuke Program That Obama Legitimized

Eli Lake, Free Press

The Price Beijing Pays for Backing Tehran

Tom Tugendhat, Wall Street Journal

Enforcing Blockade, Pressuring Iran, Forcibly Reopening Strait

Dennis Blair, RCP

Russia Is Building Tomorrow's War Machine

Kateryna Bondar, New York Times

Pittsburgh Is Just Built Different

Salena Zito, Washington Examiner

Trump Job Approval: FOX News 42% | CNBC 40% | Marquette 41% | Generic

RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition

Hardest Part Still To Come for Democrats After Virginia Win

Paul Waldman, MS Now

SPLC's Racial Shakedown Was a Criminal Scheme

Greg Gutfeld, FOX News

Strait of Hormuz Is Hosting Gunboat Diplomacy

Patrick Wintour, The Guardian

The Strait of Hormuz Reverse Uno Card

In Tehran, Money Is Short, Return to War Looms

Lyse Doucet, BBC News

California's Lukewarm Governor Debate Won't Shake Up Race

Susan Crabtree, RCP

Male Prisoners Are Abusing Incarcerated Women in MA

Romm & Cypher, City Journal

Meta Is a Monopoly Even If TikTok Can Compete

Ryan Cooper, American Prospect

Patriots, Unite! Globalism Is the Philosophy of Liars

J.B. Shurk, American Thinker

The U.S.-Europe Rift Is Getting Worse

Tamar Jacoby, Washington Monthly

Consequences of the 'Equity' School Calendar

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora, IWFeatures