RealClearPolitics May 1, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

Problems Mount for Trump Ahead of Midterm Elections

James Politi, Financial Times

Democrats Wrestle Over Campaign Agenda, Messaging

Wu & Everett, Semafor

Democrats' Race-Based Regime Struck Down

Daniel McCarthy, The Spectator

Supreme Court's Redistricting Decision Is Devastating

Erwin Chemerinsky, LA Times

A Redistricting Scramble Begins

Bevan, Trende & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM

GOP Set To Best Dems in Mid-Decade Redistricting Battle

Josh Hammer, Newsweek

Now Comes the Hard Part for Platner in Maine

Robillard & Delaney, HuffPost

I Kept RFK Jr. Out of the West Wing. I Owe Him an Apology

Katy Talento, Substack

King Charles Saves the Special Relationship--for Now

Ted Widmer, The Guardian

American Blockade Taking Toll on Iran

Benoit Faucon, Wall Street Journal

The Left's Disturbing Reaction to a Would-Be Assassin

Peder Zane, RealClearPolitics

I Miss My Old Life

Mahmoud Khalil, New York Magazine

Why Is Mahmoud Khalil Still Whining?

Kirsten Fleming, New York Post

Subsidize, Build, Export, Repeat

Hera Lee, American Prospect

Finish What Trump Started To Unleash Small Business Growth

Dan Varroney, RCP

Welders Have a Brighter Future Than Grads

Joel Kotkin, UnHerd

Report of the Yale Committee on Trust in Higher Ed

Adams, et al., Yale University

Trump Approval: Pew 34% | Big Data 40% | Mrn. Consult 45% | RCP Avg. 40.9%

RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition

Indictment Against SPLC Is a Long-Overdue Reckoning

Curtis Hill, The Federalist

White House's 'Two Kings' Post Is More Truth Than Troll

Hayes Brown, MS Now

Iran Is Losing, Global Balance of Power Is Shifting

Victor Davis Hanson, Daily Signal

Affordability Agenda Essential in Defining Democrats

Robert Borosage, The Nation

If Thune Can't Do It, Then Somebody Else Needs To Step In

David Marcus, FOX News

Mayday, Mayday, May Day

Maya Ragsdale, In These Times

USSS Chief Says Hilton Site 'Set Up Perfectly,' Critics Disagree

Susan Crabtree, RCP

The Musk Mindset Is Truth-Maxxing, Hardcore Pursuit of Truth

Edward Coristine, X

Is TikTok Art? In Defense of Short-Form Content

Maibritt Henkel, Substack

What Happens When Europe Finds Out How Poor They Are?

Joseph Sternberg, WSJ

The Islamo-Christian Right

Matthew Schmitz, Washington Post