RealClearPolitics May 2, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

Ahead of 250th, a Display of America's Grace and Grit

Bret Baier, FOX News

If America's So Rich, How'd It Get So Sad?

Derek Thompson, Substack

The Banquet and the Burrito

Benjamin Braddock, IM--1776

Two More States Take Steps To Redraw House Maps

Joe Walsh, CBS News

Ed Gallrein Shows Northern Kentucky What He Is Made Of

Salena Zito, DC Examiner

Platner's Triumph, Explained by a Maine Reporter

Prokop & Seitz-Wald, Vox

Will Crime Cost Democrats the Midterms?

Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM

Will Republicans Blow It on Immigration Issue?

Steve Cortes, The Daily Signal

Turning Civil Rights Inside Out

Robert Kuttner, American Prospect

Toward Race-Blind Justice Under the Law

Jacob Eisler, Compact Magazine

How SPLC Became 'Weaponized Against Right-of-Center'

Aaron Bandler, JNS.org

Higher Education's Problems Go Way Beyond Trust

Lex Pryor, The Ringer

Falling Birth Rates Aren't Bad, It's Best News in Long Time

Boris Johnson, Daily Mail

You'll Never Regret Having Kids

Matthew Hennessey, Wall Street Journal

The Sad, Wretched Reality of New York City's First Casino

Will Rahn, The Free Press

Churchill and the Debt Battle That Helped U.S. Rise

Amity Shlaes, Coolidge Review

Art and War With a Master Storyteller

John Waters, RealClearDefense

RCP Generic Ballot - May 2nd: '26: Dems +5.7 | '22: GOP +4.0 | '18: Dems +6.5