RealClearPolitics July 7, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

Platner on the Ledge, July 13 Deadline To Drop Out

Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine

Trump's Anti-Communist Manifesto

Byron York, Washington Examiner

Trump Rift With Senate GOP Hands Dems a Chance

Schoen & Cooperman, The Hill

My Former Colleagues Are Destroying Democratic Party

Evan Barker, The Free Press

Open Border Caused 30% Spike in Housing Costs

Kelly Sadler, Washington Times

Does Rent Control Really Backfire?

Levitz & Mason, Vox

Uncle Sam as Venture Capitalist? What Could Go Wrong?

James Varney, RCI

Europe Putting Real Money--and Industry--Behind Nato

Mark Rutte, Washington Post

Zelensky Is in Denial About Ukraine's Hopes

Jennifer Kavanagh, UnHerd

My Fourth of July

Bill King, RealClearPolitics

The Smithsonian's Patriotism Problem

Daniel McCarthy, Chronicles

Charting the Good Change Since the Bicentennial

Jonathan Alter, Washington Monthly

Don't Lock Young Americans Into Social Security

Sam Raus, RealClearPolitics

Trump Accounts Are Now Live. Here's What To Know

Jeanne Sahadi, CNN

Trump Helped Correct a World Cup Injustice

Isaac Schorr, New York Post

The Worst Ending to the Best U.S. Men's World Cup Ever

Brian Phillips, The Ringer

Dueling 4th of July Messages

Bevan, Cannon & Lumetta, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM

RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition

What Works in Dem Primaries May Not in the General

Ingrid Jacques, USA Today

Resurrecting the Communist Boogeyman Is a Dead End

Zeeshan Aleem, MS Now

Trump Obliterates Mamdani's Anti-American Diatribe

Shane Harris, AMAC

Maine Needs Lighthouse Primary To Replace Platner

David Dayen, American Prospect

The Nazi Tattoo Should Have Been Enough

Batya Ungar-Sargon, Substack

'Young Washington' an Aspirational Hero for the Ages

Brooke Brandtjen, The Federalist

Mahmoud Khalil and the Patriotism of Dissent

Sahar Delijani, The Nation

Trucking Crackdown Doesn't Go Far Enough

Gord Magill, Commonplace

After Janus, Unions Still Trying To Keep Workers in the Dark

Aaron Withe, The Hill

Should DayQuil Be Legal?

Eli Richman, Substack

Lupita Nyong'o Doesn't Understand the Odyssey

Spencer Klavan, UnHerd

'28 GOP (FT): Vance 40, Rubio 18, Trump Jr. 9, DeSantis 7, RFK Jr. 5 | '28 Dems