RealClearPolitics Week of March 16, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

Monday, March 16

Trump Searching for Iran War Endgame

Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times

The Missing Definition of Victory in Iran

Jed Babbin, The American Spectator

U.S. Military Trajectory in Iran Is Relatively Positive

Institute for the Study of War, X

Young Voters Helped Elect Trump. Some Have Regrets Over War

Merica, et al, WP

The Marxist Wing of the Democratic Party

Kenin Spivak, RealClearPolitics

We Have Reached End-Stage Polarization

David French, New York Times

Is James Talarico Really a Christian X-Ray?

Stephen Soukup, American Greatness

A 79-Year-Old Freshman Senator?

Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic

Force Dems To Filibuster the SAVE America Act

Robert Knight, Washington Times

Jim Crow 2.0: SAVE America Act Is a Poll Tax, Plain & Simple

Norman Ornstein, TNR

Stable Rules and Standards Build Trust

Brian Vincent, RealClearPolitics

Trump's Mass Detention Campaign

Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker

Our Willful Blindness Has Stoked Islamist Terror Threat

James Gagliano, NY Post

Iran War Has Divided Europe, Shattered Atlantic Alliance

Daniel Johnson, Telegraph

China Has a Lot To Lose in the U.S.-Israel War on Iran

John Spencer, WSJ

The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2026 Oscars

Roxana Hadadi, New York Magazine

‘Lobstergate’ Shows Just How Far Our Media Have Sunk

Becket Adams, The Hill

Tuesday, March 17

Iran Has Taken Beating But Retains Key Advantages

Emile Hokayem, Financial Times

U.S.-Israeli Strategy vs. Iran Is Working. Here's Why

Muhanad Seloom, Al-Jazeera

Why Americans Are Uncertain About Our Aims in Iran

Byron York, DC Examiner

Planning on Iran Includes Off-Ramp, Options for Escalation

Lubold, et al., NBC News

On Iran, Is Only Bad News Fit To Print?

Mark Penn & Andrew Stein, Wall Street Journal

Will Republicans Fight for SAVE Act--or Fold Again?

Heather Higgins, RealClearPolitics

Will Trump Oppose 'Watered-Down' SAVE America Act?

Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine

The John Cornyn Failure Spiral

Kurt Schlichter, X

Vance Embraces 'Fraud Czar' Role, Dems Say It'll Be Liability

Philip Wegmann, RCP

The Oscars Are a Lost Cause

Monica Hesse, Washington Post

By More Than 2-to-1, Voters Say College Not Worth Cost

Terry Jones, TIPP Insights

First-Grader Teaches School, Judge About Free Speech

Jonathan Turley, The Hill

Democratic Strategists Keep Misdiagnosing the Problem

Lauren Hall, RCP

Kelly, Carlson Podcasts a Conga Line of Freaks, Frauds and Phonies

Mark Levin Is All Bark and No Bite

Megyn Kelly, Megyn Kelly Show

Why (and How) Everyone Is Cold-Calling the President

Max Tani, Semafor

The Terror Threat Americans Aren't Supposed To Discuss

John Lott, RealClearPolitics

Wednesday, March 18

Democrats Are Total Hypocrites on SAVE America Act

Joe Burns, The Hill

The Last Thing Trump Wants To Do Is 'Save America'

Jamelle Bouie, New York Times

The Insane Government Shutdown

Byron York, Washington Examiner

King of IL: Pritzker Swings Senate Race as He Targets Trump

Kapos, et al., Politico

War Requires Ugly Choices

Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal

Trump's Reaction to Joe Kent's Resignation Is Concerning

Chris Brennan, USA Today

Yes, MAGA Is Fracturing Over Iran

Andrew Day, The American Conservative

Can Vance Thread Needle on Iran?

Bevan, Cannon, Wegmann & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM

U.S. Marine Corps Being Destroyed From Within

Gary Anderson, Washington Times

The White Working Class Is Quiet Quitting Trump

Timothy Noah, The New Republic

There's Only 1 Thing Voters Dislike More Than Dems

Ingrid Jacques, USA Today

Newsom’s Climate False Alarms

Bjorn Lomborg, Wall Street Journal

How Can Gov Serve the People When So Few Trust It?

John Halpin, The Liberal Patriot

What the Hell Happened to DOGE?

Mark Hemingway, The American Mind

A Belated Reckoning for a Celebrated Chef

Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times

The Scapegoat: How 1 Man's Career Was Ended by MeToo

Nancy Rommelmann, RCI

The Oscars Died This Weekend, Did Anyone Notice?

Quoth the Raven, Substack

SC GOP Governor (co/efficient): Mace 22, Evette 21, Wilson 19, Norman 8

Thursday, March 19

Total Repression, Air Strikes, Unrelenting Dread for Iranians

Fergal Keane, BBC News

Trump: This Was 'Test' for NATO, 'Should Have Been There'

Kevin Liptak, CNN

Iran's Ayatollahs Attack the Idea of the U.A.E.

Badr Jafar, Wall Street Journal

Iran Will Decide When This War Is Over

Alex Shephard, The New Republic

The Impossible Is Looking More and More Possible in Iran

Our New Ungracious Immigrants

Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

The Quietest Government Shutdown

David Dayen, American Prospect

Talking Filibuster Would Force Votes That We Don't Want

Sen. John Thune, FOX News

Voter ID Has Wide Support. Why Are Republicans Struggling?

John Tillman, The Hill

Minnesota Rises With Civil Disobedience and Protest

Sarah Lazare, In These Times

Dems Appeal to 'Fairness' in Virginia Power Grab

James McGee, American Spectator

Trump's Appeal to 'Normies' and Populists Hard To Recreate

David Drucker, MS Now

How Joe Kent's Exit Complicates Things for Trump Admin

Philip Wegmann, RCP

Our Plastic Moment. On 'America First' Foreign Policy

Roger Kimball, New Criterion

Cesar Chavez Is Accused of Abusing Girls

Fernandez & Hurtes, New York Times

Did Pritzker 'Buy an Election' in Illinois?

Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM

UK's Generational Tobacco Ban To Become Law?

Garrett Rutledge, Cigar Aficionado

CA Gov (Berkeley): Hilton (R) 17, Bianco (R) 16, Swalwell (D) 13, Porter (D) 13

Friday, March 20

In Nearly 90 Truth Social Posts, Trump Narrates the War in Iran

Linskey, et al., WSJ

Is Iran Digging In for Protracted Conflict?

England & Bozorgmehr, Financial Times

Iran Is Losing. What Happens Next Is Uncertain

Ben Shapiro, The Daily Wire

Israel Drove Decision on Iran, We've Had To React

Joe Kent, Tucker Carlson Show

How Iran Sees the War

Mohammad Tabaar, Foreign Affairs

FBI Misled Court To Spy on Second Trump Adviser

Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations

Democrats Don't Have a Growth Program

Ruy Teixeira, Substack

Powell's Bizarre Plan To Stay On at the Fed

Larry Kudlow, New York Sun

The Red-State War Against Blue Cities

Devin O'Shea, The Nation

Secret Service Agent Faulted for Butler Fail Suspended Again

Susan Crabtree, RCP

Ed Martin Probed the DC Bar. Then They Targeted Him

Ben Weingarten, The Federalist

Warren Endorses Platner for Senate in Maine

Arthur Delaney, HuffPost

Hormuz Problem: How To Impose Costs Without Incurring Risk

John Teichert, RCP

How Does the Iran War End? Answer Isn't So Easy

Mychael Schnell, MS Now

Europe Was Not Going To Help in Iran...Until They Were

Batya Ungar-Sargon, Substack

The War Over the War

Peder Zane, RealClearPolitics

Chicago's Criminal Industrial Complex Meets Real Check

Paul Vallas, JohnKassNews

Saturday, March 21

Iran After Larijani and Khamenei

Charbel Antoun, The National Interest

Why the U.S. Wants To Protect Iran's Oil and Gas

Joshua Keating, Vox

Trump Floats 'Winding Down,' Close to Meeting Goal

Mason & Subramanian, Bloomberg

Time To Force a Talking Filibuster on National Voter ID

Doug Truax, RealClearPolitics

Who Will Blink First on Paying TSA Agents?

Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine

'Blame the Democrats': Videos From Atlanta Airport

Irene Wright, USA Today

Michael Caputo on FBI Targeting Team Trump

Catherine Herridge, Straight to the Point

Pelosi Tells Us How She Really Feels

Astead Herndon, Vox

Democrats Have No Leader, Governed by TDS

Sen. John Fetterman, All-In

Brave Marine Colonel Took On Pentagon, Paid the Price

Sankar & Hart, FOX News

Dems Have a Chance To Offer a Smarter China Policy

Nathan Blade-Smith, The Nation

Remobilizing the American Industrial Machine

Farrell Gregory, Commonplace

Why Does U.S. Have Kharg Island in Its Sights?

Greenall, Davies & Gardner, BBC News

A 'Truth Bomb' for NATO

Bevan, Wegmann & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM

Can St. Louis Make a Comeback?

Jordan Duecker, City Journal

Why Wait 60 Years To Accuse Cesar Chavez?

Melinda Henneberger, Substack

Chuck Norris, Movie and TV Star (and Then an Internet Meme)

James Hagerty, WSJ

Sunday, March 22

A Crossroads as U.S. Weighs Tough Options in Iran

Anthony Zurcher, BBC News

Winning in Iran...? Or Graham and Levin's Latest Lost War?

Mark Steyn, SteynOnline

Vance Touts Economy, Assures Voters War Won't Last Long

Byron York, DC Examiner

U.S. Wants War Without Entanglement. Does It Exist?

Becca Wasser, Bloomberg

Missed in the Noise, Regime Is Weeks From Collapse

Roger Kimball, Am. Greatness

SAVE America Act: House GOP Doesn't Buy Thune 'Show'

Yurk & Behrmann, Roll Call

DOJ Takes Action on Real Russian Collusion Conspiracy

Jonathan Turley, The Hill

Trump Posts Shocking Response to Robert Mueller's Death

Leonnig, et al., MS Now

Minnesota Fraud Is Just the Tip of a Growing Iceberg

Nicole Russell, USA Today

Democrats Square Off in 'Spicy' Senate Primaries

Burgess Everett, Semafor

Window Into Out of Control Corruption at Trump's DHS

Aleaziz, et al., New York Times

Why Strait of Hormuz May Be a Feature, Not a Flaw

Richard Porter, RealClearPolitics

Iran's Willingness To Escalate Is a Problem

Patrick Wintour, The Guardian

There Will Be Tension With Israel on Winding Down

David Brooks, PBS Newshour

Screens in Schools Have Been a Failure

Mary Wakefield, The Spectator

Bridging the Divide, One Concrete Deed at a Time

Anthony Flaccavento, The Nation

Can the Baltimore Sun Thrive Again?

Ariel David, City Journal

Latest Polls: Trump Job Approval Falls to 2nd Term Low in RCP Average - 41.6%