RealClearPolitics May 17, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

Cassidy’s Defeat Shows Price of Obstruction in Trump’s GOP

Sahil Kapur, NBC News

Thomas Massie’s Lonely & Expensive Fight Against Trump

Siobhan Hughes, WSJ

Massie's Grandstanding Growing Old to Republican Voters

Joe Concha, DC Examiner

Can Democrats Take Back the Senate?

Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker

Who Wins the Re-Redistricted House?

Michael Barone, Washington Examiner

I Need More Time To Complete Many Items on My Agenda

Karen Bass, MS Now

Democrat Voters Keep Making the Same Mistakes

Larry Elder, New York Post

Pratt Heads to the Valley, Wooing Voters in Rival's District

David Zahniser, LA Times

The Golden Thread and the Defense of the West

Roger Kimball, American Greatness

Xi Jinping Was Only Humoring Trump

Franklin Foer, The Atlantic

Kevin Warsh Just Took an Impossible Job

Quoth the Raven, Substack

Pope Leo Takes On AI

Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM

Generation AI Has Its Doubts

Spencer Neale, The American Conservative

Inside the Fight Over America's Data Centers

Astead Herndon, Vox

Hollywood Sold Out. I’m Betting on America To Bring It Back

Chris Fenton, RCP

We Drove Route 66 for the Story - and Came Back Changed

Sarah Wire, USA Today

America's Love Affair With the Road Endures

Salena Zito, Washington Examiner

Arizona Gov (NPI): Hobbs (D) 41, Biggs (R) 37 | Hobbs (D) 42, Schweikert (R) 35

RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition

Can Spencer Pratt Ride Viral Videos to Victory in Los Angeles?

Eric Bradner, CNN

Spencer Pratt Is Where It's At

Sheryl Longin, Substack

Dems Can't Agree on How To Woo Working Class Voters

Riley Beggin, Wash Post

Without Working Class, Dems Will Tank 2026 - and 2028

Douglas MacKinnon, The Hill

The Democrats Just Laid Down Their Arms. Again.

Jason Linkins, The New Republic

After Years of Backing Left, Tech Bros Getting What They Deserve

Joel Kotkin, NYP

How Nicki Minaj Went MAGA

Eric Cortellessa, Time

Nick Kristof & the NY Times' Latest Antisemitic Smear

Michael Goodwin, NY Post

Can You Shame an ICE Agent Into Quitting?

John Semley, The Guardian

Don't Expect Hollywood To Celebrate America's 250th

Christian Toto, NY Post

25 Years Behind Wheel, and Receipts To Show for It

Oliver Bateman, RCPennsylvania

GA GOP (InsAdv): Jackson 31, Jones 27, Raffensperger 16 | Senate: Collins +6