RealClearPolitics August 20, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

Trump's Iran Struggle Comes Through on Campaign Stump

Byron York, DC Examiner

Can Michigan Democrats Find Peace Over the Middle East?

Ben Jacobs, Slate

Iran Has Lost Significant Control of the Strait of Hormuz

David Goldman, CNN

Good Riddance to Sen. Cornyn and His Democrat Staffers

Kurt Schlichter, Townhall

Was Graham's Dumb Debate Answer Just an Act?

Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine

Alaska in Jeopardy for GOP?

Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM

As Chicago Suffers, City Found $639.6 Million for Illegals

Corey Brooks, FOX News

The Abandoned Order

Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs

This Is the Best 'Hard Goods' Boom in Decades

Larry Kudlow, New York Sun

Strange Politics Behind the AI Backlash

Eric Levitz, Vox

Anthropic CEO's Wife Courted Epstein To Invest in Porn Site

Lucas Nolan, Breitbart

Credit Card Operative Helping Shape Dem Primaries

Goldstein & Dayen, Am. Prospect

Let Americans Keep the Savings They Find

Wendy Barnes, RealClearPolitics

Time for Accountability at National Academies of Science

Jason Isaac, Daily Caller

The Case for Chilling Out About Birth Rates

Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic

To Rebuild Trust, Americans Must Get Back in the Same Room

Melissa Giller, RCP

She Killed Her Three Children. Is She Guilty?

Kat Rosenfield, The Free Press

TDIH - August 20 2nd Term Job Approval: Trump 39.6 | Obama 41.8 | Bush 40.8

RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition

What Americans Do and Don't Like About Democrats

Bill Scher, Washington Monthly

Bass and Raman Both Lose LA Mayor Debate

Joel Pollak, New York Post

Sen. Ossoff Knows What He's Doing

Jason Howard, Salon

Lessons From Vindman's Humiliating Primary Defeat

Shane Harris, AMAC

The Rich Are Getting Richer in a Whole New Way

Shira Ovide, Washington Post

Will the AI Bubble Burst or Deflate?

Brett Decker, Wall Street Journal

Has Trump Lost His Fear of Markets?

Timothy Noah, The New Republic

Iran Hates That Trump's Diplomacy Is Working

Brabim Karki, Washington Examiner

The Promising Race To Get Kids Reading Again

Constance Grady, Vox

Ronald Reagan's Greatest Speech

Tevi Troy, The Free Press

Surrogate Pregnancies Are Getting Weird

Emma Camp, Wall Street Journal

Emerson '28: Vance, Rubio vs. Newsom, Ocasio-Cortez,Ossoff, Harris, Buttigieg