RealClearPolitics September 18, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

Democrats Feeling Bullish About a Midterm Wave

Merica & Meyer, Washington Post

Good Economic News and the Midterm Elections

Byron York, Washington Examiner

A Spreading War Rattles Global Energy Markets

Stanley Reed, The Nation

Dems May Regret Their Primary Choices in 5 Senate Races

Hugh Hewitt, FOX News

Trump PAC Forced To Spend Deep in MAGA Country

Greg Sargent, The New Republic

The Mother of the SAVE Act

Carolina Lumetta, RealClearPolitics

House Report Drops Screenshots of ActBlue's Internal Messages

Can Washington Accept Yes From the AI Giants?

David Ignatius, Washington Post

When AI Goes Public, Who Will Own the Risk?

Richard Porter, RealClearPolitics

Hugging Face Hack Not What It Was Cracked Up To Be

Brian Gross, Wall St. Journal

College Is Coming Apart

Ian Bogost, The Atlantic

Teachers Unions: The Lobby at War With Learning

Joel Kotkin, UnHerd

Understanding Islam's Rise in America Without Rancor or Vitriol

Peder Zane, RCP

Is Peace at Hand for Russia and Ukraine?

Niall Ferguson, The Free Press

Given Chance, Ukraine Would Give Zelensky the Boot

Snider & Petro, Am. Conservative

Jon Kyl, Influential Conservative Senator, Dead at 84

Dan Nowicki, Arizona Republic

Cannon, et al., RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM

2026: Senate Map Expands: KS, MN, NH Toss Ups | Governor Map: TX Toss Up

RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition

Lefty Prosecutors Have a Crime Problem All Their Own

Charles Lehman, City Journal

SCOTUS Still Works as the Founders Intended

Bill Scher, Washington Monthly

Records Show ActBlue Opened Door Wide to Foreign Donors

M.D. Kittle, Federalist

Trump's Attack on Effective Altruism Is a Head-Scratcher

Zeeshan Aleem, MS Now

Communism, Globalism and a Push for Regulatory Capture

Joe Lonsdale, FOX News

The Politics of Religion

Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics

New York Is Holding $19M That Belongs to These Nuns

Madeleine Long, Free Press

Helping Mikala Sposito Achieve Her Dream of Becoming a Welder

Burned on My 16th Birthday

Hal Craig, RealClearPolitics

Great Books and the Embrace of Complexity

Naomi Riley, Commentary

English Departments Have Lost the Plot

Henry Oliver, Substack