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<title><![CDATA[Byron York - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14463.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Byron York]]></description><category domain="14463">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Are Democrats Really Headed for a Wave Election?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4744584/are-gop-doomers-overreacting/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many prominent Republican figures are skeptical the GOP will have any success in November's midterm elections.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Do Republicans Deal With El-Sayed?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4738656/how-do-republicans-deal-with-el-sayed/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Six weeks from the midterm elections, Republicans need to raise their game, lest they spend the next six years with Sen. el Sayed.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Good Economic News and the Midterm Elections]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4731439/trump-good-economic-news-midterm-elections/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Did you know that just-released Census Bureau statistics show the poverty rate in the United States fell to a record low in 2025?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Anti-Fraud Campaign a Boost for Vance]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4727068/anti-fraud-campaign-boost-for-jd-vance/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Vance has associated himself with a good cause and a win-win proposition: The more he succeeds in fighting fraud, the better his case to the voters.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stubborn Inflation and the Midterm Elections]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4724561/inflation-and-the-midterm-elections/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Friday, the Commerce Department released inflation figures for August, and what they show is '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';' more of the same.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are Midterm Results Already Baked in the Cake?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4718248/are-midterm-results-already-baked-in-the-cake/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of voters out there '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' about 107 million Americans voted in the 2022 midterm elections '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and it could be that an overwhelming number of them have already made up their minds.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Does Progress in Iran Help Trump?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4713114/does-progress-in-iran-help-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The situation in Iran is improving, but there seems little reason to think an end to the war would be a boost for the GOP in a difficult midterm contest.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Boost for Paxton as Talarico Goes From Bad to Worse?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4709143/talarico-bad-to-worse-gop-debates-paxton-support/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s been a lot of commentary lately about the faults of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican candidate for Senate. There are many such faults, and the impeached and scandal-ridden Paxton is widely recognized among GOP strategists as a poor candidate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vance's Rousing Populist Manifesto in Middletown, Ohio]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4699275/jd-vance-ohio-speech-huey-long-populism-2028/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's striking that a Republican vice president would invoke Long when discussing the Trump administration's efforts to help working-class Americans.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Iran Struggle Comes Through on Campaign Stump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4692031/trump-iran-struggle-campaign-stump-speeches-teleprompter/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One interesting thing about listening to President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s speeches, as opposed to just reading about them later, is that the listener not only gets to hear what Trump said but also gets to hear Trump commenting in real time on what the speechwriters intended him to say.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[El-Sayed and the Ongoing Conflict Within Democratic Party]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4689229/when-democrats-hate-trump-but-dont-like-their-own-candidate/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[El-Sayed is doing his part to alienate possible supporters, and the race hasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t even shifted into high gear.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Woke Was Indeed Crazy. Why Did Democrats Embrace It?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4682105/you-cant-erase-woke/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Things a candidate has said in the past, especially in the recent past, mean something. They should face questions about them.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Next Senator From SC Will Not Be Like Lindsey Graham]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4680324/the-next-senator-from-south-carolina/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Different in this way: the next senator will not share the fixation on foreign policy, and especially on military conflict, that marked Lindsey Graham'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 24 years in the Senate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Michigan, Keep Big Picture in Mind]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4676644/michigan-senate-race-abdul-el-sayed-big-picture/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first thing to say about Abdul el Sayed's victory in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary is that it's not a story about polls.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[95 Days and Counting]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4670438/95-days-and-counting/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With less than 100 days until Election Day, time is running out for Republicans, and their prospects for keeping control of the House are still poor.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['He Never Saw a War That He Didn't Like']]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4666838/he-never-saw-a-war-he-didnt-like/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Mixed in with his lavish praise of the late senator, Trump included a not terribly positive observation of Graham's hawkish foreign policy views.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Final Lindsey Graham Moment in DC, SC]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4665386/final-lindsey-graham-moment-dc-south-carolina/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Amid the tributes for Graham this week, there have been startling new revelations about his lobbying efforts for the U.S. war with Iran.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s the Year of the DSA in Democratic Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4661780/year-of-the-dsa-democratic-politics/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite a small setback in an Arizona House primary this week, 2026 is still very much the year of the DSA in Democratic politics.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Don't Maine Dems Hold a Vote To Replace Platner?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4649188/which-is-the-party-of-democracy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Under wildly different circumstances, Democrats in Maine and Republicans in South Carolina face the problem of finding a new nominee to run for the Senate this November. They are handling the situation in remarkably different ways.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Illness, Death and Primaries Change Face of GOP Senate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4646837/illness-death-turmoil-change-face-gop-senate/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Lawmakers who guided Republicans for many years will no longer be on Capitol Hill. There's a really big change coming, no matter who wins in November.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Giving Platner the Bum's Rush]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4641960/giving-platner-the-bums-rush/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic Senate primary in a landslide. But it all fell apart quickly after a rape allegation from a former girlfriend.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Anti-Communist Manifesto]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4637949/trump-anti-communist-manifesto/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'As we approach this magnificent anniversary,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' we see our American identity under a renewed attack, a generation after we fought and won the Cold War against the menace of communism,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Trump said. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'There is now a resurgence of the communist menace in our land, including...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Hangs On as Voters Dislike Democrats More]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4621895/republicans-hang-on/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Right now, the indicators'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' still seem to point toward a House controlled by Democrats, but by a smaller margin than was originally thought.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Very Public Inner Dialogue on Iran]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4606308/trump-public-inner-dialogue-iran-war-negotiations-strikes/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The world got a valuable glimpse inside an American president's head amid the wartime deliberations he is conducting with himself.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Builds the Wall]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4597280/trump-border-wall-construction/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's striking progress on the U.S.-Mexico border wall is attracting less opposition because of Biden's catastrophic record.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Democratic Mess in Maine]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4591652/democratic-mess-maine-graham-platner/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the Nazi tattoo and Reddit posts weren't the end of it, why should we think the sexting will be the end of embarrassing revelations about Graham Platner?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Finish the Job in Iran?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4582645/why-doesnt-trump-finish-job-iran/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The cost question'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Is it worth it? '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' is what the president always has to ask, an official said of using further military force in Iran.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Iran Talks: How the Administration Sees Things Now]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4581099/the-iran-talks-how-the-administration-sees-things-now/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the last couple of days the Iran war has been going through another one of the up-and-down news cycles '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' in which some sort of resolution seems imminent and then not so imminent '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' that have become a familiar story.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Did Democrats Really Want To Know?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4579662/dnc-autopsy-did-democrats-really-want-to-know/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Widespread criticism of the autopsy has focused on three areas: what is in it, what is not in it, and how it was prepared. Other than that, as they say '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' no problem.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gingrich Takes a Look at the GOP's 2026 Chances]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4575364/another-look-gop-2026-election-chances/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Byron York</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump and his party need things to go their way this summer to have a chance in the fall.]]></description>
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