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<title><![CDATA[Philip Wegmann - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/34966.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Philip Wegmann]]></description><category domain="34966">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Vance Puts His Own Take on Trump&rsquo;s Messaging]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/vance-woos-skeptical-conservatives-with-his-own-take-on-trumps-messaging-aa1ac28f?st=q5oUrC</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Vice president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s appeal to dissatisfied Republicans aims to mend fences and rally supporters against Democrats for the midterms'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and beyond]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Puts Legacy Ahead of Midterm Politics in U.N. Speech]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-puts-legacy-ahead-of-midterm-politics-in-speech-at-u-n-a3523188?st=av5hj5</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump told world leaders at the U.N. that the coming midterm elections won'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t affect his approach to the war in Iran.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Anti-Abortion Movement Is Disappointed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/why-the-anti-abortion-movement-is-disappointed-in-trump/ar-AA23cZOI</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you talk to folks in the anti-abortion movement, they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re pretty disappointed about the state of things in the US.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kathy Hochul Now Reduced To Begging]]></title>
							<link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVEs-fgjWuE</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan and RCP White House correspondent Phil Wegmann discuss a new bill passed in Washington State yesterday that places a 9.9 percent t...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are We Preparing To Leave Iran?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyI4qjCzs5M</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, March 31st on RealClearPolitics]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A 'Truth Bomb' for NATO]]></title>
							<link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOejc4ATNGM</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If your retirement portfolio is over $50,000, it may be time to think about diversifying into gold and silver.Markets are volatileInflation continues to erod...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Joe Kent's Exit Complicates Things for Trump Administration]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/19/joe_kents_exit_gives_the_anti-war_right_a_leader_153958.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A product of the online right, Joe Kent returned to the podcast circuit after resigning as President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s top counter terrorism official over objections to the Iran war.
Kent posted his resignation on government letterhead Monday. Less than 48 hours later, he was sitting in Maine...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Vance Thread Needle on Iran?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmj_Gs7aVHw</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, March 17th on RealClearPolitics - Joined by RCP White House Reporter Phil Wegmann]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vance Embraces &lsquo;Fraud Czar&rsquo; Role, Dems Plan To Make It a 2028 Liability]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/16/vance_embraces_fraud_czar_role_dems_plan_to_make_it_a_2028_liability_153950.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats began laying a trap the moment that President Trump announced during his State of the Union that Vice President JD Vance would lead a new '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'war on fraud,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' salivating at the possibility of political liability and dubbing the MAGA heir apparent the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'fraud...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bombshell Report on CA Medicare Fraud]]></title>
							<link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxEYZsQU7Xg</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If your retirement portfolio is over $50,000, it may be time to think about diversifying into gold and silver.Markets are volatileInflation continues to erod...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[VP Doing the Most To Sell Trump&rsquo;s Iran War? Pence, Not Vance]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/09/vp_doing_the_most_to_sell_trumps_iran_war_pence_not_vance_153927.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The vice president is suddenly everywhere as he makes the case for war with Iran.
He told CNN that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'history will record'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' that it was the right decision to take out Ayatollah Khamenei and said on CNBC that it was time for the United States to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'finish the war'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' that Iran...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Still Calling for Investigations of Fired DHS Sec Kristi Noem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/05/dems_still_calling_for_investigations_of_fired_dhs_sec_kristi_noem__153914.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is the first to go in the second Trump administration. Marred by controversy, she was fired by the president in a social media post after bruising back-to-back hearings in the House and Senate. But Noem may not be out of the woods...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Says He Will Not Ask Congress for War Power]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/03/trump_says_he_will_not_ask_congress_for_war_power_153902.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump has no appetite for, and will not seek, war authority from Congress, despite the fact that Republicans control both chambers and overwhelmingly support the strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Asked if he would ever request authorization for war with...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vance 'Didn't Take Persuading']]></title>
							<link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eP8g6-ghJY</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tuesday on RealClearPolitics - Joined by RCP White House Reporter, Phil Wegmann, and Retired General John Teichert: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vance Defends Operation Epic Fury After Years of Opposing Interventions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/03/vance_defends_new_war_middle_east_after_years_condemning_neocons_153901.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On the third day of the new war with Iran, and after years of building a political reputation grounded in opposition to foreign intervention, Vice President JD Vance broke his silence: He supports the strikes and believes the latest adventure abroad is not only prudent but consistent...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump&rsquo;s Longest Speech, His Shortest Margin for Error]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/25/trumps_longest_speech_his_shortest_margin_for_error_153881.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Breaking a record he set previously, President Trump delivered the longest State of the Union address in history at a moment when Americans increasingly disapprove of his handling of the economy, have soured on his immigration crackdown, and have threatened to throw congressional...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Board of Peace Replace the U.N.?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4buLi3iBnP0</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Thursday, February 19th on RealClearPolitics - joined by Lindsay Chervinsky, Executive Director of the Washington Presidential Library]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Lashes Out at Supreme Court as Under &lsquo;Foreign Influence&rsquo;]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/20/trump_lashes_out_at_supreme_court_as_under_foreign_influence__153866.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump lashed out at the Supreme Court for ruling against his global tariffs by accusing the justices of falling prey to undue foreign interest, a cabal of unnamed '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'sleazeballs'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'slimeballs.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Foreign interests are represented by people who I think...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Kristi Noem Cooked?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WyddmqLPKE</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WyddmqLPKE]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If your retirement portfolio is over $50,000, it may be time to think about diversifying into gold and silver.Markets are volatileInflation continues to erod...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Ravenous Media Diet of Donald Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/13/the_ravenous_media_diet_of_donald_trump__153832.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump has a frequent, if slightly out-of-date, complaint in the era of the online press: The stories he prefers always seem to get buried in the print edition.
After signing a deal to reduce drug prices, the president complained that the New York Times had only written '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Turning Point Takes On the Super Bowl]]></title>
							<link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF_AAeHzeSs</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Monday, February 9th on RealClearPolitics - joined by RCP White House Reporter, Phil Wegmann, and National Political Correspondent, Susan Crabtree: 00:00 Rea...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[&lsquo;There'll Be Consequences&rsquo;: Trump WH Warns Defense Contractors]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/04/therell_be_consequences_trump_wh_warns_defense_contractors_153797.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One afternoon in January, President Trump sent the stocks of the military-industrial complex stumbling when he complained that defense contractors were paying dividends too generously, buying back their own stock too aggressively, and compensating executives too lavishly.
While the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Is Tulsi Gabbard in Georgia? Because Trump Sent Her There]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/30/why_is_tulsi_gabbard_in_georgia_because_trump_sent_her_there__153782.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Tulsi Gabbard went down to Georgia, the director of national intelligence turned heads.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Why is Tulsi Gabbard at an FBI raid on an election office in Fulton County?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' asked Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee. A senior...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Allies Push Potential Noem Successors]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/29/trump_allies_push_potential_noem_successors_153774.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Unlike during his first term, President Trump has, so far, been reluctant to tell any of his aides or Cabinet members, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'You'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re fired!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
Trump is clearly concerned by how the Department of Homeland Security has become a lightning rod for the administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s critics....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[WH Contradicts FBI Director: Law-Abiding Protestors &lsquo;Have Right To Bear Arms&rsquo;]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/26/wh_contradicts_fbi_director_law-abiding_protestors_have_right_to_bear_arms_153756.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the death of Alex Pretti, the White House categorically rejected the suggestion from some Republicans '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' including Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and FBI Director Kash Patel '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' that U.S. citizens do not have a right to carry firearms while...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Pro-Life Movement After Roe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/01/23/rcp_podcast_pro-life_voters_after_roe_did_vance_somethig_minnesota_trump_sues_over_debanking.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/01/23/rcp_podcast_pro-life_voters_after_roe_did_vance_somethig_minnesota_trump_sues_over_debanking.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Friday, January 23rd on the RealClearPoltiics Podcast'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Greenland Demand Rocks Davos]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/01/20/rcp_podcast_trumps_greenland_demand_rocks_davos_how_far_will_ice_protests_escalate.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/01/20/rcp_podcast_trumps_greenland_demand_rocks_davos_how_far_will_ice_protests_escalate.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Andrew Walworth, Carl Cannon, and RCP White House reporter Phil Wegmann discuss the president stealing the show at the annual World Economic Forum before even delivering his speech tomorrow by demanding Greenland, and California Gov. Gavin...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Exclusive: Trump OMB Launches Full Review of Federal Funds Sent to Blue States]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/20/exclusive_trump_launches_full_review_of_federal_funds_sent_to_blue_states_153738.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/20/exclusive_trump_launches_full_review_of_federal_funds_sent_to_blue_states_153738.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the Somali fraud scandal that rattled Minnesota, the Trump administration will soon order a sweeping whole-of-government review of all federal funding awarded to 13 Democrat-leaning states and the District of Columbia, RealClearPolitics is first to report.
It is perhaps...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Admits Nobel Peace Prize Wouldn&rsquo;t Improve US Lives]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A Nobel Peace Prize can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t be split into 342 million pieces. It can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t be shared by the general population. President Trump said as much Tuesday.
Asked how winning the prize would improve the lives of average Americans, President Trump admitted that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'It wouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t improve...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Iran Crisis Over?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Wegmann</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Thursday, January 15th on the RealClearPolitics Podcast]]></description>
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