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<title><![CDATA[Zachary Wolf - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/39542.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Zachary Wolf]]></description><category domain="39542">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[No, Trump Can&rsquo;t Cancel the Midterms. He&rsquo;s Doing This Instead]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/no-trump-can-t-cancel-the-midterms-he-s-doing-this-instead/ar-AA1Up8Gx</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Worried about losing unified Republican power in Washington and mystified at his lack of support among the public, President Donald Trump keeps talking about not holding the November midterm elections, when Republicans could lose control of the House, Senate or both.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gabbard Is Trying To Rewrite the 2016 Election]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-tulsi-gabbard-is-trying-to-rewrite-the-history-of-the-2016-election/ar-AA1JkED6</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The US intelligence community; bipartisan Senate review; the Mueller report; the Durham report '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' years of investigations concluded or did not dispute the idea that Russia meddled in the election and that it preferred Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Are Making 2028 Moves]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/politics/2028-presidential-election-democrats-analysis</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats who will run for president in 2028 are already quietly, and not so quietly, making moves.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Puzzle Pieces Coming Together in Trump Deportation Plan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/trump-is-creating-new-universes-of-people-to-deport/ar-AA1HrX35</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The full scope of the Trump administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s mass deportation plan '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' which has been evident in theory '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' is only just starting to come together in practice, and its scale has come as a surprise to many Americans.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senate GOP To Choose the McConnell Way or a MAGA Upstart]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/13/politics/senate-republicans-trump-what-matters/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On the heels of the general election last week, there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s another important vote on tap this Wednesday in Washington that will greatly impact what President-elect Donald Trump can accomplish during his four years in office: Republicans in the Senate will vote by secret ballot to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Secure and Reliable Are U.S. Elections?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/07/politics/elections-voting-security-what-matters/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With election season underway, you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re bound to hear from former President Donald Trump that an army of undocumented immigrants is trying to vote in the presidential election. You may hear from Democrats that GOP efforts to pass new voting laws is a form of voter suppression.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Generational Realignment Scrambling 2024 Election]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/15/politics/election-age-what-matters/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A truism of American politics is that older voters prefer the Republican and younger voters prefer the Democrat.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Does Success Look Like for Third-Party Candidates?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/28/politics/third-party-president-what-matters/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[They booed former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate who currently leads in polling in some swing states. They rejected Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent candidate who is polling at 15% in some polls.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Has an Electoral Math Problem To Solve]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/11/politics/biden-electoral-college-2024-what-matters/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Forget the national polls that show the country has soured on President Joe Biden, and consider the Electoral College with less than 11 months until Election Day 2024.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Johnson Makes Clear GOP Support for WH Won't Come Cheap]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/28/politics/what-were-about-to-learn-about-house-speaker-mike-johnson/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The new House speaker, Mike Johnson, is in for on-the-job training as he emerges from relative national obscurity to the top elected Republican in the United States.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Two Worst Weaknesses Were Exposed This Week]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/14/politics/biden-age-hunter-what-matters/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two major threats to President Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s reelection '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' his son Hunter'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s legal problems and the widely held perception the 80-year-old is too old for reelection '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' are both causing him major pain this week.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[American's Continuously Unbelievable Political Spectacle]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/26/politics/trump-political-mess-what-matters/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The exhausting view of this bizarre week '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' with the first GOP presidential primary debate one day, followed by the fourth arrest this year of the former president the next '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' is that everyone should prepare for so much more of this uniquely American and continuously unbelievable...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[3 Investigations and 2 Words No President Wants To Hear]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/14/politics/special-counsel-biden-trump-what-matters/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Three separate investigations and two words that no president ever, ever wants to hear: special counsel.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[While Trump Capitalizes, His Rivals Calculate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/16/politics/2024-election-trump-rivals-what-matters/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' plots his criminal defense in the classified documents case, the GOP candidates looking to block his political redemption are slowly making political calculations. In the simplest terms, the growing Republican primary field faces a basic question about the former...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[This Is How Your Government Works Now]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/23/politics/government-funding-bill-analysis</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The annual dash to fund the government is starting to sound like a bad Christmas carol: 12 spending bills, $1.7 trillion, 4,000-plus pages, a single massive end-of-year vote and a lifeline for the lobster industry.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the Far Right Is Surging in Europe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/26/politics/europe-far-right-what-matters/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Voters in Europe have veered to the far right. In Italy, Giorgia Meloni'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Brothers of Italy political party is'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' described in CNN'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s report'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' as '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'the most far-right government since the fascist era of Benito Mussolini.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The MAGA-Fication of the GOP Is In Overdrive]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/politics/primary-elections-maga-gop-what-matters/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The final 2022 primary elections, conducted Tuesday, saw more clear victories for the "Make America Great Again" wing of the GOP.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yes, the Government Keeps Way Too Many Secrets]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/03/politics/us-government-secrets-what-matters/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We don't yet know what classified documents and information former President Donald Trump took with him to Mar-a-Lago. Here's what one expert had to say about legitimate secrets versus overclassified cover-ups.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Crises Converge on American Education]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/01/politics/us-education-schools-crisis-what-matters/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From teacher strikes and a teacher shortage to politics in the classroom and skyrocketing student loan debt, there are many education crises converging. Now new national test score data is being interpreted as proof that remote learning during the pandemic was a failure.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats&rsquo; November Mantra: Protect Abortion Rights]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/24/politics/primaries-election-what-matters/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While this summer has seen Republican primary voters often opt for 2020 election skeptics from the Trump wing of their party, Democrats in some key races Tuesday opted for a more middle path.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 'Progress Recession' Has Been Here for Decades]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/30/politics/us-recession-gpi-what-matters/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the sillier arguments you'll read about in the coming weeks and months is over whether the US has technically entered a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' recession. Most Americans, according to'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a recent CNN poll, think it has. The White House and the Treasury Department point to low unemployment to argue there...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Feeling of Economic Doom Is Going Around]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/05/politics/economy-inflation-woes-what-matters/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There's plenty of reason for that feeling of economic doom, from the highest inflation in 40-plus years to the dimmest public view of the US economy in 10-plus years, according to a new poll. And there's very little President Joe Biden can do but sit back and watch like the rest of us.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pay Attention to What Ron DeSantis Is Doing in Florida]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/26/politics/ron-desantis-florida-what-matters/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has to win his reelection campaign in November before he can really start thinking about a run for the White House in 2024, which he hasn't yet officially announced. But everything he's doing seems focused on endearing him to conservatives.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Liberal School Board Gets Lesson In Pandemic Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/15/politics/school-boards-covid-mask-mandates-what-matters/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Pandemics create strange bedfellows. The so-called'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' "parents' rights" movement that's lifting Republicans' hopes out in the country has some sway even in liberal San Francisco, where, according to a CNN projection based on preliminary r]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Rent Is Now Due, America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/01/politics/eviction-moratorium-democrats-biden/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[US could see an eviction crisis as Covid cases from the highly contagious Delta variant surge.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Welcome to the Summer of Whiplash]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/10/politics/what-matters-june-9/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[1945 called. It wants to know what the heck is going on. We have a US President who is rabidly anti an anti-fascist group. A statue of Winston Churchill was defaced in England. That's historical whiplash if ever there was.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Iowa Caucuses Just Died Forever]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/04/politics/future-of-iowa-caucuses/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Wolf</author>
							<description><![CDATA[An hours-long delay in reporting results from the Iowa caucuses raised serious questions about the process.]]></description>
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