RealClearPolitics Week of April 28, 2025 Archives

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Monday, April 28

Donald Trump's Remarkable Political Comeback

Parker & Scherer, The Atlantic

How To Measure Trump's 100 Days?

Byron York, Washington Examiner

Trump's Agenda Is Still Undecided

David Dayen, The American Prospect

State Dept Budget Cuts Don't Go Far Enough

Peter Van Buren, American Conservative

Is the U.S. Becoming an Autocracy?

Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker

It's Time the Legacy Media Admits Coverup of Biden's Decline

Karoline Leavitt

Five Things Hegseth Could Learn From Israel After Oct. 7

Hamutal Meridor, RCP

Unions' Awkward Tariff Dilemma

Abdallah Fayyad, Vox

Trump, Tariffs, Trade - and a Taboo?

Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

Lower Drug Prices: A Great Deal for America

Steve Cortes, RealClearPolitics

Trump’s University Mandates Are About Control

Svante Myrick, The Hill

Harvard's Kennedy School Lacks Viewpoint Diversity

David Weidman, Harvard Salient

Tuesday, April 29

Trump Would Beat Harris or Biden Again

Ingrid Jacques, USA Today

Trump and the Art of 'Dealism'

Jemima Kelly, Financial Times

DC Press Corps Pretends To Be Sorry About Lying

Glenn Reynolds, New York Post

Davos and Other Hustles

Robert Kuttner, American Prospect

Mark Carney's House of Cards

Michael Cuenco, UnHerd

Harvard University's Intricate China Ties

Freddy Gray, The Spectator

Woodrow Wilson, Tariff Slayer

Christopher Cox, RealClearPolitics

Tariffs and Inflation: Clarifying the Convoluted

Nash, et al., RealClearMarkets

Don't Rule Out a U.S.-Iran Nuclear Deal Just Yet

Richard Haass, Project Syndicate

Bringing a Negotiated End to Russia-Ukraine War

Daniel Mahoney, Civitas Outlook

A Curricular Solution to the Crisis of Civic Illiteracy

David Smith, RealClearPolicy

Wednesday, April 30

The Missing Ingredient Holding Back Trump's First 100 Days

Hayes Brown, MSNBC

Trump's First 100 Days Make America Safe Again

Secretary Kristi Noem, FOX News

Dems Have Fallen Into a Narrative Trap With Abrego Garcia

Felix Schein, The Hill

Stronger Border Starts With Stronger Trade Policy

Sean Spicer, RealClearPolitics

Five Big Questions About Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill'

Jonathan Cohn, The Bulwark

American Dream at Risk Without Extension of Tax Cuts

Reps. Fong & Flood, WT

Pritzker’s 'Mad as Hell' Moment Marks Turning Point for Dems

Max Burns, The Hill

Don't Believe the Anti-Hype

Kurt Schlichter, Townhall

Truman, Trump, and Mafia Candor

Eric Dezenhall, RealClearPolitics

USDA Ends a Biden Administration Injustice

Secretary Brooke Rollins, Wall Street Journal

The End of the Enlightenment?

Alan Lightman, The Atlantic

Thursday, May 1

The Counterrevolution and the Moral Ledger

Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

Inside Gov. Pritzker's Efforts To Counter Trump

Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN

Democrats' Sanctuary City Trap

Fred Bauer, UnHerd

I Owe the Libertarians an Apology

Noah Smith, Substack

Tariffs on Chinese Goods Should Be 400%

Kevin O'Leary, The Free Press

Military's Back, Baby: Recruitment Surges

Rob Maness, AMAC

Gabrielle Gurley, American Prospect

Pierre Poilievre: Losers Gotta Lose

Mark Steyn, SteynOnline

A Disingenuous Attack on Bondi's Fentanyl Testimony

Andrea Widburg, Am. Thinker

Cash Bonus for Having a Baby? Trump Is Considering It

Rachel Cohen, Vox

To Back Blue, Start With These Unjust Prosecutions

Jason Johnson, RealClearPolitics

Friday, May 2

Democrats' Disastrous First 100 Days

Kellyanne Conway, FOX News

The Last (Michael) Waltz

Jeet Heer, The Nation

Hegseth's Hard Choices

Salena Zito, Washington Examiner

Apple's Monopoly Is Finally Held Accountable

David Dayen, American Prospect

The Scandal of Minority Contracting

Lonsdale & Glock, Substack

McMahon: Last Secretary of Education in History?

Christopher Rufo, New York Post

Lesson in the GDP Report Has Nothing To Do With Biden

Jared Bernstein, MSNBC

Going on Offense Against China

Oren Cass, Commonplace

100 Years, $4.77B: NY's 2nd Avenue Subway Disaster

Brian Nuckols, Pirate Wires

Why Europe's Lights Went Out

Emmet Penney, The Free Press

'Sinners' Torches Shallow Pieties of Progressive Identity Crap

Liel Leibovitz, Tablet

Sunday, May 4

DOGE Days Are Not Quite Over

Ava Kelley, Substack

Democrats Haven't Yet Hit Bottom

Alex Castellanos, The Spectator

How Canada Made America Great

Hal Brands, Bloomberg

China Underestimates Trump--and Americans

Liz Peek, The Hill

How Rubio Became Trump's Minister of Many Hats

Marc Caputo, Axios

What Harris Gets Wrong About Elephants

Sasha Stone, Substack

A $5K Baby Bonus Isn't Nearly Enough

Daria Solovieva, Salon

How Houston Is Holding Teachers Accountable

Neetu Arnold, City Journal

The College-for-All Fallacy

Thomas Lindsay, RealClearEducation

No Aid? No Problem. Ukraine Using Homegrown Tech

David Kirichenko, Euromaidan

Reagan Was Criticized for Diplomacy, Too

Branko Marcetic, The American Conservative