RealClearPolitics Week of September 28, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Evening Edition

Monday, September 28

Gas Prices Are Bad. Voting for Democrats Wouldn't Help

Nicole Russell, USA Today

Democrats Have Proven We Can Deliver on Affordability

Rep. Steny Hoyer, The Hill

Speaker Johnson Hits Trail To Defend GOP House Majority

Kate Santaliz, Axios

Are Democrats Really Headed for a Wave Election?

Byron York, Washington Examiner

Last Recession Not Trump's Fault. Next One Will Be

Michael Tomasky, New Republic

The AI Regulation Grift With Robert Malone

Zane & Varney, RCInvestigations Podcast

A Traffic Stop and the 'Noncriminal' Myth

Brian Lonergan, Chronicles

Flock Cameras Are Creepy. They Might Still Be Worth It

Eric Levitz, Vox

The 50K Catholics Who Went To See America's Next Saint

Madeleine Long, Free Press

Casting Meryl Streep as Aslan Is Stupid

Christopher Goffos, The Federalist

Low-Trust Society Breeds Weak Kids

Marilyn Simon, UnHerd

TDIH - Sept 28th 2nd Term Job Approval: Trump 38.7 | Obama 41.3 | Bush 40.0

Tuesday, September 29

Trump's Boasts on the Economy Are Falling Flat

Steven Greenhouse, The Guardian

Bessent Makes a Strong Economic Case vs. Media Gloom

Glenn Reynolds, NY Post

The Opposing Forces Reshaping Global Finance

Mohamed El-Erian, Project Syndicate

Biden's DOJ Spied On and Targeted The Federalist

Brianna Lyman, The Federalist

Why Iran May Be America's Last Mideast War

William Galston, Wall Street Journal

Trump Made the Right Decision To Reject Iran's Offer

Adolfo Franco, Al-Jazeera

Iran War Is Ruining Trump's Presidency

Andrew Day, The American Conservative

As Kansas Goes...Is the Senate Race in Play?

Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics

Why Would New York Dump Its High School Exit Exam?

Neetu Arnold, City Journal

Macron's Turbulent Exit: France Feeling Insecure

Stetler & Loper, The Nation

What the UK Failed To Notice About 'Asylum Seekers'

Julia Hartley-Brewer, TalkTV

Generic: Quinnipiac: Dems +12 | Harvard-Harris: Dems +2 | YouGov: Dems +15

Wednesday, September 30

Even Democrats Oppose Foreigners Tilting the Census

Ben Weingarten, The Federalist

Vance's Senate Takeover Plan Has a Big Flaw

Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine

Kids Should Not Be Trapped in Failing Schools

Emma Camp, Wall Street Journal

Does Trump Have a Point About Interest Rates?

Zachary Karabell, Washington Post

'I Ran Toward the Cockpit': The Dad Who Stopped a Hijacking

Neria Kraus, Free Press

What Iowa's New Steel Mill Means for the Midwest

Steve Cortes, The Daily Signal

A Huge Gap Between Fastest- and Slowest-Building Cities

Marina Bolotnikova, Vox

Legal Analysts: Climate Case Could 'Rewrite' Economy

Andrew Rice, Center Square

Civilian Tenure Out at Military Service Academies

Victoria Manning, Restoration News

Kyle MacLachlan on Watching the New 'Dune'

Zach Baron, GQ Magazine

It's Time for Madonna To Put It Away

Sasha Stone, Substack

Thursday, October 1

Big Problem for Democrats in the 'Affordability' Battle

Kudlow & Moore, New York Post

Trump Can't Trick Americans Into Loving Him

Amanda Marcotte, Salon

Deranged Mr. Smith Is a Reminder of Destruction U.S. Avoided

Julie Kelly, Substack

Something Big Is Happening With Talarico in Texas

Greg Sargent, The New Republic

DEI, Fraud Scandal Put MN Senate Race in the Spotlight

David Marcus, FOX News

A Tale of Two Toss-Ups

James Baratta, American Prospect

The Left Discovers the Great Dumbing-Down of Schools

Paul Ollinger, The Hill

How a Cornell Student Went From Shame to Action

Kamin, et al., New York Times

Serious Problems With Potential Cornell Rape Case

Megyn Kelly, Megyn Kelly Show

A Near-Disaster on Flydubai and Its Implications

Graeme Wood, The Atlantic

Israel Is Winning

Douglas Murray, The Free Press

Friday, October 2

Climate Activists Should Be Shut Down at Supreme Court

O.H. Skinner, The Federalist

Trump's AI Rhetoric Has a Crippling Blind Spot

Zeeshan Aleem, MS Now

How MAHA Grew Up

James Billot, UnHerd

Anti-White, Anti-Male Discrimination in U.S. Was Insane

VP Vance, Human Events

Getting To Know Kevin Warsh

Alan Blinder, Wall Street Journal

Now Is the Time for Jerome Powell To Resign

Larry Kudlow, New York Sun

Texas GOP: 'Houston, We Have a Problem'

Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics

All the Reasons To Vote GOP in November

Victoria Manning, Restoration News

Should Dems Worry About Huge Cash Disadvantage?

Emma Janssen, New Republic

Man, Still Falling

Waters & Mering, RealClearHistory

Facing Prison in France for Stating Basic Facts

Dora Moutot, The Free Press

'26 Latest Polls: Senate: ME, TX, IA, MI, SC, KS, MN, AK | Gov: TX, IA, NE, ME

Sunday, October 4

The Most Self-Aware Question Trump Has Ever Asked

Hayes Brown, MS Now

6 in 10 Oppose Democrat Plan To Pack SCOTUS

Brianna Lyman, The Federalist

Mamdani's 2K Is a Mathematical Mess

Claire Suddath, New York Magazine

Letitia James Is a Bad Choice for Cornell Case

Jonathan Turley, New York Post

Trump Demands Sen. Cotton Release the Sun

CK Smith, Salon

All Senate Dems Vote To Keep Trading Stocks

Monica Showalter, American Thinker

This Bill Will Bring College Sports Under Control

Saban & Gee, Washington Post

Big Hospitals Pocketing Millions Meant for Rural Health?

Rogers, et al., RCH Podcast

America's New Geography of Opportunity

Joel Kotkin, UnHerd

On Flydubai, a Miracle or a Story of Resourcefulness?

Susan Rolef, Jerusalem Post

Burnham Wants To Undo Brexit. We Won't Let Him

Nigel Farage, Substack