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In the annual public surveys about trust and reputation, journalists and the media have regularly fallen near the very bottom, often just... Read More

One thing’s for sure: no one would tune in for three hours of unfiltered, unadulterated Kamala. Read More

It is hard for highly ideological people, including me, to understand undecided voters. But some of it seems to come down to the “cool”... Read More

Donald Trump's surrogates, allies and foot soldiers appear supremely confident he'll be re-elected president next week, projecting... Read More

The media frenzy comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler is clearly contrived to thwart the peaceful transition of power. Read More

If he loses the race for the White House, the big house awaits. Read More

He's back. Donald Trump, that is. Only weeks ago he was behind in the polls and being left for dust in the fundraising stakes. Now the race... Read More

It's my hope that Kamala Harris will concede on election night after she has lost—but we must prepare ourselves if that doesn't happen. Read More

Kamala Harris’ hammering of Donald Trump’s authoritarian rhetoric is alarming some Democrats in this critical swing state who... Read More

In 1862, with Union fortunes in the Civil War at a low ebb, Ohio Republican Sen. Ben Wade went to see Abraham Lincoln and urged him to fire... Read More

In the latest humiliation for Tim Walz, the campaign geniuses had him face off against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a game of... Read More

Beyoncé and Michelle Obama boost Harris message in "most reproductive rights-centered election" in history Read More

A top GOP talking point of this election is that Democrats are rigging the vote through illegal immigration. Is there any truth to it? Peter... Read More

We’ve entered an age of delusion, impossible longings, and ritual self-mutilation. Read More

Attempts to concentrate power and kill competition are toxic to the marketplace of ideas. Read More

This summer, Senators Joe Manchin and John Barrasso’s Energy Permitting Reform Act passed out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resource... Read More

FoMoCo lost $58,391 for every EV it sold during the quarter. Its EV losses thus far in 2024 now total $3.7 billion. Read More

Shopping for a new home today is daunting. Mortgage rates are rising. In many markets, supply is so scarce that bidding wars are the norm.... Read More

It won’t be news to anyone that this upcoming election is fraught with many potential problems. Read More

Monday on the RealClearPolitics radio show -- weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 -- the regular hosts, Carl Cannon,... Read More

Martin Kulldorff, Ph.D., Dr.h.c., is an epidemiologist, a biostatistician, and a founding fellow at Hillsdale College’s Academy for... Read More

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Read More

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Less than 48 hours before arrival in North Carolina and just over two weeks until Election Day, Donald Trump has become the first to clear... Read More

We have often pointed out that Elon Musk built much of his empire with the help of taxpayer subsidies and favorable regulations. Read More

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) serves a critical role in formulating recommendations that guide national... Read More

Last summer, after George Floyd died under Derek Chauvin’s knee, protesters in Pensacola, Florida, held a week’s worth of rallies... Read More

In a statement issued last week, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman once again called for an end to Governor Sisolak’s indefinite... Read More

While New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered the closing of certain grocery stores over COVID-19 concerns, she spent $16,248 in... Read More

Officials from Petaluma, California have decided their city has enough places to fill up gas-powered cars. Last week, the local city council... Read More

Donald Trump currently holds a razor-thin 0.6% lead over Kamala Harris in the RealClearPolitics Polling Average for... Read More

Defund the police. An open border. Identity politics. End the use of fossil fuels. Is it any wonder America turned against the progressive... Read More

Donald Trump anchored his bid to win a second White House term next week on searing anti-migrant fear at a rally at Madison Square Garden,... Read More

Today on TAP: Is the explicit branding of Trump as a fascist the right closing note for the Harris campaign’s final ten days? Read More

How the Left became the very thing it most feared. Read More

Trump’s hometown, deep blue New York — whose unpopular Democrat leaders have tried to lock him up — welcomed the former president back... Read More

Lionel Shriver on the US election and the revolt against identity politics. Read More

With polls showing a dead heat, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are sticking to their blue-collar and college-voter strategies, respectively. Read More

I know it’s crazy, but I continue to get the print edition of the New York Times delivered to my front door every day. It’s part of my... Read More

Experts predict Democratic lawsuits, media meltdowns, and riots in the streets if Donald Trump wins re-election to the White House. Read More

If Trump wants to put the forces of the swamp on the defensive, he needs to start with some bold hammer blows on Inauguration Day. Read More

It would be historic if it happens. Read More

From 9/11 to the COVID-19 pandemic, crisis moments keep reshaping the political landscape. Read More

A Washington Post columnist says endorsements express the 'soul' of a newspaper. That's exactly what's wrong with them. Read More

The mainstream media's dominance in narrative- and reality-shaping in presidential elections shattered in 2024. Read More

Ordeal After the October 7 massacres, the obituaries of the long political career of Benjamin Netanyahu, published both in Israel and in the... Read More

John Fetterman is the Democratic Senator from Pennsylvania who suffered a serious stroke in the course of his campaign. If he is not at the... Read More

In today’s economy, the American dream feels out of reach for millions of hardworking families. Structural challenges that favor the... Read More

Benjamin Franklin claimed, “nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” I’d like to add one more thing to... Read More

This is RealClearPolitics’ seventh presidential election. More than two decades ago, RCP set out to provide one-stop shopping for those... Read More

Before Americans cast their votes, they deserve at least one meaningful debate between the presidential candidates.  Read More

A catastrophe in November could rejuvenate federalism, to the benefit of all. Read More

When Hurricane Helene swept through Yancey County, the flood waters took Byrdene Byerly’s home and nearly all her possessions.  Read More

There were reports suggesting Trump "worked" at a McDonald's, but that's not quite right — because there's a difference between work and... Read More

If Donald Trump wins the election in 15 days, as I believe he will, then it may well be this stunt that won it for him. Read More

Donald Trump served French fries at a Pennsylvania McDonald's on Sunday after Kamala Harris allegedly lied about her job there as a cook. Read More

Trump bragging that he's already got it won may be a big mistake. Read More

Kamala Harris's running mate reveals his true colors with a radical, anti-American education agenda pushed by revolutionary activists. Read More

The current presidential election season has produced a startling data point. On Sept. 18, the Teamsters dropped the results of an electronic... Read More

Government union officials like American Federation of Teachers (AFT/AFL-CIO) union President Randi Weingarten and National Education... Read More

On October 3, the membership of the International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) suspended its strike and agreed to extend its... Read More

When I started this blog back in 2012, we were just coming to the end of 20 years of Republican, or quasi-Republican, New York City mayors... Read More

The white student who killed a black homeless man on the subway last year is either a killer or Good Samaritan, depending on who you ask.... Read More

The District of Columbia, the capital city and seat of government for the United States, contains a population of roughly 700,000 in a... Read More

Appointed to the bench by President Ronald Reagan over four decades ago last month, the late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor belongs to a... Read More