RealClearPolitics June 19, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

Why Iran and U.S. Could Both Struggle To Keep Deal

Amir Azimi, BBC News

Turning Military Victory Into Strategic Leverage

Fred Fleitz, American Greatness

When a Cease-Fire Is Really a Stalemate

Hussein Banai, Foreign Affairs

Iran Deal Puts Vance in the Hot Seat

Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM

The Biggest Scandal That Legacy Media Won't Touch

Sen. Ron Johnson, X

Democrats Should Admire Obama Not Emulate Him

Perry Bacon, The New Republic

Flashback: Democrats Bet on the Wrong Horse in 2008

Terence O'Neill, DC Examiner

How (and Why) Trump, Thune Relationship Got Even Worse

Steve Benen, MS Now

Focus on Platner's Policies? He Fails Maine There, Too

Laurel Libby, FOX News

How Platner Has Revealed a Winning Playbook

Pepper Culpepper, The Guardian

Two ARCs Are Better Than One

Gary Abernathy, RealClearWorld

Unions Put Target on My Back for Helping Members Escape

Aaron Withe, NY Post

The Man Who Could Keep Colombia's Left in Power

Uetricht & Caring-Lobel, The Nation

Trump Blinks, He Should Have Stayed Course in Iran

Kenin Spivak, RealClearPolitics

New MOU Leaves Iran Weaker and U.S. Stronger

Richard Porter, RealClearPolitics

How Local News Reduces Loneliness

Steven Waldman, Washington Monthly

'Uncancellable': Maud Maron's Fight vs. Alvin Bragg

Murakhver & Jensen, Palladium

MI Senate (MIRS): El-Sayed (D) 47, Rogers (R) 42 | Rogers (R) 45,Stevens (D) 41

RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition

Israel, Hezbollah Renew Ceasefire as Iran Talks Postponed

Solomon, et al., WSJ

Hegseth Reviews U.S. Troops in Europe, Scolds NATO

Callum Sutherland, Time

Theft of Trust: How Fraud Steals Faith in U.S. Institutions

Rep. Lisa McClain, RCP

Nothing About the Obama Presidential Center Is Traditional

Michele Norris, MS Now

Pardon 4 Cops Politically Persecuted by Obama's DOJ

Mike Davis, The Federalist

Blackstone's Utility Gambit in NM Could Slip Away

James Baratta, American Prospect

I Asked My Teachers Union for Basic Records

Kelley LaBedz, RealClearEducation

Trump Ramps Up War on the Birth Tourism Industry

Brian Lonergan, Chronicles

Vance's New Book Reveals More Than He Realizes

Christian Paz, Vox

Moscow on the Hudson

Vickie Paladino, Tablet Magazine

Britain and the Price of Wokeness

Noel Yaxley, The American Mind