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Succeeding a president from your own party is hard enough, and being Trump's vice president makes it harder.
Trump abruptly called off a confirmation hearing for Jay Clayton, nominated as director of national intelligence, upending Republicans in Congress.
President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts.
An impassioned plea by a self-described ‘libertarian at heart.’
The president was set to leave France — until he was invited to the palace that has inspired his construction projects, including the White House ballroom.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s unprecedented tenure as Israeli prime minister may be about to end.
Opponents and supporters of a U.S.-Iranian deal are looking at the same event through opposite ends of a telescope.
Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out.
Doctors are fiduciaries to their patients, not ‘service providers’ to their ‘customers.’
California’s crawling pace after election night can make normal statistical shifts seem like fraud.
A top SPLC official is accused of funneling over $1.2 million in donor funds to a confidential Neo-Nazi informant who was allegedly a secret romantic partner.
The 39-year-old senator has become an internet sensation for Democrats seeking a 2028 contender. He says he’s focused on winning a second term in November.
In a rare ruling for a condemned prisoner, the justices would not let Alabama use a contested method of execution.
Trump-backed candidates won two of three key GOP runoffs in Georgia and Alabama, but lost the gubernatorial race to billionaire Rick Jackson.
As we approach the nation's semiquincentennial celebrations, the American Enterprise Institute released a new public opinion survey exploring Americans' views about the nation's past and present. The survey is part of AEI's America at 250 initiati…
Workers at the artificial intelligence company have been puzzled and increasingly concerned by the administration’s move to limit their latest A.I. models.
The president went to war triumphant and will likely leave greatly weakened.
Americans realize they've lost power and income to the very rich. Too many Democrats, even too many unions, have yet to go to war for them.
A new book says that it’s even worse than we think.
Jay Clayton will soon face a tense Senate confirmation hearing to become DNI amid growing Democratic concerns over Trump's temporary pick William Pulte.
Trump-endorsed candidates won Senate runoffs in Georgia and Alabama, but in a rare defeat, the president's pick for Georgia governor failed to advance.
The #CancelColbert saga in 2014 established the paradigm for countless hashtag controversies that followed.
A B-52 Stratofortress crashed after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base during a radar modernization test mission, killing all eight people aboard.
President Trump denied that the United States would be part of a $300 billion rebuilding fund for Tehran and argued that his agreement was better than the one Barack Obama struck in 2015.
Iona Italia talks to lawyer and historian Adam Wakeling about the enduring importance of Enlightenment values and how to defend them today.
The MOU abandons all the red lines the president went to war to secure.
Tuesday, June 16th on RealClearPolitics - Joined by RCP National Correspondent Susan Crabtree and RCP White House Reporter Carolina Lumetta
Just as the 'poverty line' determines what's required for basic living, we need a 'wealth line' to show when extreme wealth becomes harmful, says economist and philosopher Ingrid Robeyns
Some shareholders might object, but there is little they could do, legal experts say.
Iran is not Saudi Arabia’s biggest problem.
His foreign policy was one of retrenchment, and his signature health-insurance law made things worse.
Please, come along with me on a cross-country road trip and fall in love with America all over again.
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An endorsement of both candidates would be the latest example of the president hedging his bets to avoid a fight with conservative activists.
Oklahoma Democrats will compete in a primary runoff election in the 2026 Senate race in a long-shot bid to flip a deep-red seat held by Republicans for over 35 years.
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A foggy road trip up the golden coast.
The next UN leader will take office at a time when the international body is experiencing an unprecedented crisis of purpose.
America needs to know this.
Hillary Clinton calls Biden's 2024 reelection bid a "terrible mistake" for himself, his legacy and the country during an interview Monday.
Congress faces a potential government shutdown this fall as spending bills stall and Democrats refuse to cooperate ahead of midterm elections.
David Reich and the politics of recent human evolution.
A bankruptcy court has started the process to sell the airline’s right to fly to and from the New York City airport, but finding a buyer could be hard.
Democrats are outraged over Republican efforts to meddle in Democratic primaries? They’re the ones who perfected the tactic.
The new report provides evidence that policy changes are having a large impact on abortion numbers in the post-Dobbs era.
Officials alleged that plotters discussed sending explosive-loaded drones to the event and shooting people who fled.
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The two, whom President Trump nominated as acting director and director of national intelligence, have both prepared to take over the office.
The consensus in Washington held for years that immigration enforcement didn't impact the wallets of ordinary Americans. Wages, housing costs and job competition were all shaped by larger forces. Border policy was a legal and a cultural question. …
America's construction industry is short 250,000 workers monthly, extending building timelines and driving up costs amid a 1.5 million-home housing gap.
In the 29th instalment of ‘Nations of Canada,’ Greg Koabel describes the birth of Montreal in 1642; and the Indigenous town of Sillery, where a new kind of native-born Christianity took root.
British author Josh Ireland’s new book about the murder of Leon Trotsky tells the gripping story of a rivalry between two very different men.
The frustration of a young crowd at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Pennsylvania shows why President Donald Trump was under pressure to end the conflict.
‘The notion that this is a historical aberration and desecration of the White House isn’t quite right.’
Kamala Harris calls Trump's Iran deal a 'war of choice' and predicts it will cost Republicans in upcoming midterm elections at Vienna climate summit.
President Trump says hearing on nomination of Jay Clayton for DNI is being called off until Jamie McDonald is confirmed as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Trump-endorsed candidates won Senate runoffs in Georgia and Alabama, but in a rare defeat, the president’s pick for Georgia governor failed to advance.
Bill Pulte, who has shown that he has a keen sense of what the president wants and a desire to please him, is poised to take over the job from Tulsi Gabbard on an acting basis.
Georgia is the latest Southern state where lawmakers have taken up redrawing congressional maps after the Supreme Court’s voting rights ruling.
Rep. Pat Fallon introduces the Espionage Protection Act to cut federal funding for universities with alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
The Trump administration weighed export controls on Anthropic weeks before forcing its AI model offline, after a dispute over sharing its technology with a China-linked firm.
In an interview with Megyn Kelly, Vice President JD Vance argued that opponents of the administration's agreement, or memorandum of understanding, with Iran have no alternative beyond continued military action. Vance accused some critics of promot…
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marria…
President Trump named Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, after a bipartisan backlash to his earlier choice of Bill Pulte. The move all but assures that Mr. Pulte will hold the job, at least for a while.
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democr…
People are unequal in talent, but all of us have the same basic rights and dignity.
Washington doesn't need to be the region's micromanager.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship star said his priority was walking again after shattering his leg, and he confirmed elements of a New York Times article about how he came to use banned substances.
When the appetite for moral reform becomes an appetite for destruction.
You can’t make it up.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced support for abolishing the death penalty, saying data shows it no longer serves as a deterrent to violent crime.
How I read a confidential memo on live television—and what it reveals about ideological bias.
Marc Miller spread misinformation about unmarked graves and supports the criminal prosecution of residential-school ‘denialists.’ Why would Mark Carney use him to front his new plan for regulating online content?
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.