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Stormy Daniels Spills the Details of Her Encounter With Trump

Imagine if this story had come out right after the Access Hollywood tape.

Stormy Daniels Spills the Details of Her Encounter With Trump

Is Trump Really Headed for Jail?

Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Andrew Walworth, Carl Cannon, and Tom Bevan discuss President Biden's approval ratings reaching a historic low and new Gallup survey showing partisan differences on attitudes toward immigration. They also talk about the gag order placed on Donald Trump as part of his New York "hush money" criminal trial and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) being accused of accepting bribes from foreign entities.

Is Trump Really Headed for Jail?

On Campus and in Gaza, Chaos Threatens Biden's Campaign

President denounces antisemitism as his party frets about November

On Campus and in Gaza, Chaos Threatens Biden’s Campaign

Pollster Tony Fabrizio Feels Good About Trump's Chances

Plus: Comparing today's swing-state polls to this point in 2020.

Pollster Tony Fabrizio Feels Good About Trump's Chances

GOP Can't Stop Threatening Speaker? Take Away Their TV!

Marjorie Taylor Greene is poised to make history this week if she goes forward with her bid to oust Mike Johnson as House speaker.

GOP Can’t Stop Threatening Speaker? Take Away Their TV!

‘Knuckleheads, Ego-Trippers and Extremists'

On Feb. 10, 1355, students at the world's oldest university were celebrating the feast day of Saint Scholastica in Oxford, England. Several scholars were drinking at Swindlestock Tavern when two of them demanded they be served higher-quality wine. The tavern owner, who also happened to be the mayor of Oxford at the time, responded as any insulted restaurateur might. He asked the students to leave the pub. Incensed, one student threw his wine on the owner's face. A days-long bloody fight between University of Oxford students and the townspeople ensued, in which nearly 100 people were killed.

‘Knuckleheads, Ego-Trippers and Extremists’

Sex Selection w/IVF Is Banned in Much of World - Except Here

Little girls are better than little boys-according to these people.

Sex Selection w/IVF Is Banned in Much of World - Except Here

Menendez & Cuellar Cases Sound Alarm on Foreign Influence

Last week, Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife were charged with accepting bribes from two foreign entities. Cuellar said he and his wife are innocent.

Menendez & Cuellar Cases Sound Alarm on Foreign Influence

America's China Strategy Has a Credibility Problem

A muddled approach to economic sanctions won't deter Beijing.

America's China Strategy Has a Credibility Problem

America's Hypocrisy on Civilian Deaths Is Infuriating

To preach to Israel about civilian deaths is hypocritical - the US should know better, given its track record.

America's Hypocrisy on Civilian Deaths Is Infuriating

No Easter Truce in Ukraine

If the two sides can't agree on a ceasefire for the holiest day in the Orthodox calendar, negotiations aren't coming soon.

No Easter Truce in Ukraine

Gen Z Sinks Deeper Into Debt

Inflation drives many to credit cards to cover costs, leaving them with bigger balances

Gen Z Sinks Deeper Into Debt

When the Judge Gags Key Witness for Trump's Defense

The false bookkeeping trial of former President Donald Trump is now in its fourth week.

When the Judge Gags Key Witness for Trump's Defense

Trump Could Be Talking Himself Into a Prison Sentence

Donald Trump's extraordinary inability to keep his mouth shut has been costly this year - and it could get a lot worse.

Trump Could Be Talking Himself Into a Prison Sentence

Most of Today's Political Class Is Profoundly Out of Touch

Today, the political class is profoundly out of touch.

Most of Today's Political Class Is Profoundly Out of Touch

Inside the Cold Calculation of the Biden Brain Trust

In Wilmington, Joe Biden's reelection team is tackling stubborn polls, Gaza protests, and third-party threats as it assembles a sophisticated machine to defeat Donald Trump. And the stakes couldn't be higher: We could lose the thing that matters most to me, says campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon, which is a future for my kids.

Inside the Cold Calculation of the Biden Brain Trust

U.S. Forgets Disruption & Disorder Are Point of Protests

I have trespassed in peaceful protest. I have shutdown government offices in civil disobedience. I have made the powerful uncomfortable. That's the point

U.S. Forgets Disruption & Disorder Are Point of Protests

Columbia Custodian Trapped by Angry Mob Speaks Out

'We don't expect to go to work and get swarmed.' A Free Press exclusive with facilities worker Mario Torres.

Columbia Custodian Trapped by Angry Mob Speaks Out

Biden Risks Radicalizing the Center

The president can reverse the chaos narrative. He must act.

Biden Risks Radicalizing the Center

The People Setting America on Fire

An investigation into the witches' brew of billionaires, Islamists, and leftists behind the campus protests

The People Setting America on Fire

Are the Youth Out of Control--or the Old Out of Touch?

Many older Americans have watched with amazement and horror as pro-Palestine protests gathered steam on college campuses, veering toward support for Islamist terrorists and even hatred of America itself.

The Karen Party Has No Place for Men

The Democratic Party does not want or need men.

The Karen Party Has No Place for Men

Israel's Citizen-Soldiers

How do Israelis go from fighting in Gaza to making lunches for their children, knowing that any day now they are likely to be called back into the army? In Ari Kalker's case, with help from Maimonides.

Israel's Citizen-Soldiers

The Suffering in Gaza Is Different From Other Conflicts

A child shrieks in pain in a medical tent at a field clinic in southern Gaza. He's 7, with severe burns on his back that are being cleaned and slathered with balm. It's an excruciating process that would be done under anesthesia, in the sterile setting of a hospital, in ideal circumstances. But after nearly seven months of bombing and shelling in Gaza, conditions of any sort have ceased to be even adequate, let alone ideal.

The Suffering in Gaza Is Different From Other Conflicts

How Trustees Can Save Their Schools

In an unprecedented display of leadership, the president, flanked by the provost and the chairman of the board of trustees, announced to the chanting and drumming students encamped in the South Quad:

How Trustees Can Save Their Schools

A New Poll of Latino Voters Has Good News for Biden

And there are other indications that Democrats and Biden can still do well with Latino voters.

A New Poll of Latino Voters Has Good News for Biden

How Lip Gloss Became the Answer to Gen Z's Problems

In 2007, it was hard to go anywhere without hearing someone chanting the lyrics to Lil Mama's signature bop "Lip Gloss."

How Lip Gloss Became the Answer to Gen Z's Problems

Biden's Incomplete Industrial Policy

How to finish building an economy that works for everyone.

Biden's Incomplete Industrial Policy

Can Biden Come Back Against Trump?

Brookings Senior Fellow William Galston assess Biden's chances of reversing current trends and defeating Donald Trump.

Can Biden Come Back Against Trump?

Democrat, Social Justice Lies Fueling These Protests

"The Federalist" editor-in-chief Mollie Hemingway offered this view of what is driving protests on college campuses against Israel's war in Gaza during a panel on FNC's "Media Buzz."

Democrat, Social Justice Lies Fueling These Protests

The End of Old Left-Wing Mythologies

The current radical and often violent protests on mostly blue-state, supposedly elite campuses have exposed in toxic fashion what the left has become. And yet, in a paradoxical fashion, the campus insanity has offered the nation some moral clarity.

The End of Old Left-Wing Mythologies

What 'Intifada Revolution' Looks Like

Last month, a pro-Palestinian activist stood in front of me on Columbia University's campus with a sign that read By Any Means Necessary. She smiled. She seemed like a nice person. I am an Israeli graduate student at the university, and I know holding that sign is within her rights. And yet, its message was so painful and disturbing that after that moment, I left New York for a few days.

What 'Intifada Revolution' Looks Like

2024's New Political Normal Six Months From the Election

Donald Trump, the Republican presumptive nominee who just falsely accused his opponents of running a "Gestapo" administration, will be back in a New York courtroom on Monday at his criminal trial - the first of an ex-president in history.

2024's New Political Normal Six Months From the Election

Journalism's Latest Draft Recasts Ukraine Narrative

Journalism may indeed be the first draft of history but that old chestnut can be misleading. Where it suggests a set-in-stone version of events, that first draft is really an unfolding detective story, revised and rewritten as we dig out better answers to the eternal questions of who, what, when, where, and how.

Journalism's Latest Draft Recasts Ukraine Narrative

Unscientific American

Michael Shermer got his first clue that things were changing at Scientific American in late 2018. The author had been writing his "Skeptic" column for the magazine since 2001.

Unscientific American

Biden Has Failed, and It's Probably Too Late To Fix It

President Biden has suffered a collapse in his standing generally, but, fundamentally, it's because so few people think he's doing a good job that he's in such a perilous state.

Biden Has Failed, and It's Probably Too Late To Fix It

'20 Election 'Was Not Fair' & 'Was Rigged in Many Ways'

Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton told ABC's "This Week" on Sunday that he agrees with Donald Trump that the 2020 election "was rigged in many ways."

'20 Election 'Was Not Fair' & 'Was Rigged in Many Ways'

Trump Is a Rorschach Test for the Body Politic

It is no secret that Donald Trump is a hot wire that either fires up the imagination of voters or fries the brain. For those of us who experience Trump as a Promethean bringer of enlightening fire to the dark barren fields of modern politics, it is hard to fathom the reaction of those who are terrified of him. We just say they have Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Trump Is a Rorschach Test for the Body Politic

What Went Wrong With the Third-Party Movement This Cycle?

With No Labels abandoning its bid to run its "unity ticket" in 2024, the last hope for a moderate alternative to the duopoly of our incumbent parties for this election cycle vanished. This cycle began with great excitement in the middle of the political spectrum. The parties had careened so far toward the edges that it seemed a moderate alternative would finally emerge. In addition to the No Labels effort, Andrew Yang's Forward Party merged with the SAM Party and the Renew America Movement to form a new party that could have been that moderate alternative.

What Went Wrong With the Third-Party Movement This Cycle?

DOD Blocks Parents' Access to Children's Health Records

Military parents will need to be their own advocates as they appeal to Congress to restore their parental rights in the health care system.

DOD Blocks Parents' Access to Children's Health Records

Why Conservatives Don't Need To Fear Mail-In Ballots

In the aftermath of the 2020 election, GOP politicians have been eager to jump on the villain that supposedly cost Donald Trump a victory: mail-in ballots. Ballot batches were challenged in states like Wisconsin, Michigan, and Georgia, while Donald Trump himself famously accused Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger of covering up the destruction of Trump ballots, pleading with him to "find 11,780 votes."

Why Conservatives Don't Need To Fear Mail-In Ballots

The Scandals Haunting Pope Francis

The cardinals are already meeting to discuss who should be the next pope. Some of the liberal ones, who feel safe because they're in favour with the ailing Pope Francis, can be seen comparing notes in a bar near the gates of the Vatican. The conservative cardinals are more nervous: they gather at suppers in each other's apartments or - if they can trust the fawning waiters not to betray them - in a favourite restaurant.

The Scandals Haunting Pope Francis

Border Apocalypse: Catholic Social Teaching Response

Excerpted from the forthcoming book For God, Country, & Sanity: How Catholics Can Save America set for publication May 9 and available for presale now.

Border Apocalypse: Catholic Social Teaching Response

Saving Hamas

The Palestinian terror organization refuses to release hostages while clinging to its last stronghold in Rafah. So why is the Biden administration throwing the full weight of the U.S. government at Israel to prevent it from routing Hamas?

Saving Hamas

Unable To 'Win' in Gaza, Israel Sets Its Sights Elsewhere

An eerie relative calm has descended on the Middle East - Gaza obviously excluded - since a highly alarming exchange of missile, rocket and drone attacks by Israel and Iran in recent weeks. Fears of an imminent regional war have subsided, with both sides suggesting that, for now at any rate, they believe they have restored deterrence strategically and bolstered national morale enough to offset criticism from hawks and hardliners.

Unable To 'Win' in Gaza, Israel Sets Its Sights Elsewhere

Containing China

Can Biden find the right mix of toughness and restraint?

Containing China

Trump VP Short List: Pros and Cons of Nine Hopefuls

Donald Trump's weekend donor retreat is being billed as a vice presidential audition. Here are the pros and cons of nine of the hopefuls.

Trump VP Short List: Pros and Cons of Nine Hopefuls

Biden's Student Problem

The Perils of Pandering--The campus mess metastasizes. With immigration fading as an issue for the moment-the Mexican government has decided to help Biden staunch the flow-anarchy, spiced by overweening privilege, emerges as a possible flashpoint in the coming election. The ways and means of elite universities stand as a metaphor for the road the academic-left has traveled away from the rest of America.

Biden's Student Problem

The Adults Are Still in Charge at the University of Florida

Higher education isn't daycare. Here are the rules we follow on free speech and public protests.

The Adults Are Still in Charge at the University of Florida

Five Major SCOTUS Decisions Expected This Summer

Every June, legal analysts, political pundits, and Court watchers brace for what has become one of the most significant political events.

Five Major SCOTUS Decisions Expected This Summer

Is Trump a Style Icon?

Donald Trump could not, in good conscience, be described as a chic man. He is not "sartorially elegant", as the fashion designer Tom Ford has said of the current US president. He is neither trendy nor traditionally stylish. But is Donald Trump, nonetheless, a style icon?

Is Trump a Style Icon?

The Lessons From Colleges That Didn't Call the Police

Deescalating conflict around protests was possible, but many colleges turned to law enforcement instead.

The Lessons From Colleges That Didn't Call the Police

Protesters Urged To Re-Create 'the Summer of 2020'

The People's Forum's operations are made possible in large part by a $12 million donation from Goldman Sachs's charitable arm.

Protesters Urged To Re-Create 'the Summer of 2020'

Kennedy Jr.'s Plan To Make Biden Drop Out

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says President Joe Biden is the real "spoiler" in the 2024 presidential race, and he has a plan to make Biden drop out.

Kennedy Jr.'s Plan To Make Biden Drop Out

Trump's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad 2nd Term

Millions of us are justifiably focused on seeing that Donald Trump is held to account for what he's allegedly done in the past.

Trump's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad 2nd Term

Biden Can't Win in a Fair Election Against Trump

Former President Donald Trump is getting dragged through the courts via the "lawfare" charges manufactured against him - and seemingly millions of liberals and Democrats are ecstatic. Chaos, turmoil and pain such as this can feel exhilarating when it's the other side's ox being gored.

Biden Can't Win in a Fair Election Against Trump

RFK Jr.'s Delusional Proposal for Biden To Drop Out

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. keeps saying he's not a spoiler during this presidential election. Everybody knows that he is, but will he help Trump or Biden?

RFK Jr.'s Delusional Proposal for Biden To Drop Out

Don't Expand DEI. Dismantle It

We come from two sides of the political spectrum, write Christopher F. Rufo and Jenin Younes. But both of us agree that the Antisemitism Awareness Act is profoundly misguided.

Don't Expand DEI. Dismantle It

The Right Sort of Nostalgia Makes U.S. Work Better

A group of old Bentley car owners meeting in Pennsylvania reminds us that nostalgia and voluntary associations make democracy itself work better.

Small Talk

'How long have you known your dentist?' is a good icebreaking question.

Why Comparisons Between 1968 and 2024 Are Wrong

Vietnam was one of the pre-eminent issues on the minds of American voters. The war in Gaza doesn't even crack the top 10.

Why Comparisons Between 1968 and 2024 Are Wrong

Chicago Mayor Panics, Runs From Reporters

By John Kass May 3, 2024 Mayor Brandon Johnson had another one of his panic attacks Thursday, running away from reporters like NBC Chicago's Mary Ann Ahern, who just wanted to ask him-among other things- about his administration pressuring the family of slain Chicago Police officer Luis Huesca, to let Johnson attend his funeral. Johnson ultimately did not attend, even ... Read More

New Bill Seeks To End Drug Shortages

The Senate Finance Committee wants to create a new program to incentivize better practices. Critics say there's an easier way: end kickbacks between suppliers and bulk purchasers.

Prosecutors Admit Evidence Tampered With in Trump Doc Case

Legal experts call revelation a serious violation as Jack Smith's team admits it also misled court.

Democrats Turned Against MLK. Time To Return the Favor

As we sat on the bus traveling through Alabama, John Lewis and some of his fellow Freedom Riders shared firsthand accounts of what they experienced.

Democrats Turned Against MLK. Time To Return the Favor

The Problem With Polling America's Young Voters

Difficulty in reaching the under-30s for surveys means not all data points are created equal - and can mislead

The Problem With Polling America's Young Voters

A New Source of Protest: Parents Requesting Tuition Refunds

Frustrated parents are pushing back against university responses to the Gaza protests

A New Source of Protest: Parents Requesting Tuition Refunds

Jack Ryan's Mission To Free the Real Estate Market

What would possess a man who amassed a small fortune as a pre- and post-IPO partner at the world's most prestigious investment bank to forgo a typical transition to a life of corporate board sinecures and the country club, and instead wage lonely war against a behemoth industry boasting an army of lobbyists?

Jack Ryan's Mission To Free the Real Estate Market

What's Happening in Texas Is an Assault on Our Democracy

For nearly a decade, I have been honored to be a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin. As a scholar whose research and teaching hinge on histories of racism and activism, this April was an exceptionally harsh one for me - and for all of Longhorn Nation. A month that began with the gutting of resources devoted to our students has ended with shocking scenes of crackdowns by law enforcement in our midst. I have been left heartbroken. This spring, our motto, "What Starts Here Changes the World," has taken on a bitterly ironic meaning.

What’s Happening in Texas Is an Assault on Our Democracy

How To Fix America's Israel-Palestine Debate

You may have heard of Shai Davidai, the Israeli professor at Columbia University who has launched a crusade against the school's pro-Palestinian protestors.

How To Fix America's Israel-Palestine Debate

Can the Current Universities Be Saved?

Elite higher education in America -- long unquestioned as globally preeminent -- is facing a perfect storm.

Can the Current Universities Be Saved?

The Wasted Vote Dodge

Earlier this week, Donald Trump posted one of his signature slam poetry missives on MAGA social media. For those trained in the art of deciphering his work, the post called out Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his voters for potentially casting a "wasted protest vote." And just that effortlessly, Trump aligned himself perfectly with President Biden and the leadership of the Democratic Party.

The Wasted Vote Dodge

Are Libertarians MAGA-Adjacent Now?

From one angle, the announcement that Donald Trump will address the national convention of the Libertarian Party later this month was unsurprising. He's in a close race for president where he needs every right-leaning voter he can get. And the Libertarian Party, whose share of the presidential vote dropped from 3 percent in 2016 to one percent in 2020, could use the attention.

Are Libertarians MAGA-Adjacent Now?

An Education for the College Idiots Calling for 'Intifada'

So although youth and ignorance aren't any real excuse, perhaps I can educate these students about what they are actually calling for.

An Education for the College Idiots Calling for 'Intifada'

'Joe,' an Illegal Migrant From Venezuela, Tells His Story

In this episode of RCP's new series, "The Unknowns," host Charlie Stone interviews a migrant from Venezuela, who traveled to the United States with his wife and son. The migrant, referred to as "Joe", talks about how Americans have treated him so far, why he came to the United States in the first place and if he has anything to say to the American people. Ultimately, the interview highlights an intriguing question: is the American Dream alive and well? If so, for who? Join us as we talk to Joe and learn a bit more about his story.

'Joe,' an Illegal Migrant From Venezuela, Tells His Story

10 Lies Dems Tell About Our Elections

Here are the 10 biggest lies Democrats tell about U.S. elections so you can identify and combat these mistruths.

10 Lies Dems Tell About Our Elections

The Trump Prosecution Has a Michael Cohen Problem

The convicted former fixer will figure prominently in the New York hush money trial. His credibility issues give the defense plenty to work with.

The Trump Prosecution Has a Michael Cohen Problem

Americans Are Clearly Better Off Under Biden

Are you better off than you were four years ago? Lately, I've been seeing people repeat Ronald Reagan's famous question,

Americans Are Clearly Better Off Under Biden

RFK Jr.'s 'No Spoilers' Pledge

Thursday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and RCP senior elections analyst Sean Trende discuss President Biden's statement today condemning violent campus protests and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr's "No Spoiler Pledge" proposal for President Biden.

RFK Jr.'s 'No Spoilers' Pledge

Why Biden Cannot Afford a Boiling Summer of Protest

President Joe Biden can ill afford a long, hot summer of protest that comes to a boil in time for the Democratic National Convention in August and then bleeds into the final weeks of an already venomous clash with Donald Trump.

Why Biden Cannot Afford a Boiling Summer of Protest

Is 2024 Doomed To Repeat 1968 or 2020--or Both?

Donald Trump has now made clear that he won't concede if he loses the election. Believe him.

Is 2024 Doomed To Repeat 1968 or 2020--or Both?

Each Time Dems Use Lawfare Against Trump It Backfires

On Tuesday, Judge Merchan held Donald Trump in contempt of court and fined him $9,000 for violating a gag order. Trump should have reached into his wallet, grabbed the $9,000 in cash and thrown it at the judge and said: "Here, go bang Stormy Daniels eight times."

Each Time Dems Use Lawfare Against Trump It Backfires

Columbia Lawlessness Springs From Free-Speech Hypocrisy

In the early hours of Tuesday, April 30, protesters, including some calling for Israel's elimination, stormed Columbia University's Hamilton Hall. After smashing glass and blockading doors, as reported by CBS New York and other news outlets, the protesters hung an "intifada" banner from the building.

Columbia Lawlessness Springs From Free-Speech Hypocrisy

People Are Not Doing Well, America Is Literally Unaffordable

TikTok creator Anna, who uses the name @CreativeChronicles, gave a response to JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon telling the Wall Street Journal podcast how well he thinks the economy is doing for the middle class.

People Are Not Doing Well, America Is Literally Unaffordable

Biden Fails the Campus Protest Test

His fear of taking on the crazy left poses a real threat to his re-election chances.

Biden Fails the Campus Protest Test

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