Trump: Change Iran’s Leadership Or U.S. Could Strike So Hard “Within One Hour It Would Take 25 Years To Rebuild”

Speaking with reporters at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday night, President Trump implied that strikes on Iran up until this ...

Scahill: Military Dramatically Underestimated Iran's Will To Fight, "Not Interested In A Ceasefire On Trump's Terms"

Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill on the "Breaking Points" podcast talks about Iran's interest in continuing the war ...
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Berkowitz: The Answer to Mines in the Strait of Hormuz Is Special Operations Forces

Hoover Institution fellow Peter Berkowitz joined the RCP podcast Thursday to discuss President Trump's declaration that the U.S. has "won" the war with Iran in the context of the current fight to keep ...

Open to Debate: Will AI Make Work Obsolete?

AI systems are now writing code, diagnosing diseases, designing buildings, and even generating art. Tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Google DeepMind, and autonomous robots are reshaping industries once ...

Tom Bevan: Why Would Trump Brief Democrats in Congress on Iran? 'They’d Probably Leak It'

RCP's Tom Bevan suggested that part of the reason the Trump administration hasn't briefed Congress in advance of military actions is that he simply doesn't trust them to respond in good faith. You can ...
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RCP Podcast: Clyburn's 18th Term, Cornyn's Filibuster Pivot, Trump Says We've 'Won' in Iran

Thursday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Tom Bevan, Andrew Walworth, and Carl Cannon discuss term limits as 85-year-old Rep. Jim Clyburn announces his intention to run for an 18th term and whether ...

Petraeus: We're Quite Far Along In Accomplishing Our Objectives In Iran, "We're Very Well Along In This"

Former CIA Director Ret. Gen. David Petraeus assesses the state of Iran’s military and leadership as Israel and the Gulf states continue to fend off missile attacks on FOX News Channel's "Jesse ...

VandeHei: There Are 3 Types Of Republicans Now — Establishment, Tucker Carlson MAGA, And Trumpians

Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei talks about the "interesting divide in MAGA" on Thursday's broadcast of MS NOW's "Morning Joe." JOE SCARBOROUGH, 'MORNING JOE' HOST: Regarding Texas, I've got to say, if ...
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The Pacific Northwest’s Anti-Democracy Progressives

Seattle, which is home to Amazon and Microsoft, currently employs some 193,000 well-compensated Washingtonians working in the tech sector. One major ...

Trende: Trump’s Approval Rating Puts Republican Majorities in "Very Grave Danger"

Wednesday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, senior elections analyst Sean Trende said recent special election results -- including the one this week to fill former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's seat ...

Rep. Kevin Kiley On Turning Independent: Trump Called Me A "MAGA Champion," "Those Were Never My Words"

Republican-turned-Independent Rep. Kevin Kiley talks to CNN's Kasie Hunt about running for re-election formally as an independent and reacts to being called a "MAGA champion." KASIE HUNT, CNN: Let's ...

Kenin Spivak: California Dreamin' Isn’t What It Used To Be

Kenin Spivak joins RAV's "Stinchfield Tonight" to discuss his latest article for RealClearPolitics, California Dreamin’ Isn’t What It Used To Be. Kenin M. Spivak is founder and chairman of SMI Group ...