RealClearInvestigations Week of June 23, 2025 Archives

Shifting Views & Misdirection: How Trump Decided to Hit Iran

Mazzetti et al. NYT

Routine Traffic Stop Is Powerful Tool in Migrant Crackdown

Silvia Foster-Frau WP

The Rise of Do-It-Yourself Abortions

Abby Wendle NPR

The Strange Bedfellows Winning the War on Porn

Pilar Melendez NBC News

Inside the Surveillance Firm Sparking MAGA Backlash

Eireann Van Natta Daily Caller

Neo-Nazi Cell Infiltrated a Martial Arts School in Tennessee

Sean Craig Guardian

Waste of the Day: Attorney Gets Paid During 4-Month Cruise

Jeremy Portnoy RCI

Sinwar's Folly: Oct. 7 Attack Was an Epic Miscalculation

Jeffrey Goldberg Atlantic

Iran May Have Removed Nuclear Material Before Strike

Jay Solomon Free Press

Stripped of Allies, Iran Stands Alone Against Israel & U.S.

Staff Bloomberg

Is the U.S. Vulnerable to a Drone Sneak Attack?

Adam Mill Chronicles

Militarized LA: Trump Doubles Down on Deployments

Andrew Gumbel Guardian

Meatpacking Plant’s Novel Pitch to Attract American Workers

Calvert et al. WSJ

How Conservatives Are Winning Young Women

Emma Goldberg & Jake Dockins NYT

Waste of the Day: Kenya Has A Pile of Unused Money

Jeremy Portnoy RCI

Early US Intel Suggests Strike Did Not Destroy Nuclear Sites

Bertrand et al. CNN

UN Says Iran Strikes Caused More Damage Than First Thought

Ronny Reyes NYP

NATO Chief Praises Trump for Making Europe 'Pay in a Big Way'.

Quell et al. AP

Lawyers Market #MeToo Verdicts, Clients Struggle to Collect

Khadeeja Safdar WSJ

Before Prosecuting LA Rioters, He Defended Jan. 6ers

Matt Sledge Intercept

District Judge Defies Supreme Court in Migrant Ruling

Tyler O'Neil Daily Signal

College Profs Flee Classroom

Frederick M. Hess & Richard B. Keck Manhattan Institute

Waste of the Day: Texas Bets Big on Nuclear

Jeremy Portnoy RealClearInvestigations

Iran Says U.S. Strikes ‘Badly Damaged’ Nuclear Sites

James Lynch National Review

Chinese Crime Group Accused of Serving Beijing

Rebecca Tan & Pei-Lin Wu WP

ICE Has Arrested Only 6% of Migrant Murderers

Julia Ainsley & Laura Strickler NBC

As U.S. Dismantles VOA, Rival Powers Hope to Fill Void

Tiffany Hsu NYT

The Rise of Water Sommeliers

Will Pavia Times of London

Waste of the Day: Throwback Thursday - Chicago Station

Jeremy Portnoy RCI

Smashing the Illusion of Iran's Power

Tony Badran Tablet

Top Banker's Deep Ties to Jeffrey Epstein Revealed

Wilson et al. Bloomberg

Foreign Scammers Use U.S. Banks to Fleece Americans

Cezary Podkul ProPublica

The Global Deal-Making Behind Trump’s Mass Deportations

Wong et al. NYT

Rise of Grassroots Disaster Response

Emily Cochrane & Allison Joyce NYT

Why Are Young People Are So Chaste?

Jia Tolentino New Yorker

My Couples Retreat With 3 AI Chatbots

Sam Apple Wired

Waste of the Day: California Fueled Immigration Advocacy

Jeremy Portnoy RCI

How Trump Lives with Threat of Iranian Assassination

Michael Scherer Atlantic

The Killings That Shattered a Small Washington Town

Xavier Martinez WSJ

California Donors Not Vibing to Kamala

Melanie Mason & Jeremy B. White Politico

The Résumé is Dying, AI Is Holding the Smoking Gun

Benj Edwards Ars Technica

Calculating the Damage of Vaccine Skepticism

Rivka Galchen New Yorker

Why I Blew the Whistle on Rikers Island

Justyna Rzewinski Marshall Project

LA Mastering Art of Water Conservation

Michael Kimmelman & Adali Schell NYT

In the Top 10% of Earners, They Don't Feel Rich

Rachel Louise Ensign WSJ

After 47 Years in U.S., Woman Arrested in Deportation Drive

Chandler et al. AP

In Hanoi, the Earth's Most Polluted City, the Air is Concrete

Spike Johnson NBC

‘Explosive Increase’ of Ticks that Cause Meat Allergy

Oliver Milman Guardian

Liberal Misinformation Bubble About Youth Gender Medicine

Helen Lewis Atlantic

Scientists Debunked Arson Case, She’s in Prison Anyway.

Liliana Segura Intercept

Sheikh Who Conquered Soccer and Coddles Warlords

Declan Walsh & Tariq Panja NYT

Waste of the Day: $644,457 Overtime Checks in Los Angeles

Jeremy Portnoy RCI

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