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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Facing Multifront War as Bessent Ratchets Up Financial Squeeze]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When I interviewed Secretary Scott Bessent last Friday at the Reagan Library, he made a number of important points. Wartime points.
That is why I have called him the best wartime Treasury secretary since World War II. First of all, at the direction of President Trump he has authored...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stock Market Sees American Strength in Administration's Prosecution of Iran War]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[People may forget that Scott Bessent is probably the strongest wartime Treasury secretary going all the way back, at least to World War II. Through his Economic Fury campaign, he has slowly but surely turned off Iran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s monetary and economic spigots.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Not only the blockade of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mr. Xi Can Saber-Rattle, But Mr. Trump Has the Goods]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/15/mr_xi_can_saber-rattle_but_mr_trump_has_the_goods_154124.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[According to reports, President Xi Jinping did a little saber-rattling over the Republic of China on Taiwan with President Trump.
More or less, he seemed to be saying if America doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t handle Taiwan properly, the two countries will clash '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and put the relationship in great...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Time To Say Goodbye, Jay Powell]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/30/time_to_say_goodbye_jay_powell_154076.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[So I guess the Fed chairman, Jay Powell, is not going off quietly into the night. Today is his last meeting as chairman, but he announced his ungentlemanly decision to stay on as a Fed board member for who knows how long.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve said that I will not leave the board until this...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['The Blockade Scares Them Even More Than the Bombing']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/23/the_blockade_scares_them_even_more_than_the_bombing_154060.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The blockade scares them even more than the bombing '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve been bombed for years, but the blockade they hate.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('').';' That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s President Trump talking to Fox News'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' Martha MacCallum in a very telling statement.
And it may well be that the factionalized Iranians...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Banking, Blockading and the Final Iranian Financial Squeeze]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/21/banking_blockading_and_the_final_iranian_financial_squeeze_154056.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week Treasury Man Scott Bessent unveiled Operation Economic Fury to put maximum financial pressure on the hoodlums running the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d like to give that economic fury some more visibility, because I think blockading Iran ports, which will keep the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Jiu-Jitsu Puts America in Control of Persian Gulf Oil Flow]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/13/trump_jiu-jitsu_puts_america_in_control_of_persian_gulf_oil_flow_154031.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[So the Iranians wouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t give up their uranium enrichment or dismantle their enrichment facilities. Or hand over their already enriched uranium.
So President Trump turned the tables, applied some Trumpian Jiu-Jitsu, and put a United States naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Two-Week Window for Iran]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/09/two-week_window_for_iran.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the many faults with today'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Democratic party is they don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t know how to win. They are defeatists. They find themselves on the wrong side of all kinds of 80-20 issues, like open borders, defending illegal criminals, waste, fraud, and abuse corruption, tax hikes, and men...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Talks With Iran Continue, Deadline Extended to April 6]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/27/talks_with_iran_continue_deadline_extended_to_april_6.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[So, after today'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Cabinet meeting and intense discussions with envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, as well as Vice President Vance, President Trump decided that the talks are going well enough so he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s going to extend Friday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s deadline to a week from Monday, which will...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Controlling the Money Is Crucial in an Iran Deal]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/24/controlling_the_money_is_crucial_in_an_iran_deal_153974.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In dramatic fashion, President Trump announced American negotiations with at least one senior Iranian official, only a day after he warned that United States forces would knock out Iranian power plants throughout the country.
The stock market immediately surged and oil prices fell.
There...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[#FreeKevin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/19/freekevin_153957.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Iran certainly is not a forever war as President Trump has said many times.
Indeed, Mr. Trump is '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'ending'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('').';' Iran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s forever war against the United States.
Yet now it looks like the Fed chairman, Jay Powell, wants to be the Fed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s first forever board member.
Telling a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is John F. Kennedy Having a Comeback?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/13/is_john_f_kennedy_having_a_comeback_153938.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[So let me get this right. After every Democrat in the House and Senate who voted against One, Big, Beautiful Bill '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and therefore promoted a roughly $5 trillion tax hike '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' now a couple of presidential wannabees, like Senators Cory Booker and Chris Van Hollen, are surfacing...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court's Interference Won't Stop Reciprocity Tariffs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/21/supreme_courts_interference_wont_stop_reciprocity_tariffs_153869.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you think tariffs came to an end with today'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Supreme Court decision, think again.
If you think President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s whole reciprocal trade policy came to an end, think again.
If you think Justice Brett Kavanaugh'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s dissent was the right idea, you hit the nail on the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Solving Biden's Affordability Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/20/solving_bidens_affordability_problem.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tuesday night, White House bigwigs Susie Wiles and James Blair, plus chief pollster and strategist Tony Fabrizio, met with top cabinet members and their aides on how best to sell the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s agenda in order to defy history and capture the midterm elections.
And according to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Are Truly the Party of Nonsense]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/06/democrats_are_truly_the_party_of_nonsense_153812.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Senator Chuck Schumer and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries may call it common-sense solutions, but I would call their list of 40 demands for amnesty-like attacks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, nothing less than abolishing ICE altogether, and returning to President Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Was Right About Tariffs]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In case you didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t see it, late Friday afternoon President Trump posted an op-ed piece on the Wall Street Journal website entitled: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'My Tariffs Have Brought America Back,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('').';' and it appeared in the Saturday morning print edition.
I don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t think people focused on it...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Do Not Listen to the Schumer Open Border Crowd]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/30/do_not_listen_to_the_schumer_open_border_crowd_153781.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Far be it from me to encourage a government shutdown. Especially one that would shut down the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the midst of bad winter storms, or close down the Secret Service, remembering the assassination attempts on President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s life.
That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s all...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Not Obey the Laws?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/28/why_not_obey_the_laws_153763.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Just a few moments ago in Iowa, President Trump was riffing about closing the border, safety and law and order in the country, including by the way Minnesota.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'But remember this,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('').';' he said. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Even in Minnesota, the crime is down. And you know why? Because of what we did. We...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trumponomics and the Fed: Appoint One of the Two Kevins]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/27/trumponomics_and_the_fed_appoint_one_of_the_two_kevins_153757.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m going to'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  leave the Minneapolis situation to President Trump and Tom Homan and others who know far more about it than I do.
All I wish to do is reaffirm my support for the police and law and order. And I want to reaffirm my opposition to left-wing groups who are constantly...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[One Year Later: Promises Made, Promises Kept]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/21/one_year_later_promises_made_promises_kept_153742.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump, one year after his inauguration, has compiled an extraordinary list of accomplishments.
You can get too caught up in the correction du jour, but the reality is promises made, promises kept.
The centerpiece was One, Big, Beautiful Bill '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' supply-side tax cuts,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Booming at Detroit: Trump Was Right, Powell Was Wrong]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/15/booming_at_detroit_trump_was_right_powell_was_wrong_153714.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump gave an optimistic stemwinder of a speech, in front of the Detroit Economic Club, proclaiming a Trump boom that has started sooner and come on faster than any of the lefty critics are ever willing to admit. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s why I call it Booming at Detroit.
Here'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s how he...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Powell Is a Terrible Fed Chair, But He's Not a Criminal]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/13/powell_is_a_terrible_fed_chair_but_hes_not_a_criminal_153705.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t martyr Jerome Powell. He was a terrible Fed chairman, but he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not a criminal. Over his tenure, he consistently missed the Fed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s inflation targets with the worst price hikes in 40 years. He was the most political Fed chairman in memory.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Raising rates to stop...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[5% Growth? Or Even Better?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/09/5_growth_or_even_better_153689.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Just to reprise my New Year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s message that a Trump economic boom could deliver 5 percent, 6 percent, or even 7 percent growth, there are numbers out today that are uniformly stronger than even I thought. Economists take note: President Trump knows the economy better than you do. And...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Falling Energy Prices Are the Greatest Story Never Told]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/07/falling_energy_prices_are_the_greatest_story_never_told_153685.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a new year and the stock markets are already making new record highs. Pretty soon you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re going to get 50,000 on the Dow, over 7,000 on the S&amp;P 500.
The lefty press never talks about this. Yet more or less, 135 million American investors are surely talking about it. That...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[An Update to the Monroe Doctrine: 'It's About Peace on Earth']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/06/an_update_to_the_monroe_doctrine_its_about_peace_on_earth_153681.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Just in case you missed it, President Trump just updated the Monroe Doctrine, with a clear-headed legal case, and an incredibly well-executed military action to take out Venezuela'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s communist strongman and his wife.
I believe that Mr. trump is exactly right to bend the arc of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Get Ready for 5% GDP Growth]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/21/were_due_for_5_gdp_growth_153659.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[GDP is still the best overall measure of our economy. It stands for gross domestic product.
It covers consumption, investment, government, and trade.
For the past 25 years, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s been stuck around 2 percent, on average. For the prior 100 years, GDP growth averaged 3.5 percent.
That...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Drill, Baby, Drill' Is Paying Off]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/17/drill_baby_drill_is_paying_off_153639.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A lot of numbers came out today, as the government gears up after the shutdown.
One of the biggest themes in the jobs report for October and November was the continued restructuring of the economy, where President Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s big-government socialism is coming to an end. And President...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is a Better Forecaster Than the Fed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/11/trump_is_a_better_forecaster_than_the_fed_153618.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[So the Fed did what everybody expected them to do, by cutting their target rate by a quarter of a point.
Over the past year, they have reduced that rate by 175 basis points. And it now stands at three and a half and three quarter percent.
Noteworthy, in today'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s meeting, there were...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Cleaning Up Biden's Affordability Disaster]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/08/trump_is_cleaning_up_bidens_affordability_disaster_153606.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It may well be that there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s an affordability crisis and consumers have no confidence in America or President Trump. Yet sometimes facts speak louder than political conjectures or biased polls.
Black Friday spending surged this year to new highs, fueled by record breaking online...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America Is the World's Hottest Economy]]></title>
							<link>https://tippinsights.com/america-is-the-worlds-hottest-economy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Larry Kudlow</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Investment is flooding in, growth is accelerating, and free markets are firing again.]]></description>
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