Susan Crabtree

Susan Crabtree is RealClearPolitics’ White House/national political correspondent. She previously served as a senior writer for the Washington Free Beacon, and spent five years as a White House Correspondent for the Washington Examiner.

Taiwanese Leader: Be ‘Firm and Determined’ in Deterring China

Commentary Taiwan’s top legislative leader, You Si-kun, is in Washington this week for meetings with top China critics ...

Thinking About China May 18, 2023
The Long Road to Confronting China’s War on Religion, Part II

News Analysis Falun Gong emerged in China in 1992, a time of a spiritual renewal in a land ...

Viewpoints May 10, 2023
The Long Road to Confronting China’s War on Religion, Part I

News analysis In 2016, when Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered a speech calling for the “Sinicization of religion” ...

Viewpoints May 8, 2023
Religious Freedom Commission Calls Out Violations in Iran, China, Elsewhere

Commentary It’s an image of contrasts, courage, and confrontation: A faceless Iranian woman protester holds Catholic rosary beads ...

Viewpoints May 4, 2023
Families of Jailed Chinese Human Rights Leaders Press Biden for Meetings

During meetings with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev or other top Soviet Union officials, President Reagan often pulled out ...

China Human Rights April 25, 2023
Tibetan Police Mass-Collect DNA and Lawmakers Say US Firm Is Helping

News Analysis Legendary actor and humanitarian Richard Gere recently made a splash during a visit to Capitol Hill. ...

Analysis April 21, 2023
Religious Freedom Summit Highlights Atrocities in China, Russia, Nigeria

Commentary Dmitri Bodyu, a Ukrainian American pastor, is a three-time religious refugee who last year added “Russian prisoner” ...

Viewpoints February 13, 2023
Georgia Wins Pave Way for Biden Cabinet Picks, Policies

Commentary Republicans threw everything they had at holding the line in the Georgia Senate runoffs, but it wasn’t ...

Viewpoints January 7, 2021
Iranian Official Slams Regime Over Mistreatment of Imprisoned American Resident

A senior Iranian official's pointed public criticism of the regime's mistreatment of a U.S. permanent resident imprisoned in ...

US News September 21, 2018