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Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden ran for reelection to save democracy. In the end, he came to the shattering realization he could only do so by ceding power himself. Biden reached the decision to end his campaign after days in isolation at his Delaware beach house with Covid-19 and after

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf and Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden has decided not to run for reelection, following his disastrous debate performance last month and his failure since to convince his fellow Democrats that he can defeat former President Donald Trump in the fall. Democrats now have an unprecedented challenge given the

Opinion by Rachel Greszler (CNN) — Across the United States, about half of all states raised their minimum wages in 2024. Most of those increases went into effect on January 1, while minimum wage hikes also went into effect in Nevada, Oregon, the District of Columbia and various localities on July 1. But the mandated pay increases aren’t

Opinion by Lonnie G. Bunch III (CNN) — During the 1960s, our family road trips from our New Jersey home to visit relatives in North Carolina were always full of education and adventure, but they were also tempered by the reality of traveling through the Jim Crow South. Roadside diners were not available to all

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf and Renée Rigdon, CNN (CNN) — Anyone who pays any attention to US politics is bound to hear some version of this claim: The 2024 election, which will pick a president for a nation of more than 330 million people, will be decided by a small number of voters in

Analysis by Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — When computers and tech systems around the world went down Friday, snarling airports, closing Social Security offices and limiting jail operations, many people had one question: How on earth could this happen in 2024? A software update from a single cybersecurity company, US-based CrowdStrike, was the root cause

Opinion by Noah Berlatsky (CNN) — Lee Isaac Chung’s “Twisters” isn’t a direct sequel to the 1996 quasi-classic “Twister,” but it does share a lot of similarities with its predecessor. Both feature cowboy scientists riding around Oklahoma trying to gather data on tornadoes. Both are empty-headed action films featuring protagonists with tragic backstories and a

Analysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Stocks are soaring this year, but that could soon change as election chaos takes the market on a rollercoaster ride. The S&P 500 is up more than 15% since January and hasn’t fallen by 2% in more than 353 trading sessions. That’s the longest such streak

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Corporate America gave social activism a go. Between 2020 and 2023-ish, it really seemed like the big guys were done with the old ways of ignoring societal injustices and keeping their eyes trained squarely on the bottom line. But like most trends, corporate activism moves on

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Milwaukee (CNN) — Thousands of supporters chanted “fight, fight, fight” and pumped their fists Thursday night as Donald Trump basked in the love of the new Republican Party he built and that hails him as a superhero touched by God. States away, Joe Biden sat isolated and sick in his

Analysis by Clare Sebastian, CNN (CNN) — Just hours before the black SUVs carrying dozens of European leaders crunched across the gravel of Blenheim Palace on Thursday, Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance put the US’s foreign partners on notice. “Together we will make our allies share in the burden of securing world peace,” he said

Opinion by Robin Chadwin (CNN) — During Hurricane Katrina, the sheer panic and chaos from a disaster of unimaginable scale resulted in heartbreak and grief for pet owners. First responders reportedly refused to allow owners to evacuate their pets with them. Other pet owners mistakenly believed that they would be able to return to their

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — It’s a story — young memoirist with an Ivy League law degree tells a compelling story, catapults into the Senate and joins the national political conversation — familiar to anyone who followed the career of Barack Obama. But instead of Obama, the memoirist of the moment is

By Bethany Cianciolo, CNN (CNN) — Capitalism has long been heralded by many economists as the best economic system around, rewarding — and therefore encouraging — competition and innovation, creating wealth, stimulating growth and allowing new ideas to thrive. But if the free-market system is really the best model for any economy to expand, where a country’s

CNN By MJ Lee, Jamie Gangel and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi privately told President Joe Biden in a recent conversation that polling shows that the president cannot defeat Donald Trump and that Biden could destroy Democrats’ chances of winning the House in November if he continues seeking a second

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — The Bay Area has long been, and remains, a hippie-dippie bastion of Democrats who voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020. But there’s a small, powerful sect of Silicon Valley billionaires who are carving a path for the maybe-Trumpers and the

Analysis by Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The official launch of the Republican presidential campaign ticket of Donald Trump and JD Vance this week has been closely scrutinized by governments around the globe looking for clues to what a return of an “America First” foreign policy might look like – including in the

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Milwaukee (CNN) — Donald Trump will pull off his greatest feat yet as Joe Biden confronts his darkest hour. The ex-president, 78, will accept the Republican nomination Thursday, advancing one of the most stunning comebacks in political history after his bid to steal the 2020 election, an unprecedented criminal conviction and

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden just made a false statement about his current polling position. He told BET that “presidents who have won at this stage of the game, the last seven or eight presidents, five of them were losing at this time by significant margins.” A look at history, however,

Opinion by Michelle Leder (CNN) — Ask anyone about their middle school years, and, unless they happened to be the popular kid, you’re likely to get an eye roll. Or worse. More than a few still carry the scars, including one 80-year-old woman I recently spoke to about her middle school experience. Although decades had