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Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — A weekend of ferocious political exchanges laid out the tumultuous reality of the 2024 White House campaign less than a year from Election Day. The fight for the GOP nomination is about far more than a horse race between candidates. Its outcome will decide whether the country faces

Opinion by Kate Andersen Brower (CNN) — Editor’s Note: Kate Andersen Brower is the author of “The Residence,” “First Women,” “Team Of Five” and “First In Line.” She covered the Obama administration for Bloomberg News. The views expressed here are her own. Read more opinion at CNN. President Biden and Jill Biden traveled to Plains, Georgia in

Opinion by Danielle Campoamor (CNN) — On May 24, 2022, then-fourth-grader Daniel Ruiz managed to escape the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas that claimed the lives of 19 of his classmates and two teachers.  Daniel climbed out of classroom 109 to safety through broken glass. But Daniel, now 11, says the fun-loving kid he was, prior to

Analysis by David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — OpenAI’s overseers worried that the company was making the technological equivalent of a nuclear bomb, and its caretaker, Sam Altman, was moving so fast that he risked a global catastrophe. So the board fired him. That may ultimately have been the logical solution. But the manner

Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — In his new book “Determined,” neurobiologist Robert M. Sapolsky argues that there is no such thing as free will: everything we do is the result of factors such as biology, environment, culture and genetics. “When you behave in a particular way, which is to say when your brain

By Nima Elbagir, CNN Port Sudan (CNN) — I have reported on conflicts around the world for over two decades, but nothing prepares you to cover a war at home. To see familiar places occupied and demolished. To fully plunge the depth of your helplessness. Yet my team and I set out to do just

CNN Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — Electoral analysts, myself included, like to cover our behinds. We use words like “may” and “could” to make sure we don’t get too far ahead of ourselves – especially when examining polls of a potential 2024 general election matchup between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. But the

Analysis by Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The Thanksgiving holiday is a good time to not only express gratitude, but also to reflect on inspiration. It tracks because the end of the year is when we tend to look back, while also looking ahead to the new year. In 2023 there’s no need to

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — Electoral analysts, myself included, like to cover our behinds. We use words like “may” and “could” to make sure we don’t get too far ahead of ourselves – especially when examining polls of a potential 2024 general election matchup between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. But the truth

Analysis by Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A Colorado judge on Friday issued a stunning ruling that fell just short of removing Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s insurrectionist ban. The 102-page decision was a win for Trump, but it read more like a condemnation. Nonetheless, it’s the latest legal victory for the GOP frontrunner,

Analysis by John Blake, CNN (CNN) — He stood 6-foot-1, weighed 190 pounds and moved with the grace of an athlete. A sharp dresser who favored linen shirts and stylish ties, Bayard Rustin sported a Clark Gable mustache and adopted a British accent that gave him an even more courtly bearing. There was no civil

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — A judge in Colorado confirmed the feeling of many Americans when she ruled Friday, after hearing a week’s worth of evidence, that by inciting the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021, President Donald Trump engaged in insurrection against the country. But Colorado District Judge Sarah

CNN Opinion by Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — Let’s be clear: Osama bin Laden was not a deep thinker but the leader of a group responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans and other Westerners, along with tens of thousands of people in Muslim-majority countries. So the fact that people on TikTok are extolling bin

Opinion by Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — Let’s be clear: Osama bin Laden was not a deep thinker but the leader of a group responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans and other Westerners, along with tens of thousands of people in Muslim-majority countries. So the fact that people on TikTok are extolling bin Laden’s

Opinion by Fatma Ashour Khan Younis, Gaza (CNN) — A month and 10 days without water, without electricity and without fuel. This makes life almost tragic. You take a shower once every two weeks, if you are lucky. We, women, had to cut our hair because there isn’t enough water. And there isn’t enough time.

Opinion by Holly Thomas (CNN) — The most anticipated season of “The Crown” has arrived, and no one’s losing much sleep over the Queen this time. The undisputed star of season six — or at least, of the first four episodes released this week — is the late Princess Diana, played by Elizabeth Debicki. This installment,

CNN Opinion by Holly Thomas (CNN) — The most anticipated season of “The Crown” has arrived, and no one’s losing much sleep over the Queen this time. The undisputed star of season six — or at least, of the first four episodes released this week — is the late Princess Diana, played by Elizabeth Debicki. This

Opinion by Aviva Klompas (CNN) — Editor’s note: Aviva Klompas is the former director of speechwriting at the Israeli Mission to the United Nations and co-founder of Boundless Israel, a nonprofit organization that partners with community leaders in the United States to support Israel education and combat hatred of Jews. The opinions expressed in this commentary are

Opinion by Megan L. Ranney and Katelyn Jetelina (CNN) — A physician friend recently shared something shocking. Her patient had been putting off a much-needed colonoscopy, despite a strong family history of colon cancer. The reason? The patient had heard online a false rumor that doctors were surreptitiously administering Covid-19 vaccines while patients were sedated — and

Opinion by Fareed Zakaria (CNN) — Between the tragic, ongoing war in Gaza and the Biden-Xi summit, one crucial global crisis is in danger of being forgotten — the war in Ukraine. And this is a terrible time for it to be slipping from public consciousness because Ukraine faces trouble on two fronts. As the