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Opinion by DJ Rosenthal (CNN) — After the horrendous attacks against Israeli civilians on October 7, Israel is rightly pursuing a campaign to eliminate Hamas. In doing so, it is imperative that Israel not lose sight of long-term strategic national security objectives but instead seek to wipe out Hamas within a broader military and diplomatic

Analysis by Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — By many measures, the European Union has succeeded in its goal to break its dependence on Russia’s natural gas, avoiding the fuel shortages and blackouts many had feared at the height of last winter’s energy crisis. The bloc of 27 nations, heavily dependent on gas imports, once

Opinion by Holly Thomas (CNN) — When a beloved TV star dies, the world mourns twice. In the case of Matthew Perry, whose death last weekend at 54 is still under investigation, the boundary between the grief for him and for Chandler Bing, the wittiest, most neurotic member of the “Friends” gang, is barely perceptible. Mourners have gathered outside

Analysis by Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. Investors seem to believe that the Federal Reserve is

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The House’s struggle to send $14 billion in emergency aid to Israel is exposing political rifts that leave America looking like a divided superpower unable even to rush help to a friend that believes it’s fighting an existential war. House GOP leaders said they plan to hold a

Opinion by Gabriel Levin (CNN) — An arrest has been made after evil posts online called for the eradication of Jews at Cornell, the university I attend. But I feel no sense of closure. Even though the suspect, a fellow student, is in federal custody, the constant threat of anti-Semitism looms over us still. I learned

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s response to the October 7 Hamas terror attacks exposes a long-festering divide inside the preferred political party of the majority of Jewish and Muslim Americans. President Joe Biden self-describes as a Zionist and made a show of flying to Israel last month to embrace the controversial

Opinion by Norman Eisen and Joshua Kolb (CNN) — In the blizzard of pretrial motions in the federal Jan. 6 case, the most potentially consequential is Donald Trump’s demand that the case be thrown out because he has “presidential immunity” against being prosecuted for his acts in office. While US District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s gag order has gotten

Opinion by Frida Ghitis (CNN) — Some passengers feared for their lives Sunday night, when they landed at the main airport in Dagestan, a majority-Muslim Russian republic, and found their plane quickly swarmed by a throng that had smashed its way into the airport terminal and the tarmac after hearing that a flight from Tel Aviv

Opinion by Jill Filipovic (CNN) — A year and a half after Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices overturned Roe v. Wade and stripped the constitutional right to abortion from American women, the Republican Party has been floundering. It turns out that the American public is broadly pro-choice, according to a CNN poll from August, and many voters are horrified

Analysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. The labor market is strong and Americans are earning

Analysis by Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Supreme Court justices, who have infinite power over American lives, have continually resisted calls for greater accountability in a formal code of conduct. Some justices recently signaled that they might be ready to adopt a binding ethics code. But their record of inaction reflects the difficulty of

Opinion by Robert A. Pape (CNN) — Israel’s strategy for defeating Hamas — destroying its military and political capabilities to the point where the terrorist group can never again launch major attacks against Israeli civilians — is unlikely to work. Indeed, Israel is likely already producing more terrorists than it’s killing. To defeat terrorist groups

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — New House Speaker Mike Johnson is already tying Washington in new partisan knots. The Republican majority’s rookie leader is painting deep red conservative lines on the blank page of his career in top-level politics, staking out a risky showdown with Democrats and even Senate Republicans over Israel funding

CNN, WCVB By Celina Tebor, Nicki Brown and Eric Levenson, CNN Syracuse, New York (CNN) — The Cornell University student accused of posting online threats to kill members of the university’s Jewish community appeared in federal court Wednesday and was ordered to remain behind bars for the time being. Patrick Dai, a 21-year-old junior at the

Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — While you’re busy handing out candy to trick-or-treaters, Federal Reserve officials are doing something a lot less riveting, most people would say. After finishing the first day of their two-day meeting, they’re probably still thinking about all the discussions they had about the economy. Then tomorrow comes the

Opinion by John Avlon, CNN (CNN) — It might surprise you to learn that the new speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, has said ”we don’t live in a democracy.” Merriam-Webster’s definition of democracy is “government by the people; especially rule of the majority.” That’s the way most Americans experience elections: The person with the most votes wins. It’s

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — A new CNN poll in the key early primary state of South Carolina confirms the findings in recent polls from other early primary states: Former President Donald Trump is the prohibitive leader in the Republican primary and there is no consensus alternative. Trump has the support of

Opinion by David Shulkin (CNN) — Editor’s note: Dr. David Shulkin was the ninth secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs in the Trump administration and the VA’s undersecretary for health in the Obama administration. The views expressed here are his own. Read more opinion on CNN. The Mideast has again been thrust into war.

Opinion by Celia Wexler (CNN) — The Catholic Church’s Synod on Synodality, covered by major media outlets across the globe, ended on October 29 without much to show for itself. Defined by the church as a meeting of bishops, the synod included for the  first time a sprinkling of lay people to attend, including 54 women,