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Opinion by Danielle Campoamor (CNN) — On the morning of May 24, 2022, my then-editors at TODAY.com were ready to send me to Ukraine to cover Russia’s unprovoked war. I had done everything necessary to prepare: I completed a three-day hostile environment training; purchased tourniquets and other battlefield medical equipment to carry on my person at all times;

By Stephanie Griffith, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Abood Okal, who spent part of his childhood in Gaza, lives in Massachusetts. The views in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion at CNN. It started out as a family vacation. Abood Okal, 36, traveled to Gaza in late September with his wife Wafa Abuzayda

Opinion by Christopher Cosmos (CNN) — Editor’s note: Christopher Cosmos is a Black List screenwriter and best-selling author from Grand Rapids, Michigan, whose debut novel “Once We Were Here” is a multi-generational love story set in Greece during WWII about the Greek resistance and events that Oxi Day commemorates. Follow him on Instagram and Facebook.

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. An age-old investing strategy is losing its shine, but

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has made a career out of risky bets that, for a while, paid off. Now, he’s about to make the riskiest bet of his life. After three weeks of damning testimony portraying him as a criminal mastermind, the former

Opinion by Danielle Campoamor (CNN) — Tennessee mom Allie Phillips isn’t supposed to be running for office. If everything had gone according to plan, the 28-year-old would be the mom of two living daughters. She would be balancing the Herculean task of raising her six-year-old, Adalie, while navigating exhausting late-night feedings, never-ending diaper changes and

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — A judge hearing Donald Trump’s New York fraud trial spent Wednesday wrestling with a quandary the political world long ago failed to answer: how to constrain the ex-president’s fury, tantrums and impulse to break all the rules. And on an extraordinary day in court in which he was

Analysis by Sam Kiley, Senior International Correspondent, CNN London (CNN) — As they watch airstrikes and hot-barreled howitzers pound targets in Gaza, check and recheck their personal weapons, communications and webbing, there can be very few among the thousands of Israeli soldiers poised for combat who don’t quietly wonder: “Is this a trap?” Hamas, and

CNN Analysis by Sam Kiley, Senior International Correspondent, CNN London (CNN) — As they watch airstrikes and hot-barreled howitzers pound targets in Gaza, check and recheck their personal weapons, communications and webbing, there can be very few among the thousands of Israeli soldiers poised for combat who don’t quietly wonder: “Is this a trap?” Hamas,

Opinion by Miriam Sapiro (CNN) — Editor’s note: Ambassador Miriam Sapiro is a nonresident senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. She has served at the National Security Council, at the State Department as a negotiator for the Bosnia Peace Accords, and as Deputy US Trade Representative. The opinions expressed in this commentary are

CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — An unprecedented trial will begin in Colorado next week to determine if former President Donald Trump is disqualified from returning to the White House because of his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection. Several pending lawsuits are trying to derail his candidacy based on the 14th Amendment,

Opinion by Julian Zelizer (CNN) — House Republicans finally picked a speaker of the House when GOP members coalesced around Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson on Wednesday afternoon. With this decision, MAGA wins again. Johnson is no moderate. While free of any major known scandal and gentler in demeanor than Ohio’s Rep. Jim Jordan — the

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — If you read the news that Republicans have selected Rep. Mike Johnson to be the next speaker of the House, second in line to the presidency, and thought to yourself, “Who is Mike Johnson,” you’re not alone. The deeply conservative Louisiana Republican seems to have benefited from

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — If you read the news that Republicans have selected Rep. Mike Johnson to be the next speaker of the House, second in line to the presidency, and thought to yourself, “Who is Mike Johnson,” you’re not alone. The deeply conservative Louisiana Republican seems to have benefited

Opinion by Nicole Hemmer (CNN) — Since the Republicans vacated the House speakership three weeks ago, a throng of candidates have vied for the position, rising and falling in increasingly short succession. After repeated failed votes, the party finally amassed a slate of nine candidates, winnowing them down until the generically-named Rep. Mike Johnson claimed the

By Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — It will be long, bloody, and complicated. That’s the way two leading experts on urban warfare described the prospect of a ground attack by Israel on Hamas’ base in the streets and tunnels of Gaza. Colonel (Ret.) Liam Collins and US Maj. (Ret.) John Spencer co-authored the book “Understanding

Opinion by Sara Stewart (CNN) — For “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” fans, news of a podcast called “Slayers,” which is set 10 years after the “Buffy” story ended and picks up where the series left off in 2013, may stir up a lot of feelings. Hope, nostalgia, cringe — basically the full range of emotions, for a

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s wealth, power and fame acted like a magnet for new associates keen to enter his orbit. But now, key figures who sought a share of his reflected glory are turning against him to save themselves. The ex-president absorbed a trio of blows Tuesday that worsened

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s wealth, power and fame acted like a magnet for new associates keen to enter his orbit. But now, key figures who sought a share of his reflected glory are turning against him to save themselves. The ex-president absorbed a trio of blows Tuesday that worsened

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Meta’s lawyers are really earning their paychecks this week. See here: More than three dozen states are suing the parent company of Instagram and Facebook over fears that its platforms’ “addictive” features are harming teens’ mental health. In a federal lawsuit filed in California, 33 attorneys