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Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s deal with Iran that unlocks $6 billion in Tehran’s frozen funds to bring five imprisoned Americans home is creating the kind of terrible optics and an opening for his domestic foes that a politically weakened president can ill afford. Five Americans returned to US soil

Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — As symbolism goes, a fall TV season whose highest-profile new series is “The Golden Bachelor” – a retirement-age seniors version of ABC’s dating franchise – is a pretty good metaphor for a network TV business that was already fading into the sunset, and risks getting there that much

Analysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Falling leaves typically coincide with falling gas prices as the summer driving season comes to a close and demand at the pump wanes. Instead, gasoline prices are getting more expensive and are just pennies away from their highest level so far this year. That’s because aggressive

CNN Opinion by Dean Obeidallah, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio’s daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show.” Follow him on Threads at www.threads.net/@deanobeidallah. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion at CNN. A Fox News poll released last week found that 52% of Americans don’t believe

Opinion by Martin Sheen and Melissa Fitzgerald (CNN) — The relationship at the center of A.R. Gurney’s play “Love Letters” is a complicated mix of friendship and devotion. As the protagonists reach middle age, the character of Melissa — whose life has been upended by generational substance use and depression — expresses her frustration to Andy, now

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — A confluence of crises jarring America’s political, democratic, judicial and economic systems, often fueled by Donald Trump and far-right Republicans, threatens to severely test Joe Biden’s presidency amid rising doubts over his reelection bid. As the 2024 White House race heats up, it’s becoming clear that extraordinary, historic

Analysis by Richard Roth, Senior UN Correspondent, CNN United Nations (CNN) — After thousands of speeches, meetings, and receptions this week at the UNGA summit, the United Nations is prepared to announce World Peace at the end of the global event — err, no. If only. The truth is, topics at the two-week summit appear

Opinion by Dean Obeidallah, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio’s daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show.” Follow him on Threads at www.threads.net/@deanobeidallah. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion at CNN. A Fox News poll released last week found that 52% of Americans don’t believe that

Opinion By Gene Seymour (CNN) — Jann Wenner’s expulsion this weekend from the board of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation feels like a moment of reckoning, not just for the co-founder and longtime publisher/editor of Rolling Stone magazine, but for a whole era of pop culture — and how the history of that

Analysis by Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Are you still friends with your exes? While not everyone rolls like that, I am a firm believer that even if things don’t work out romantically, there’s no reason why two good people shouldn’t be able to remain friends. Some folks in Hollywood – a town known

Opinion by Reggie B. Walton (CNN) — Editor’s note: Reggie B. Walton is a senior judge on the US District Court for the District of Columbia. He was chair of the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, tasked with identifying ways to curb the incidence of sexual assaults in prison. The commission was created by Congress

Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — “Troy fell … the walls of Hadrian succumbed … the Great Wall of China was futile; and … the mighty seas which are alleged to defend us can also be circumvented by a resolute and ingenious opponent,” wrote US Army General George S. Patton. “In war, the only

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week. He’s under an impeachment inquiry, his son was indicted in Delaware, inflation seems to be tilting back up, the United Auto Workers went on strike after Biden said they wouldn’t, and the chattering class is talking

Analysis by Bryan Mena Washington, DC (CNN) — US inflation has slowed steadily from its four-decade peak last June, and it’s expected to cool further thanks to easing car prices and rents. And if the US job market slows further, that could help bring it down even more. And while rising energy costs have pushed

Opinion by Sidhi Dhanda (CNN) — I’m used to getting dirty looks from my high school classmates whenever I log on to ChatGPT. Even though many other students use it, few of them want to acknowledge doing it. Our teachers, after all, have warned us against turning to AI chatbots, framing them as shortcuts to bypass

Opinion by Robert J. Spitzer (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, on Thursday, became the first child of a US commander-in-chief to be indicted. Special counsel David Weiss charged Hunter Biden with two counts of lying when filling out a form for a federal handgun permit and one count of illegally possessing a gun on account of

Opinion by W. James Antle III (CNN) — The Biden family deserves congressional scrutiny. President Joe Biden reportedly engaged in phone calls with his son’s foreign business partners that could jeopardize the integrity of the White House and our democracy. Especially because they seem to have gone beyond the president and his aides’ claims of strict noninvolvement in Hunter Biden’s

Opinion by Lanhee J. Chen (CNN) — It’s no wonder that in a hyper-partisan US Congress, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney would decide that now is the time to cede the stage. His reputation as a problem-solver who seeks compromise is increasingly out of step with where most Republican politicians, and even where many voters in the party,

Opinion by Arick Wierson (CNN) — After a nearly two-week manhunt, it’s finally over. Danilo Cavalcante, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend Deborah Brandão in 2021, is finally back in custody after a brazen escape from a Pennsylvania prison. According to police, he’ll now serve his life sentence in a state correctional facility. In his daring breakout,

Analysis by Krystal Hur, CNN (CNN) — With less than a week to go before the Federal Reserve announces its next interest rate decision, Wall Street has reviewed a bevy of economic indicators released this week. That data indicates that the Federal Reserve is still likely to hold rates steady next week, some investors say.