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CNN Opinion by Peter Bergen (CNN) — Up to 150 hostages are being held in Gaza, according to Israeli officials. Meanwhile, 17 Americans are missing, and Hamas may be holding an unknown number of them, according to the White House. Hamas has threatened to execute hostages and broadcast video of the execution if Israel strikes targets in Gaza without warning. The approach

Opinion by David Mark (CNN) — Recent Democratic presidents have sought reelection by limiting overt campaigning and instead making sure they’re seen focusing on the nuts and bolts of their job. President Bill Clinton, in his successful 1996 reelection bid, spent the late months of his campaign negotiating legislative deals with a Republican-majority Congress. And President Barack Obama,

CNN Opinion by Peter Bergen (CNN) — Up to 150 hostages are being held in Gaza, according to Israeli officials. Meanwhile, 17 Americans are missing, and Hamas may be holding an unknown number of them, according to the White House. Hamas has threatened to execute hostages and broadcast video of the execution if Israel strikes targets in Gaza without warning. The approach

Opinion by Noah Berlatsky (CNN) — “Killers of the Flower Moon” is about an important topic: a series of horrific murders in the Osage Nation in the 1920s. To convey that gravitas, Martin Scorsese has very self-consciously made an Important Movie. Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro give big, Oscar-eyeing performances. And the runtime is 3 hours and

Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Stand-up comedians have a long history of becoming screen auteurs, setting aside the problematic aspects of talents like Woody Allen and Louis C.K. after their celebrated heydays. Yet as hot as he is on stage, Bill Burr picked a lousy time to try migrating his angry-guy act to

Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Martin Scorsese ranks among the greatest directors of the last half-century, with no mountains left to climb. Yet he appears to remain in denial about changes in the movie business that he loves, and the fact that with his last two films, “The Irishman” and “Killers of the

Opinion by Jennifer Rodgers (CNN) — When Sidney Powell famously threatened to “release the kraken,” she surely meant something different than what has come to pass. Having failed to keep former President Donald Trump in the White House through allegedly illegal schemes to overturn the 2020 election results, leading to criminal charges in Georgia, Powell has released herself from

Analysis by Ben Wedeman, CNN Southern Lebanon (CNN) — A US navy ship intercepts missiles launched by Houthi rebels in Yemen. Two American bases in Syria come under fire. In Iraq, drones and rockets fired at US forces. Gaza may be where the war is happening now, but across the Middle East the warning lights

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s task, as he looked America in the eye from the Oval Office, was to explain why a nation wearied by its own foreign quagmires and political estrangements should send $100 billion to help other people fight their wars. His answer was that Israel and Ukraine

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN (CNN) — Yesterday, we talked about some of the big-name, deep-pocketed businessmen who were, to say the least, disappointed with their alma maters’ responses to what they considered antisemitic behavior at Harvard and UPenn. The donors’ backlash has become a serious PR headache for the schools. Which is exactly the

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden, back from his trip to Israel, will appeal to Americans to continue funding its ally in the country’s war against Hamas in a primetime speech on Thursday night. He does so as there are divisions within his own party on how the US is dealing

Opinion by Simon C. Cork (CNN) — Weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy are booming in popularity, and the companies that make them are ramping up supply to meet the demand. For many, these drugs are prescribed to help alleviate health issues associated with chronic obesity (such as hypertension, sleep apnea and type 2 diabetes), while others may turn to the drug as

Opinion by Amy Klein (CNN) — When I first saw the trailer for comedian Bill Burr’s new feature film, “Old Dads,”  which premieres this week on Netflix, I got mad. Great, another pop culture piece focusing on men, I thought, when it’s the women doing all the hard work. I wasn’t excited to watch a film focusing on

Opinion by Judge Glock (CNN) — Anyone looking to buy a house knows that this is not a great time. During the pandemic, mortgage rates were at their lowest level in history and housing was cheaper. It took just about 20% of the median family income to pay for a mortgage with 20% down. Today, mortgage interest

Opinion by David Goldblatt (CNN) — The breathless mission statement of the Paris 2024 Olympics tells us that, “Sport has the power to change everything, improving education, health, and social inclusion.” Sport’s potency does not, however, seem to stretch to problems of housing and homelessness. This September, city authorities and police have been busy closing down homeless camps across Paris and moving unhoused people out of the French

Analysis by John Blake, CNN (CNN) — There is the sound of fear in a voice: a sudden gasp, a stutter or a suppressed scream. And then there is the sound of stark terror: an adult losing all control, blubbering and gasping for breath like a kid facing their worst nightmare. That sound of unimaginable terror

Analysis by Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — When Snapchat announced last month that it had reached 5 million paying subscribers for its Snapchat+ service, it seemed like a stunning achievement. The milestone marked the halfway point to the 10 million subscriber number that CEO Evan Spiegel had just months earlier identified as a

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN Business (CNN) — Burned babies. Children wearing bloodied clothes. People crying out in agony. Journalists reporting on the Israel-Hamas war from outside the immediate region are also being confronted each day with graphic imagery that they cannot look away from as they work to verify reports on the expanding conflict

Opinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — Congressman Jim Jordan’s plan to win the House speakership failed. Over the past few days, Jordan tried to pressure fellow Republicans into voting for him. He mounted an intense campaign over the weekend to whip up the vote and undermine support for Louisiana Republican Steve Scalise. On Tuesday,

Analysis by Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — A two-day global gathering billed as China’s “most important diplomatic event” of the year wrapped up in the Chinese capital on Wednesday, with Beijing touting its outsized role in world development – and its alternative vision to that of the United States. Two dozen leaders and more