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Analysis by Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Global oil prices climbed 4% Monday over fears that the unprecedented weekend attack on Israel by Hamas could escalate into a regional conflict embroiling oil-producing nations. Global energy markets have been on a rollercoaster in recent weeks. Following months of rising prices — driven mostly by production

Opinion By Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — On Monday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he was running as a third-party candidate to be president of the United States. Kennedy holds a mix of Republican and Democratic policy views which could make him attractive to the large numbers of American voters who are unhappy about a Biden-Trump

Opinion by Amy Bass (CNN) — On the one hand, Simone Biles is the greatest athlete of all time. On the other hand, well — there is no other hand. Not more than five months ago, as a fan pointed out on X (formerly Twitter), speculation continued among many that Biles might never compete again. “Real

Opinion by Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — Comparisons are being made between 9/11 and Hamas’ attacks in Israel, and there are certainly parallels. In both cases, terrorist organizations killed large numbers of civilians in attacks that seemed to come out of the blue, shocking the two nations. Hamas’s attacks are also being ascribed to an intelligence failure, just as 9/11 was.

Analysis by Oona Hanson, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Oona Hanson is a parent coach in private practice and a family mentor at Equip, an eating disorder treatment program. She specializes in supporting parents to raise kids who have a healthy relationship with food and their body. Children across all grade levels are taught nutrition concepts

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Proof of Congress’ ongoing dysfunction is in its current paralysis. Republicans have a few more votes in the House, but they don’t exactly have a governing majority. So Kevin McCarthy is now the former House speaker, and it’s not at all clear when the two men actively

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — A weekend of terror in Israel has sharpened already grave questions about the capacity of the politically fractured United States to lay out a unified and coherent response to a world spinning out of its control. When the House of Representatives descended into chaos last week, many Republicans,

Opinion by Dean Obeidallah (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. Former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, who was vice chair of the bipartisan House January

Opinion by Bill Hillmann (CNN) — On July 11, 2014, I was running with a bull in Pamplona, Spain. The 1,200-pound black bull with huge horns trotted just a few feet behind me, froth dangling from his mouth and his breath warm at my back. When a tourist pushed me to the ground, Brevito, a bull from the

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce Monday that he is dropping out of the Democratic presidential primary and will run as an independent. The move would come after Kennedy’s calls for a debate with President Joe Biden went nowhere and with Biden continuing to hold a

Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — During a Republican presidential debate in December 2015, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush about Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslims from entering the US after the San Bernardino terrorist attack. “This is not a serious proposal,” said Bush. “In fact, it will push the

Analysis by Bryan Mena, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Reserve has a complicated decision to make during its next policy meeting, which is only a few weeks away. All Fed officials agree that inflation needs to be defeated in a timely fashion, but they disagree on whether the central bank has already done enough. Some

Analysis by Nathan Hodge, CNN (CNN) — How does the war in Ukraine end? Earlier this year, former President Donald Trump boasted that if he were re-elected, he’d “have that war settled in one day, 24 hours.” Russian President Vladimir Putin is making a slightly less ambitious forecast: If things go his way, the war

Opinion by Frida Ghitis (CNN) — Millions of Israelis were jolted awake on Saturday by the sounds of explosions and blaring emergency sirens. The Palestinian group Hamas had launched an unprecedented assault on the country hours after the 50th anniversary of what Israelis call the Yom Kippur War and Arab countries call the October 6 War. It promptly

CNN Analysis by Joshua Berlinger, CNN (CNN) — The gunmen came from air, sea and land. They shot at civilians, took hostages and forced families to barricade themselves indoors, fearing for their lives. A day that began with air raid sirens blaring out in the early morning had by lunchtime turned into one of the

Opinion by Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — The surprise weekend attack by Hamas, involving thousands of missiles fired from Gaza and on-the-ground fighting inside Israel, has the potential to upend an emerging diplomatic deal that could reshape the region. Hamas is attacking both Israeli civilian and military targets, and it has also taken hostage an

Opinion by Jon Gabriel (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump promised to build a border wall that Mexico would pay for during the 2016 campaign but the neighboring country never did. Candidate Joe Biden vowed “not another foot” of the border wall would be built during his presidency. Now President Biden has decided to build it. Immigration might be the

Analysis by Joshua Berlinger, CNN (CNN) — The gunmen came from air, sea and land. They shot at civilians, took hostages and forced families to barricade themselves indoors, fearing for their lives. A day that began with air raid sirens blaring out in the early morning had by lunchtime turned into one of the most

Opinion by Bill Carter (CNN) — Sam Bankman-Fried showed up for the first day of his financial fraud trial Tuesday in a suit and tie. That likely disappointed his fanboys and myth-makers who would have preferred he maintained his signature fashion statement: T-shirt and baggy cargo shorts. The unofficial playbook for the true cultural rebel, after all, dictates they

Opinion by Frida Ghitis (CNN) — A year ago, the women of Iran electrified the world when they defied a brutal regime, stripping off their government-mandated head coverings, waving them in the air and even throwing them into bonfires in an uprising that came to be known by its motto, “Woman, Life, Freedom.” One year later, after a ferocious