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Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The historical arc of the United States has brought us from the beginning, when most senators wore breeches – knee-length pants with silk stockings – to a place where about half the senators are complaining that one senator wants to wear shorts – knee-length shorts, often without

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The historical arc of the United States has brought us from the beginning, when most senators wore breeches – knee-length pants with silk stockings – to a place where about half the senators are complaining that one senator wants to wear shorts – knee-length shorts, often

Opinion by Alexis Coe (CNN) — Presidential history is lousy with ne’er-do-well sons. John Quincy Adams was the earliest exception and the widely-admired Beau Biden the most recent, but for much of America’s nearly 250-year history, First Sons have been embarrassing their fathers—but until now, virtually none of them were considered grist to sway a presidential election.

Opinion by Holly Thomas (CNN) — Last weekend, British media outlets The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4’s “Dispatches” published a joint investigation in which four women claimed the comedian, actor and YouTube sensation Russell Brand had sexually assaulted them in separate instances between 2006 and 2013. One of the alleged victims was just

Opinion by Elena Sheppard (CNN) — Earlier this month, we learned that the US Senate’s 100 members will no longer needed to adhere to their business casual dress code. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement that, “There has been an informal dress code that was enforced.” He added that now, “Senators are

Analysis by Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — In the basements of Orikhiv, Ukrainian troops stand by the walls. Even though they are underground, the huge Russian bombs that routinely land could collapse everything above onto them, and so the edges of their underground world are safer. Imagine these sorts of risk, and the men

Opinion by Akanksha Singh Mumbai (CNN) — India has changed the names of many of its towns and cities over the years. The port city and one-time capital Calcutta became Kolkata in 2001. The name of India’s financial capital Bombay, was changed to Mumbai in 1996. That same year, Madras was renamed Chennai. Over the years, even some roads, railway stations and markets have

Analysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — As the US national debt passes $33 trillion and a government shutdown looms, Wall Street feels defensive. That shutdown could sour sentiment and deal a blow to an economy already dealing with high gas prices, autoworker strikes and elevated inflation — with some saying it could

Opinion by Kottie Christie-Blick (CNN) — Every parent worries about when, and how, to have a conversation with their children about the birds and the bees. Are they old enough? How much detail should I give? Will they understand? What do they know already? The reality is that the information is already out there. It’s

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The Republican Party’s war on itself has turned its inoperative House majority into a “clown show” and a “dysfunction caucus” and is handing wins to the Chinese Communist Party – and that’s just what some of its own members say about it. Days of recriminations between far-right

Analysis by Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — An explosive allegation from Canada that the Indian government may have been behind the assassination of a Sikh separatist activist on Canadian soil has triggered a huge diplomatic row and sent relations between the two plummeting. It all started on Monday, when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claimed

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The Republican Party’s war on itself has turned its inoperative House majority into a “clown show” and a “dysfunction caucus” and is handing wins to the Chinese Communist Party – and that’s just what some of its own members say about it. Days of recriminations between far-right hardliners,

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — On Wednesday evening, at a swanky party in a townhouse in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, Michael Wolff will celebrate his forthcoming book about Fox News, titled “The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty.” The anticipated 320-page work, which will hit shelves next week, is poised

Opinion by Dan Perry and Gilead Sher (CNN) — Editor’s note: Dan Perry is the former Cairo-based Middle East editor and London-based Europe/Africa editor of The Associated Press and author of two books about Israel. Gilead Sher is the former chief of staff of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and a senior peace negotiator. He

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden addressed the United Nations Tuesday and urged the world to stand by Ukraine. At times, it felt like he was also imploring the countries to stick with the United Nations. “If we abandon the core principles of the UN charter to appease an aggressor,

Opinion by Jill Filipovic (CNN) — Democratic US Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia is demonstrating what integrity and service look like. In 2018, Wexton flipped a district that had been red for nearly 40 years and sailed into office along with a wave of other Democratic women, in a midterm backlash to the election of former President

Opinion by Theodore Pak, Lara Jirmanus and Andrew Wang (CNN) — As Covid-19 hospitalizations rise across the country, I (Dr. Pak) think back to my first Covid-19 patient. It was the first time I saw Covid in the hospital — and it wasn’t where it was supposed to be. It was April 2020. I was an

Opinion by Paula M. Krebs (CNN) — Friday’s vote by West Virginia University (WVU)’s Board of Governors to approve massive cuts to the university’s offerings came as no surprise. The big surprise, at least to WVU President Gordon Gee, seemed to be the huge negative national attention his proposal garnered. After years of overspending complicated

Opinion by Patrick T. Brown (CNN) — Glenn Youngkin won Virginia’s gubernatorial election in 2021 in large part due to education policy. Parents fed up with how public schools handled Covid-19, the Black Lives Matter movement and increasingly salient LGBT issues were open to conservative critiques of the K-12 education system. Youngkin’s general election opponent, former