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Analysis by Rafael Romo, CNN (CNN) — The governing party called it a ceremonial passing of the baton. But the opposition lambasted it as a “passing of the scepter.” Constitutionally barred from running for reelection, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sought to show last month, in a very public way, that presidential candidate Claudia

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Kevin McCarthy’s big mistake was trying to govern. The now ex-speaker’s historic ouster came only three days after he was forced to use Democratic votes to head off a damaging government shutdown that his own party’s absolutism was about to trigger. This compounded his original sin, earlier this

CNN By Jack Forrest and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Following Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster as House speaker, names have started to emerge as possible successors to take over the gavel. With McCarthy announcing Tuesday night he will not be running for the speakership, the race is already underway. There is no clear alternative

Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — The fights between Washington lawmakers have become increasingly vicious even when the stakes could not be higher. Squabbles on the Hill have consequences, and the latest may lead to another credit downgrade that could seriously damage the US economy. Over the summer, squabbling between the two

Opinion by Jill Filipovic (CNN) — As the Republican Party continues its Trump-led descent into the kind of crass and constant drama usually only found on reality TV, one man has emerged to be the breakout star of this ignominious circus: Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida. He succeeded Tuesday in removing Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy. Gaetz and

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — There is a long list of one-time allies and aides who have either turned against former President Donald Trump or whom he has turned against. No person in US politics – certainly no recent president – has such an expansive list of high-profile allies turned enemies. His

Opinion by Mary Ziegler (CNN) — Matthew Kacsmaryk, an ultra-conservative US District Court judge in the Northern District of Texas, has captured national attention with a string of sweeping rulings on everything from contraception to the freedom of speech. The most recent ruling, now just a few weeks old, breaks from other federal decisions and

Opinion by Meg Jacobs (CNN) — “You can be loyal to American labor or loyal to environmental lunatics. You can’t be loyal to both,” former President Donald Trump said at a rally last week in Macomb County, Michigan. Trying to win the support of blue-collar workers in the Rust Belt as he seeks the 2024 GOP nomination,

Analysis by John Blake, CNN (CNN) — Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont, was in the thick of his campaign for the presidency in 2004 when he committed a verbal gaffe that was literally biblical in proportion. No, not his infamous “Dean Scream.” Dean was courting “values voters” and was boasting about his knowledge

Analysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Not so long ago, Wall Street had a particular obsession with ESG investing, which favors companies that promise to make certain strides on the environment, societal impact and corporate governance. Nearly every CEO of a major company touted their firm’s progress toward creating a more sustainable

Analysis by Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — When UK-based chip designer Arm went public earlier this month, raising $65 billion on the Nasdaq in a matter of hours, hopes swirled among investors that the global market for initial public offerings might be coming back to life after an 18-month slump. Since then, shares in

Opinion by Mark Galeotti (CNN) — When Westerners talk about the conflict in Ukraine becoming a “forever war,” they tend to mean it as a bad thing. For Russian President Vladimir Putin, though, it likely is a goal. Last week, Putin made the date September 30 an official holiday: the inelegantly-named Day of Reunification of New Regions with the Russian Federation. Marking the one-year anniversary

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — It’s where the “art of the deal” could be exposed as the “art of the steal.” Donald Trump couldn’t stay away from the opening of his civil fraud trial in New York on Monday. But the choreographed motorcade of Secret Service SUVs, rants about politicized persecution and courtroom

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — The ratings are out of a broadcaster’s wildest dreams. NBC said on Monday that the Chiefs-Jets thriller attended by Taylor Swift and a star-studded crew, as the pop star’s relationship with tight end Travis Kelce blossoms in public view, averaged a staggering 27 million viewers, making it the

Opinion by Julian Zelizer (CNN) — Editor’s note: Julian Zelizer, a CNN political analyst, is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author and editor of 25 books, including The New York Times bestseller “Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Lies and Legends About Our Past” (Basic Books). The

Opinion by Bill Carter (CNN) — “Well, let’s see what’s in the news …” It’s been five months — five months — since the hosts of late-night television shows have had the opportunity to deliver the traditional stand-up monologues that have been, for almost 70 years, the comic commentary on the daily events of American life. They ought to be

Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Add to the list of Taylor Swift and Beyoncé’s accomplishments an unlikely new mission: Helping to save movie theaters, as theater owners – apparently tired of waiting for Hollywood to mount a rescue mission – have seemingly opted to take matters into their own hands. Swift’s deal with

By Kirsi Goldynia, CNN (CNN) — This article was originally published in December, 2022, and has been updated to reflect news developments. Many think the now-famous mRNA vaccines came into existence in the blink of an eye, at warp speed, in the throes of a deadly pandemic. But for Drew Weissman, who, along with his

Opinion by Steven Melendez (CNN) — Thirty years ago, I lived in a family homeless shelter in New York City, where dreams and struggles often do battle. At that time, New York Theatre Ballet’s LIFT program, which provides scholarships, mentoring, and other resources to homeless, home-insecure and at-risk children, operated at the shelter where I

Analysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — The Senate Banking Committee approved a historic marijuana banking bill last week that breaks barriers between financial institutions and cannabis companies. The Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act, which aims to resolve a longstanding financial deadlock that forced cannabis-related companies to operate using only