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Opinion by Joelle Renstrom (CNN) — Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported on concierge services emerging on college campuses around the US. These services combine the services of a hotel front desk with the infantilizing touches of a helicopter parent. These so-called “rent-a-moms” — there to help students with everything from laundry to wake-up-calls — may exist to help

Opinion by John Avlon, CNN (CNN) — The split screen between President Joe Biden in Tempe, Arizona, and House Republicans on Capitol Hill this Thursday captured the rupturing fault lines of American politics. Biden was honoring late Republican Sen. John McCain, recalling a bygone era of bipartisan friendship while warning that our democracy is in grave danger

Analysis by Krystal Hur, CNN (CNN) — Is this year’s market rally coming to an end? It’s too soon to tell, but there are alarm bells ringing that indicate investors should be — and are — on edge. Stocks rebounded this year after a bruising 2022, as artificial intelligence excitement led investors to fuel a

Analysis by Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — After defaulting on its debt two years ago, Chinese real estate developer Evergrande was meant to be restructured and allowed to get back on its feet. But that plan now looks to be in peril, after police detained its chairman as well as staff at a

Analysis by Stephanie Fillion United Nations (CNN) — Asked last week if she will run to become the United Nations’ next Secretary General, Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados gave a thumbs up, smiled, and walked away. Unofficially, however, UN insiders say she’s a likely front-runner. The 2026 selection process is still far off, but

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The final days of September may come to be seen as the moment when the extraordinary implications of the fight for the White House crystallized. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner, hit swing states as though they were in the race’s final stretch

CNN Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Republicans are enraged that their safe space was punctured at the second GOP debate by a Univision anchor. Ilia Calderón, an Emmy Award-winning journalist who co-anchors the evening news at the Spanish language network, triggered outrage on the right by asking the candidates sharp questions on a

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Republicans are enraged that their safe space was punctured at the second GOP debate by a Univision anchor. Ilia Calderón, an Emmy Award-winning journalist who co-anchors the evening news at the Spanish language network, triggered outrage on the right by asking the candidates sharp questions on a range

Opinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are weaponizing the government yet again. While a faction of hard-right Republicans in the lower chamber are driving the government towards a shutdown, the House Oversight Committee tried to connect the president to his son’s overseas business dealings in its first impeachment inquiry hearing on Wednesday. Several of

Opinion by Steven Lubet (CNN) — Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan got it exactly right when she declined on Wednesday to recuse herself from special prosecutor Jack Smith’s case against former President Donald Trump for illegally plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election and for conspiring to “corruptly obstruct and impede the January 6 congressional proceeding” for counting electoral votes.

Opinion by Deborah Carr (CNN) — As a sociologist who has spent more than two decades studying older adults’ romantic relationships, I eagerly awaited “The Golden Bachelor” debut. What would 72-year-old Gerry Turner and his potential dates look for in a partner? “The Bachelor” — love it or hate it — has been “must-see TV” for over

Analysis by Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — It’s a delicate time for the American economy. The long-rumored recession has not arrived, and yet economic threats are everywhere. Oil prices are racing towards $100 a barrel, threatening to lift already-high gas prices and overall inflation. The UAW has launched an unprecedented strike against the

Analysis by John Blake, CNN (CNN) — Last Saturday, as millions of college football fans were watching coach Deion Sanders and the University of Colorado suffer their first loss of the season, I received an email from an annoyed reader. The reader had read my article exploring Sanders’ “audacious Blackness” and how his refusal to temper his

Opinion by Todd Graham (CNN) — Sometimes less is more with presidential debates — and that was certainly the case with the second 2024 Republican presidential primary debate on Wednesday evening. Here’s a look at how the seven debaters — with a noticeably absent former president and party front-runner — did on the night. Nikki Haley The former governor of

Analysis by Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Investors are really nervous right now. CNN’s Fear and Greed Index, which tracks seven indicators of market sentiment in the United States, tipped into “extreme fear” Thursday for the first time since March, when a banking crisis was sowing panic among investors. Today it is a painful

Analysis by Michelle Toh and Luciana Lopez, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called for “decoupling” the US economy from China. Vivek Ramaswamy said: “We need to declare independence from China.” And North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum said the US is “in a cold war with China.” On the Republican presidential primary debate stage

Analysis by Krystal Hur, CNN (CNN) — The possibility of a US government shutdown has cast a shadow on a market already rife with uncertainty. Investors say that the government shutdown itself likely won’t cause massive damage to stocks. But that doesn’t mean smooth sailing for markets. History supports that cautious optimism: The benchmark S&P

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — The dawn of the A.I. labor dispute era has begun. The Writers Guild of America this week became the first major labor union to secure a contract guaranteeing its members protections from the rapidly developing technology, which is poised to displace innumerable jobs in the coming years. After

Opinion by CNN contributors (CNN) — CNN Opinion asked political contributors to weigh in on the second Republican presidential debate of the 2024 season. The views expressed in these commentaries are their own. Jeff Yang: The funniest moments on stage were all unintentional Human civilization has given us a few great unanswerable questions, such as

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Republicans are about to deliver on the driving purpose of their House majority – enacting Donald Trump’s retribution. Trump’s lieutenants will on Thursday formally open an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden that his supporters, smarting from their leader’s own double impeachment, have been demanding since the current president