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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

Opinion by Sarah Gundle (CNN) — A patient in a trauma group I run couldn’t stop crying. The group all knew that she had lost her wife a few years back and the anniversary was coming up. Handing her tissues, another group member hesitantly asked if the anniversary was weighing on her. “No,” she sobbed.

Analysis by Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — There is more than enough room at the top for Beyoncé and Taylor Swift. In a move that should shock no one, this is the second consecutive newsletter to address Swift or a Swift-adjacent phenomenon in entertainment, but today we’re talking about another queen, too. While I

Opinion by Lara Freidenfelds (CNN) — Gen X is dealing with menopause, and women of this generation are looking for new and better solutions to manage the disruptions menopause can cause, and safely and effectively ease the transition past their menstruating years. Ostensibly noting this demand, in August, Clearblue released a menopause test kit. Noting that menopause is often “shrouded

Analysis by Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — At some point during any election campaign, virtually anywhere in the democratic world, voters can expect to be told that their country is at a crossroads. But rarely has the age-old electoral cliche been truer than right now in Poland. The European Union’s fifth-most populous nation will vote

Analysis by Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — In the early hours of June 23, 1985, a bomb planted in the cargo hold of Air India flight 182 traveling from Montreal to New Delhi exploded off the coast of Ireland, killing all 329 people on board. The people arrested and charged for the bomb attack were