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Opinion by Vincent Doumeizel (CNN) — Seaweed might be the greatest untapped resource we have on this planet. It can be a nutritious food, an alternative to plastic, restore our oceans and could even help tackle climate change. But while there are 12,000 different types of seaweed, we know how to cultivate fewer than 30.

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and his Oval Office predecessor, Donald Trump, are about to wage the most direct showdown yet of their possible rematch as far-right House Republicans drive the nation to the brink of a government shutdown. Intense activity from Washington to swing-state Michigan during this pivotal week

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. Democratic US Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey faces corruption-related charges for the second time in

CNN 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. Democratic US Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey faces corruption-related charges for the second time

Opinion by Michael Bociurkiw (CNN) — It is hard to imagine any world leader wanting to share the foreign policy swamp in which the beleaguered Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, currently finds himself. Having spent the past months fighting accusations that he acted too slowly to address serious allegations that China attempted to meddle in Canada’s

Opinion by Michael D. Smith (CNN) — “National service, I hope and pray, will help us to strengthen the cords that bind us together as a people.” Those were the words of President Bill Clinton 30 years ago this week when he signed the National and Community Service Trust Act, formally establishing AmeriCorps. Just a year later,

Opinion by Adam Larson (CNN) — There are hundreds of invasive species in the United States, although the spotted lanternfly is the only one I know of that has ever had its own segment on Saturday Night Live. People are probably familiar with them because they’re novel, easily recognizable and the average hiker or homeowner

Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — “A mind that is anxious about the future and unhappy before misfortune even arrives is a disaster,” wrote the Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca. It will never be at rest, and while overwhelmed with worry, it will “lose the present things that it could enjoy.” A pivotal political

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is a heavy favorite to win the 2024 Republican nomination. He’s getting over 60% in a number of national surveys of the GOP primary and holds the advantage in every early state that’s been polled. Yet, recent data and history suggest that Trump may

Analysis by Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US inflation is now much slower than last summer’s red-hot pace, but it’s not guaranteed it will drift all the way down to the Federal Reserve’s 2% target without a sharp rise in unemployment. That possibility remains unlikely. Defeating inflation without throwing millions of Americans out

Analysis by Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Everyone makes mistakes, am I right? But when you are a star who’s had a blunder, the ramifications can be so much bigger than they are for us civilians. To be fair, most of us don’t have publicists to help us craft our messages, or fans who

Opinion by Lanhee J. Chen (CNN) — While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was visiting Washington this week, nearly 30 Republican lawmakers sent a letter to the Biden administration, opposing the request for an additional $24 billion in spending to support the war effort in Ukraine. The premise of the letter is that the administration’s request comes

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez was indicted Friday for the second time in 10 years on bribery and corruption charges. In this new case, federal authorities allege he and his wife accepted a luxury Mercedes, envelopes full of cash and multiple bars of gold in exchange for influence

Analysis by Dr. Neha Chaudhary, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Dr. Neha Chaudhary is a child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and chief medical officer at Modern Health.  When I found out I was pregnant a couple years ago, I was overwhelmed with excitement — but it wasn’t

Analysis by Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — Europe’s support for Ukraine faced an unexpected curveball this week as Poland – hitherto Kyiv’s staunchest ally on the continent – seemed to declare it would stop sending arms to its neighbor. The move came after Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized Warsaw for continuing to ban Ukrainian grain

Opinion by Max Burns (CNN) — For the second time in as many days, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy watched Thursday as his best effort to prevent a government shutdown collapsed in humiliating fashion, the result of entrenched opposition from extremists within his own party. As Congress tries to get a stop-gap funding measure through both

Opinion by Jonathan Greenblatt (CNN) — At the start of every school year, I hear concerns from friends, family and coworkers about the rise of antisemitism on college campuses — and as a parent sending my Jewish children to college, I feel those worries myself. The threat of antisemitism has been growing across American society, and colleges are

Analysis by Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Paris (CNN) — King Charles and Queen Camilla have just wrapped up their long-awaited state visit to France, spending their final day in the southwest of the country. While in Bordeaux, a region with deep historical ties to Britain, the couple toured a Royal Navy frigate, met

Analysis by Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — The Ukrainian missile attack on the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet is perhaps the most dramatic example yet of the confidence with which Ukraine is going after Russian facilities in occupied Crimea – and the vulnerability of critically important infrastructure on the peninsula. In short order,

Analysis by Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Russia’s decision to ban diesel exports to most countries could not have come at a worse time for Europe. The European Union halted Russian seaborne imports of the fuel earlier this year as part of sanctions imposed on Moscow over Russia’s full-scale invastion of Ukraine. But the