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Opinion by Geoff Duncan (CNN) — As the dust settles on the tenure of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, there are lessons the Republican Party should learn. While the headlines have focused on the eight GOP members who sealed McCarthy’s fate, the die was cast long before the recent actions of House rabble-rousers. In fact, this outcome was ordained by

Analysis by David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — The US economy feels lousy for so many people. So you’d think some really, really, shockingly good news about the job market would give Americans’ spirits a boost. It won’t. Here’s why: Inflation is still biting. Prices continue to rise faster than anyone would like. Although

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — There was only one way the chaos in the Republican-led House – likened Thursday by one of its members to a “stupid clown car” – could get more extreme. Enter Donald Trump. The ex-president dived into the mayhem following the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, characteristically

Opinion by Jeff Yang (CNN) — The hottest company getting ready to leap into the chaotic mosh pit of global stock investing isn’t an AI startup (so tired, ChatGP-zzzzz), a pharma company (we’re sick of ‘em) or an electric vehicle manufacturer (those have run out of juice). It’s two-and-a-half-century-old German sandal maker Birkenstock — yes, the company

CNN By Melanie Zanona and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — House speaker candidates have pulled out of a planned joint interview on Fox News next week just hours after it was announced amid fierce blowback from GOP lawmakers, the latest sign of how simmering tensions within the conference are boiling over as Republicans scramble to

Analysis by Krystal Hur, CNN (CNN) — Gold is facing tough competition this year as the preferred haven for cautious investors. Gold prices settled at $1,831.80 per troy ounce on Thursday, its lowest close since March. That comes after the price of the precious metal has declined over the past few months, with the selloff

Analysis by Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s robust growth, one of the fastest sustained expansions for a major economy in history, was propelled for decades by a housing boom fueled by a rising population and urbanization. But the all-important property market, which has accounted for as much as 30% of the economy,

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — There was only one way the chaos in the Republican-led House – likened Thursday by one of its members to a “stupid clown car” – could get more extreme. Enter Donald Trump. The ex-president dived into the mayhem following the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, characteristically seeking

Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — October is known to be a spooky month and stocks don’t have a good track record of getting spared. Black Tuesday, the 1929 market plunge that led to the Great Depression, 1987’s Black Monday and the beginnings of the 2008 financial crisis all took place in

Opinion by Patrick T. Brown (CNN) — Two months before the 2022 midterms, President Joe Biden stood flanked by two US Marines in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia and issued some of the harshest words of his presidency. “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden says he’s been forced to violate a campaign promise by adding some new construction to Donald Trump’s border wall. Big city Democratic mayors are angrily demanding more engagement from the Democratic president to help deal with a wave of migrants seeking asylum. One of

Opinion by Ben Helms, David Leblang and Tom Jawetz (CNN) — A humanitarian crisis has pushed more than 7 million people to leave Venezuela over the past decade, some settling in South and Central America and others coming to the US. Those who arrive here have often found themselves in desperate circumstances. Without work authorization, many have been

Analysis by Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Before you start freaking out over the headline, you need to calm down. Much has been made about how Taylor Swift has helped “put Travis Kelce” on the map. With all due respect to Swift, Kelce wasn’t a total stranger to the world before they began spending

Opinion by Marcella Bombardieri and Marina Zhavoronkova (CNN) — The United States is grappling with a dire shortage of nurses. Some have abandoned a workplace where conditions have become harder to endure, with impossibly high patient loads and even a shocking uptick in workplace violence. Others quit their jobs during the Covid-19 pandemic to become

Analysis by John Blake, CNN (CNN) — No one has been caught using a racial slur. There’s no video footage of an encounter between a White police officer and a Black motorist that ends in tragedy. It’s not an event with the familiar hallmarks of a racial story. But make no mistake: The United Auto

Opinion by Frida Ghitis (CNN) — If you’ve found this week’s spectacle in the US House of Representatives gripping and more than a little baffling, imagine how it looked for the people of Ukraine, whose life-and-death struggle to defend their country from Russia’s invasion risks suffering yet another demoralizing and dangerous blow as the result

Opinion by K. Denise Rucker Krepp (CNN) — My family’s military service goes back generations, so when the time came for me to pursue a career, it was only natural for me to continue the tradition. I held the belief that the military I would be joining — long a bastion of male privilege —

Analysis by Mark Thompson, CNN London (CNN) — In 1825, the world’s first passenger train went into service in northern England. It heralded the start of a railway age that transformed the country’s economy by slashing journey times, boosting trade routes and connecting major cities. Fast-forward two centuries, and the United Kingdom has just abandoned

Analysis by Krystal Hur, CNN (CNN) — The bond market is back in the doldrums after a promising start to 2023. The US economy and labor market have shown few signs of cracking, even after the Federal Reserve’s punishing campaign to tame inflation sent interest rates to their highest level in 22 years. The surprisingly

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Washington and Congress have their own, often impenetrable, languages. So it may be somewhat confusing to assess what it means that the office of the speaker of the House of Representatives is vacant. Why, as a result, has Nancy Pelosi, who hasn’t been speaker since January, been