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Opinion by Rose Rubin Rivera (CNN) — Covid-19 has changed me. No, I’m not suffering the effects of long Covid. In fact, I’m among a shrinking minority of Americans who hasn’t, as far as I know, contracted any of the alphanumeric soup variants associated with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. By the end of last year, 3 in

CNN By Kyle Feldscher, Manu Raju, Morgan Rimmer and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden’s defenders downplayed worries over his age and poor poll numbers on Thursday as the president faced a fresh wave of concern related to his ability to serve a second term. A CNN poll released Thursday morning showed the president’s

Analysis by Krystal Hur, CNN (CNN) — US stocks typically see their worst performance of the year in September, but there are signs the market could avoid a steep downturn this time around. This month has been the worst for stocks on average since 1928, according to Yardeni Research. That’s partly because, much like August,

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The devastating verdict voters deliver on President Joe Biden in a new CNN poll is especially stark ahead of the most unprecedented election in modern times. Fourteen months before his fate is decided, Biden’s unpopularity may be brewing the only possible conditions in which a disgraced and anti-democratic

Opinion by Peter Bergen and Joel Rayburn (CNN) — There isn’t much of anything that the polarized politicians of Washington, DC agree on, but there is a large degree of bipartisan consensus around one big, supposed threat: China. The purportedly rising nation with a plausible plan to replace the US as the dominant superpower. The Biden administration’s 2022 National Security

CNN Analysis by Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — From the moment Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine seemed inevitable, Europe knew it would soon have to ask itself some very complicated questions.  High among those was whether the continent could wean itself off the Russian gas it had thirstily guzzled for decades – and avoid being at the mercy of President Vladimir Putin should

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un may each have something the other wants – a dangerous combination as far as the US is concerned. A meeting that may be in the works between the Russian and North Korean autocrats could have an impact on the war in Ukraine,

Analysis by Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — From the moment Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine seemed inevitable, Europe knew it would soon have to ask itself some very complicated questions.  High among those was whether the continent could wean itself off the Russian gas it had thirstily guzzled for decades – and avoid being at the mercy of President Vladimir Putin should he

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — It’s not every day you hear top officials at the Pentagon publicly accuse a US senator of aiding communist states and enemies of the US. But that’s where we’ve arrived in today’s story of modern Washington; an old-time custom is being used to grind the machinery of

Analysis by Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Birmingham — the biggest British city after London — is in dire financial straits. The city’s council is one of a growing number of local government authorities in the United Kingdom making, or considering, painful spending cuts as a result of insufficient funds. Birmingham’s effective bankruptcy is

Analysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — China is in trouble. The world’s second-largest economy is grappling with growing financial distress, which means big problems for the nation’s nearly $3 trillion shadow banking industry. Chinese households are spending less, factory production is falling and businesses are investing more slowly than last year. Youth

Opinion by Jon Lewis (CNN) — On Tuesday, US District Judge Timothy Kelly sentenced Proud Boys former chairman Enrique Tarrio to 22 years in prison, after last week handing down terms of 17 years, 15 years and 18 years, respectively, to Proud Boys leaders Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Ethan Nordean. The convictions of four of the group’s senior members on seditious conspiracy

Opinion by Jill Filipovic (CNN) — One of the 10 principles of Burning Man, the festival of art and creativity (and, increasingly, influencers, celebrities, and monied tech entrepreneurs) out in the Nevada desert is “radical self-reliance”: “Burning Man encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on their inner resources.” That principle was certainly tested

Opinion by David A. Andelman (CNN) — This might have been an opportunity for world leaders to bridge a host of chasms that are opening up, as G20 conferences have in the past. But now, this weekend’s G20 gathering in New Delhi seems more likely to widen the gulf between the blocs — east and west, north and south — than at any other point since the

CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday called for “accountability” for the events of January 6, 2021, marking a notable departure from the White House’s policy of silence on former President Donald Trump’s legal issues. “Let the evidence, the facts, take it where it may,” Harris told the Associated

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith is not done with former President Donald Trump and his entourage, despite charging him with four criminal counts over his attempt to overthrow the 2020 election and more than three dozen other charges over his hoarding of classified documents in Florida. The clash between

Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Bill Maher prides himself on cutting against the grain of what he sees as conventional wisdom. So when the host spoke on his “Club Random” podcast over the weekend about Hollywood’s ongoing strike impasse – calling certain Writers Guild demands “kooky,” and claiming that some “believe that you’re

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — Those who dislike Donald Trump often deride his followers as “cult” members, enamored by the former president’s personality. But our new CNN/SSRS poll puts a somewhat different spin on things. When his supporters in the 2024 Republican primary were asked whether they were backing him because of his

Opinion by Roy Cooper (CNN) — As the country grapples with former President Donald Trump being indicted over election interference, the nationwide Republican war on democracy is raging fiercely in North Carolina. Right-wing Republicans in our state are responding with an attack on free elections. Using the “big lie” of election fraud as cover, Republicans in North Carolina

Opinion by Anne Byrn (CNN) — When my son was a senior in high school he would sleep as late as possible on school mornings. I discovered that one way to help him get out the door on time was to have a breakfast sandwich ready. He didn’t have time to spend in a drive-through lane