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Analysis by Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Five American prisoners were freed by Iran on Monday in a Qatar-mediated deal that also included the transfer of some $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds and the release of five Iranian prisoners in the United States. The carefully choreographed agreement was years in the making and is

CNN Opinion by Sébastien Roblin (CNN) — Having repeatedly snatched victories from the jaws of defeat in 2022, Ukraine’s forces made far slower progress over the summer in a counteroffensive to liberate southern Ukraine from Russia’s grip. By August, officials in Washington had begun leaking scathing complaints about Ukrainian battlefield performance, while Ukraine’s supporters blamed the West’s long delays in delivering heavy equipment for having bought Russia time to fortify

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — The Kristen Welker era of “Meet the Press” is off to a bleak start. The high-stakes sit down with disgraced former president Donald Trump was all risk and little reward for Welker as she assumed the esteemed moderator chair of “Meet the Press” for the first time Sunday.

Opinion by Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America, a professor of practice at Arizona State University and the host of the Audible podcast “In the Room With Peter Bergen,” also on Apple and Spotify. Bergen is on the advisory council of

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The military temporarily losing a fighter jet near Charleston, South Carolina, and asking the public to help find it is a plotline in which “Top Gun” (fighter jets) meets “The Hunt for Red October” (country can’t find its weapons system). But the larger story of the F-35

Opinion by David M. Perry (CNN) — A funny thing happened on the way to the online forum: people wouldn’t stop talking about the Roman Empire. Over the past few days, a viral trend has swept through TikTok in which women asked their husbands and boyfriends how often they thought about the Roman Empire. A

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — The US Senate is getting a makeover. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has told the sergeant-at-arms to no longer enforce the body’s informal dress code for senators on the chamber floor. This means, for example, that male senators will no longer be forced to wear suits. The move was

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s deal with Iran that unlocks $6 billion in Tehran’s frozen funds to bring five imprisoned Americans home is creating the kind of terrible optics and an opening for his domestic foes that a politically weakened president can ill afford. Five Americans returned to US soil

Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — As symbolism goes, a fall TV season whose highest-profile new series is “The Golden Bachelor” – a retirement-age seniors version of ABC’s dating franchise – is a pretty good metaphor for a network TV business that was already fading into the sunset, and risks getting there that much

Analysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Falling leaves typically coincide with falling gas prices as the summer driving season comes to a close and demand at the pump wanes. Instead, gasoline prices are getting more expensive and are just pennies away from their highest level so far this year. That’s because aggressive

CNN Opinion by Dean Obeidallah, CNN (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. A Fox News poll released last week found that 52% of Americans don’t believe

Opinion by Martin Sheen and Melissa Fitzgerald (CNN) — The relationship at the center of A.R. Gurney’s play “Love Letters” is a complicated mix of friendship and devotion. As the protagonists reach middle age, the character of Melissa — whose life has been upended by generational substance use and depression — expresses her frustration to Andy, now

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — A confluence of crises jarring America’s political, democratic, judicial and economic systems, often fueled by Donald Trump and far-right Republicans, threatens to severely test Joe Biden’s presidency amid rising doubts over his reelection bid. As the 2024 White House race heats up, it’s becoming clear that extraordinary, historic

Analysis by Richard Roth, Senior UN Correspondent, CNN United Nations (CNN) — After thousands of speeches, meetings, and receptions this week at the UNGA summit, the United Nations is prepared to announce World Peace at the end of the global event — err, no. If only. The truth is, topics at the two-week summit appear

Opinion by Dean Obeidallah, CNN (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. A Fox News poll released last week found that 52% of Americans don’t believe that

Opinion By Gene Seymour (CNN) — Jann Wenner’s expulsion this weekend from the board of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation feels like a moment of reckoning, not just for the co-founder and longtime publisher/editor of Rolling Stone magazine, but for a whole era of pop culture — and how the history of that

Analysis by Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Are you still friends with your exes? While not everyone rolls like that, I am a firm believer that even if things don’t work out romantically, there’s no reason why two good people shouldn’t be able to remain friends. Some folks in Hollywood – a town known

Opinion by Reggie B. Walton (CNN) — Editor’s note: Reggie B. Walton is a senior judge on the US District Court for the District of Columbia. He was chair of the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, tasked with identifying ways to curb the incidence of sexual assaults in prison. The commission was created by Congress

Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — “Troy fell … the walls of Hadrian succumbed … the Great Wall of China was futile; and … the mighty seas which are alleged to defend us can also be circumvented by a resolute and ingenious opponent,” wrote US Army General George S. Patton. “In war, the only

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week. He’s under an impeachment inquiry, his son was indicted in Delaware, inflation seems to be tilting back up, the United Auto Workers went on strike after Biden said they wouldn’t, and the chattering class is talking