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Analysis by Bryan Mena Washington, DC (CNN) — US inflation has slowed steadily from its four-decade peak last June, and it’s expected to cool further thanks to easing car prices and rents. And if the US job market slows further, that could help bring it down even more. And while rising energy costs have pushed

Opinion by Sidhi Dhanda (CNN) — I’m used to getting dirty looks from my high school classmates whenever I log on to ChatGPT. Even though many other students use it, few of them want to acknowledge doing it. Our teachers, after all, have warned us against turning to AI chatbots, framing them as shortcuts to bypass

Opinion by Robert J. Spitzer (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, on Thursday, became the first child of a US commander-in-chief to be indicted. Special counsel David Weiss charged Hunter Biden with two counts of lying when filling out a form for a federal handgun permit and one count of illegally possessing a gun on account of

Opinion by W. James Antle III (CNN) — The Biden family deserves congressional scrutiny. President Joe Biden reportedly engaged in phone calls with his son’s foreign business partners that could jeopardize the integrity of the White House and our democracy. Especially because they seem to have gone beyond the president and his aides’ claims of strict noninvolvement in Hunter Biden’s

Opinion by Lanhee J. Chen (CNN) — It’s no wonder that in a hyper-partisan US Congress, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney would decide that now is the time to cede the stage. His reputation as a problem-solver who seeks compromise is increasingly out of step with where most Republican politicians, and even where many voters in the party,

Opinion by Arick Wierson (CNN) — After a nearly two-week manhunt, it’s finally over. Danilo Cavalcante, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend Deborah Brandão in 2021, is finally back in custody after a brazen escape from a Pennsylvania prison. According to police, he’ll now serve his life sentence in a state correctional facility. In his daring breakout,

Analysis by Krystal Hur, CNN (CNN) — With less than a week to go before the Federal Reserve announces its next interest rate decision, Wall Street has reviewed a bevy of economic indicators released this week. That data indicates that the Federal Reserve is still likely to hold rates steady next week, some investors say.

Opinion by Noah Berlatsky (CNN) — If you’re familiar with cozy detective fiction in general, and Agatha Christie in particular, it’s no spoiler to reveal that in the new Christie adaptation, director Kenneth Branagh’s “A Haunting in Venice,” Hercule Poirot, as usual, solves the case. You also won’t be surprised to learn that he does

Analysis by Simone McCarthy Hong Kong (CNN) — A rare meeting between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un at a space launch center in the Russian Far East earlier this week has triggered alarm from countries from South Korea and Japan to Ukraine, the United States and its partners in Europe. But

CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Forecasters have issued tropical storm warnings today for parts of coastal New England and Atlantic Canada as Hurricane Lee’s center approaches the US East Coast. Lee’s mammoth size will allow its strong winds to knock down power lines and possibly cause some flooding in the coming days. Here’s

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Two major threats to President Joe Biden’s reelection – his son Hunter’s legal problems and the widely held perception the 80-year-old is too old for reelection – are both causing him major pain this week. There is plenty to keep Biden busy with his day job. He

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 its

Opinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — It’s not easy being green, as Kermit the Frog liked to say. In the world of professional sports, there are few things that compare with the heartache of being a life-long, season-ticket-holding New York Jets fan. Sitting in my regular seat last Monday night at MetLife Stadium, I

Opinion by Nicole Hemmer (CNN) — For much of the past two decades, journalists, politicians and investors have lauded Elon Musk for his creations: PayPal’s seamless financial transactions, Tesla’s stylish electronic cars, SpaceX’s space-related strides. And while “his creations” deserved an asterisk — his businesses emerged through absorption of other people’s technologies, ideas and start-ups

Analysis by Krystal Hur, CNN (CNN) — Wall Street’s optimism has edged up in recent weeks after an August slump to levels not seen since the collapse of several regional banks earlier this year. But investors aren’t letting their guard down just yet. CNN’s Fear & Greed Index, which tracks seven different barometers for market

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — By opening an impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy unleashed an unpredictable and treacherous new political force into what is already the most abnormal election of modern times. McCarthy effectively set up partisan counterprogramming to the looming criminal trials of his patron, former

Analysis by Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — As British chip designer Arm prepares to raise about $5 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, its China business has become a serious point of concern. The SoftBank-owned firm used many pages of its IPO prospectus to warn investors of risks related to

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — By opening an impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy unleashed an unpredictable and treacherous new political force into what is already the most abnormal election of modern times. McCarthy effectively set up partisan counterprogramming to the looming criminal trials of his patron, former President

Analysis by Nathan Hodge, CNN (CNN) — Covering a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un might best be described as a caption contest: The two held what the Kremlin called “very substantive” discussions on Wednesday, but beyond a few photo opportunities, we still have very little idea what

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — It’s hard to believe there’s a new eyewitness account from a Secret Service agent who was right there at the assassination of John F. Kennedy. This is, after all among the most investigated, revisited and argued about events in US history. But Paul Landis, who in