CNN-Opinion

Analysis by Ronald Brownstein (CNN) — Throughout his political career, President Joe Biden has unfailingly presented himself as a product – and champion – of the middle class. As president, he has relentlessly touted his economic plan as a “blue-collar blueprint” to rebuild America and highlighted the number of new jobs tied to his signature

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Kevin McCarthy has proven more adept at managing his fragile and restive House majority than might have been expected given that it took him a tortuous 15 rounds of balloting to win the speakership. Yet the California Republican’s turbulent eight months holding the gavel could pale in comparison

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden has framed his presidency as a struggle of democracy versus autocracy and placed the US in opposition to Russia and China. With both Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping absent from the G20 meeting in New Delhi over the weekend, Biden seized the

Opinion by Don Lincoln (CNN) — According to the venerable television show “Star Trek,” space is the final frontier. While the challenges of human space travel are daunting, if people can successfully colonize first the solar system and then the stars, our future is bright — brimming with limitless resources. We have begun the process of

Analysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Stock prices of chipmakers have soared over the last year as AI became the story of 2023. But in recent weeks, there’s been a notable drop in those shares as growing tensions between the US and China cloud their outlook. Last week, Chinese manufacturer Huawei

Opinion by Amanda Tyler (CNN) — A new Texas law allows public schools to replace counselors with chaplains and to use funds earmarked for school safety and mental health to pay them. The law went into effect this month. Each of Texas’ more than 1,000 school districts now has six months to vote on whether or not to

Analysis by John Blake, CNN (CNN) — Long before he became a Supreme Court justice, Clarence Thomas told a story at a public gathering that still sounds shocking years later. At the time, Thomas was a relatively unknown conservative who had paid his way to attend a conference of Black conservatives just before Ronald Reagan

Opinion by Dennis Aftergut (CNN) — Editor’s note: Dennis Aftergut is a former federal prosecutor and currently counsel to Lawyers Defending American Democracy, a nonpartisan organization engaged in preserving the rule of law. The views expressed here are his own. Read more opinion on CNN. For those attacking Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for casting her net too far and wide in her case

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is conjuring his most foreboding vision yet of a possible second term, telling supporters in language resonant of the run-up to the January 6 mob attack on the US Capitol that they need to “fight like hell” or they will lose their country. The rhetorical

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is conjuring his most foreboding vision yet of a possible second term, telling supporters in language resonant of the run-up to the January 6 mob attack on the US Capitol that they need to “fight like hell” or they will lose their country. The rhetorical escalation

Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — Former Sen. Eugene McCarthy, a professor-turned-politician from Minnesota, had a reputation for being “relaxed to the point of laziness and humorous to the point of cynicism,” as syndicated columnist Joseph Kraft wrote. An example: McCarthy once joked that “being in politics is like being a football coach. You

Analysis by Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — When Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni made an official visit to the crime-ridden Neapolitan suburb of Caivano last week, she promised a “radical reclamation” of a territory she admitted “the state had failed.” Meloni, the country’s first female prime minister, was there to draw attention to

Opinion by Nicole Hemmer (CNN) — Part fairy tale, part rom-com, the new Amazon Prime movie “Red, White & and Royal Blue” is the kind of cotton-candy entertainment perfect for the idle days of late summer, or, if you find yourself stuck at home, sick. This delightful confection, based on the bestselling book of the same name, features

Opinion by Eleni Giokos, CNN (CNN) — It was six years ago, but the images are seared into my memory as if it were yesterday. Peering into a dark, ramshackle structure, barely thrown together using odd shapes of wood, cardboard and cloth, in the bowels of an industrial building, I could see her bright pink dress. Utterly incongruous

Opinion by Tess Taylor (CNN) — This week, US Sen. Tommy Tuberville gave poets a wonderful compliment.  It is imperative to root out “wokeness,” he claimed in an interview on Fox News Wednesday, adding that the world (and the US military) are falling apart because “we’ve got people doing poems on aircraft carriers over the loudspeaker.” From where I am,

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Americans’ reckoning with their own democracy extends beyond the looming presidential election to a much more local level. There are new details about how the conservative-dominated US Supreme Court issued its most unexpected decision of the past year and threw out Alabama’s congressional map, part of a

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden continues to be plagued by approval ratings well below 50%. Under normal circumstances, that might be worrying for an incumbent heading into his reelection year. But Biden likes to rely on a common refrain: “Don’t compare me to the Almighty, compare me to the alternative.”

Analysis by Luke McGee, CNN London (CNN) — Rishi Sunak has just under a month to answer the most critical question he faces as British Prime Minister: why does his Conservative Party deserve another five years in power at the next election? Next month, the governing Conservative Party’s annual conference will take place in Manchester,

Analysis by Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — It may be missing two key invitees but this weekend’s Group of 20 (G20) summit affords Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi an opportunity to extend his leadership beyond his country’s borders as he looks to burnish his credentials on the world stage ahead of a tough election battle.

Opinion by David Orentlicher (CNN) — On Wednesday, six Colorado voters and the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a lawsuit in state court to prevent former President Donald Trump from running for the presidency next year. They argue that the Constitution’s Disqualification Clause in the 14th Amendment, barring those who’ve engaged in insurrection from holding office,