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Opinion by Bill Carter (CNN) — Fall TV! Premiere week! Promos everywhere. Who’s going to be a breakout star? Magazine covers. Predictions of what’s a hit; what’s a flop. So much excitement! Wait; is this the History Channel? Surely this is not a description of fall TV, circa 2023. If somebody is doing a magazine

Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Bradley Cooper and Helen Mirren have very different resumes, but they have landed in similar controversies with their latest movies, illustrating shifting standards and sensitivities about actors donning prosthetics to play Jewish characters. The first wave of that discussion came in response to images of Cooper’s makeup to

Analysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Central bank officials from across the world have descended upon Jackson Hole, Wyoming, this week to discuss policy decisions that will shape the economy for years to come. But as they talk about inflation and the economy in the abstract, residents of the popular vacation

Opinion by David Orentlicher and Eve Hanan (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s surrender to the authorities in Georgia Thursday on charges of racketeering, forgery, false statements and other crimes, as well as his three previous arraignments in separate criminal probes, reflects an important reality: Trump allegedly violated the law on many occasions, and he should be

CNN Opinion by David Orentlicher and Eve Hanan (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s surrender to the authorities in Georgia Thursday on charges of racketeering, forgery, false statements and other crimes, as well as his three previous arraignments in separate criminal probes, reflects an important reality: Trump allegedly violated the law on many occasions, and he should

CNN By Jeremy Herb, Devan Cole and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump surrendered Thursday at the Fulton County jail on more than a dozen charges stemming from his efforts to reverse Georgia’s 2020 election results, the fourth time this year the former president has faced criminal charges. Trump spent a little more than

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — CNN’s future is coming into greater focus. The news network, which has endured a tumultuous 20-month period marked by a number of seismic internal events, is taking its first steps after regaining its footing following the divorce with former chief executive Chris Licht. Last week, CNN announced a

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Millions and millions of photographs have been taken of American presidents. But none like this. The mug shot of Donald Trump instantly became one of the most iconic images of anyone who served as commander in chief. Inmate No. P01135809 stares out of the booking photo, his face

Opinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — On Thursday evening, Donald J. Trump had his mug shot taken as he was booked at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta. The sheriff office’s record listed the former president as “White Male 6’ 3” 215 lbs” with “Blond or Strawberry” hair and “blue” eyes. Trump, who was

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — If Vladimir Putin was watching the Republican presidential debate on Wednesday night, he would have found one more reason to dig in for a long war of attrition in Ukraine. Fierce rhetorical clashes over the conflict laid bare a widening split in the GOP between Donald Trump’s “America

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s rivals agreed Wednesday that Republicans should look past the former president. But the iconic image of the week will be his fourth arrest this year, this time at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta. Many of his alleged co-conspirators have had mug shots released. Talking

CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — The first Republican primary debate of the 2024 campaign season hosted by Fox News averaged 12.8 million viewers, according to viewership data, a larger than expected audience given the notable absence of frontrunner and disgraced former President Donald Trump. The numbers were far short of the historic 24

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — To hear Republican presidential candidates describe the US economy, you’d think it was in a deep recession, with growth and productivity choked off by President Joe Biden’s policies. The reality is decidedly less bleak — and far more nuanced. In fact, the US economy is growing

Opinion by Will Leitch (CNN) — The world of college football has, to put it mildly, gone mad. Rutgers, in New Jersey, is now in the same conference as Oregon; the Pac-12 Conference is about to be dissolved entirely. The biggest strategic decisions made by some of the largest, most respected institutions this country has to offer have essentially

Opinion by Daniel Treisman (CNN) — Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin — who the Russian aviation agency confirmed was a passenger on board a plane that crashed on Wednesday evening — seemed to be living on borrowed time. Ever since June, when the warlord led his Wagner mercenaries in an uprising against his country’s military commanders, the Kremlin’s

Analysis by Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — It’s been nearly two decades since Germany shrugged off its “sick man of Europe” label with a series of labor market reforms that ushered in years of economic outperformance. Unfortunately for Berlin, the phrase is making a comeback. Sticky inflation and three straight quarters of falling or

Opinion by Todd Graham (CNN) — The old saying, “it’s never too late to give a good first impression” is a myth. Given the opening Republican primary debate in Milwaukee Wednesday night was perhaps the first time many audience members got a chance to see some of the Republicans running for president, I’ll grade the delivery

Opinion by Holly Thomas, CNN (CNN) — Some conversation openers are evergreen. “How’s work?” “How’s your love life?” and the daredevil’s favorite, “You OK?” will always have a place. As time passes, others materialize. These new topics signal a shift; a new life phase incoming. For those of us in our 30s, home ownership and procreation

Analysis by Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — With Nvidia earnings out of the way, the next test for US markets is Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s annual speech at the Jackson Hole economic summit on Friday. When Powell spoke this time last year at the Kansas City Fed symposium in Wyoming, he warned

Analysis by Michelle Icard, CNN (CNN) — After being dumped by her three roommates, my friend’s daughter, who wished to remain anonymous to protect her privacy, needed to find a new place to live. While scrambling to get a new apartment midsemester, she was also grieving the loss of her core group of friends, questioning her