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Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — In his 1976 campaign, President Gerald Ford employed a “Rose Garden” strategy, hiding behind the power of the presidency rather than duking it out with Democratic challenger Jimmy Carter on the campaign trail. In 2020, as the pandemic raged, “Joe Biden spent months of his presidential campaign safely

CNN Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — In his 1976 campaign, President Gerald Ford employed a “Rose Garden” strategy, hiding behind the power of the presidency rather than duking it out with Democratic challenger Jimmy Carter on the campaign trail. In 2020, as the pandemic raged, “Joe Biden spent months of his presidential campaign

Analysis by Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — After a remarkable summer of robust consumer spending and financial-market resilience, the US economy is widely expected to slow in the coming months as the Federal Reserve continues its historic inflation fight. Investors and economists are bullish that consumer spending, the US economy’s main engine, won’t

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — Polls show Donald Trump leading Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his nearest rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, by about 40 points. You might think this would cause the former president’s GOP rivals to attack him in an attempt to eat into that support, which stands at north

Opinion by Noah Berlatsky (CNN) — In Guy Nattiv’s new feature film “Golda,” which arrived in theaters Friday, Helen Mirren plays Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir during the crisis of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Mirren is not Jewish, and she wears heavy makeup to look like the unglamorous, chain-smoking politician. Accordingly, the movie is inevitably

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The exhausting view of this bizarre week – with the first GOP presidential primary debate one day, followed by the fourth arrest this year of the former president the next – is that everyone should prepare for so much more of this uniquely American and continuously

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The exhausting view of this bizarre week – with the first GOP presidential primary debate one day, followed by the fourth arrest this year of the former president the next – is that everyone should prepare for so much more of this uniquely American and continuously unbelievable

CNN Analysis by Nathan Hodge, CNN (CNN) — The wreckage of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Embraer private jet has been cleared from the crash site, and the flight recorders have been recovered, but the metaphorical smoke has yet to clear in Moscow after the presumed death of the Wagner mercenary boss. We still do not know what

Analysis by Nathan Hodge, CNN (CNN) — The wreckage of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Embraer private jet has been cleared from the crash site, and the flight recorders have been recovered, but the metaphorical smoke has yet to clear in Moscow after the presumed death of the Wagner mercenary boss. We still do not know what brought

Analysis by Ivana Kottasová and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Yevgeny Prigozhin turned the Wagner Group from a shadowy band of mercenaries into a feared military powerhouse operating across multiple countries on three continents. Now that he is gone, the future of the group is anyone’s guess. The warlord is presumed dead after aviation authorities

Analysis by Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Nine months after Elon Musk reinstated Donald Trump’s account on the social network previously known as Twitter, the former president has returned to what was once his platform of choice for communicating with the country. The return of Trump – who used to be one of

CNN Analysis by Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Nine months after Elon Musk reinstated Donald Trump’s account on the social network previously known as Twitter, the former president has returned to what was once his platform of choice for communicating with the country. The return of Trump – who used to be one

Opinion by Neil J. Young (CNN) — Universal’s new live-action movie “Strays” tells the story of Reggie, a scruffy Border Terrier who has been abandoned by his lowlife, pothead owner Doug (Will Forte). Being a very good dog (is there any other kind?), Reggie, voiced by Will Ferrell, thinks at first that Doug is just

Opinion by Peniel E. Joseph (CNN) — No major civil rights legislation passed in 1963, but it was the most important year in the decade that transformed America. Monday, August 28, is the 60th anniversary of the historic March On Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Best remembered today for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have

Opinion by Michael Bociurkiw Johannesburg (CNN) — The BRICS bloc of emerging nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — this week more than doubled its membership, extending the welcome mat to cash-rich Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, outlier Iran, as well as Argentina, Egypt and Ethiopia. The move breathes new life

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