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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

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s day trip to an Atlanta jail Thursday will show that the defining moments of the 2024 election are more likely to happen in the courtroom than in campaign trail rituals like the presidential debate that he cold-shouldered. The idea that the front-runner for a major party

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — If it wasn’t clear why the Republican Party selected Fox News to host the first pair of its presidential primary debates, perhaps it made a little more sense after watching the first two-hour melee Wednesday night. The debate had all the hallmarks of the right-wing channel’s programming, with

Opinion by CNN contributors (CNN) — CNN Opinion asked our political contributors to weigh on the first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 season. The views expressed in these commentaries are their own. SE Cupp: Nikki Haley promised generational change and delivered Back on February 14, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announced her run for

Analysis by Jessie Yeung and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a failed uprising against the Kremlin exactly two months ago, was on board a plane that crashed on Wednesday, according to Russian officials – raising questions as to exactly how the disaster occurred. The crash took place northwest of

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — To hear executives at some of America’s biggest retailers tell it, consumers are strained for cash and buying less stuff, in a troubling sign of a slowing economy. That’s only half true. The consumer appetite that kept the US economy afloat through the worst of the

Opinion by Allison Hope (CNN) — The pernicious force of anti-LGBTQ hate isn’t only a threat to those who identify as LGBTQ. The devastating killing of Laura Ann “Lauri” Carleton, 66, of Cedar Glen, California, was a tragic reminder of this harsh truth. Police said suspected shooter Travis Ikeguchi, 27, killed Carleton after an argument

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — It all but sank his presidential campaign in 2011 when former Texas Gov. Rick Perry forgot one of the three federal agencies he had promised to erase. “Oops,” he said, during the Republican presidential primary debate, drawing a blank on live TV. Perry, oddly enough, was appointed

Opinion by Leroy Chiao (CNN) — There are many reasons why nations create and continue civil space programs. Some hope to advance their civilian efforts in science and technology, others seek to expand their technical workforce, and still others are seeking a way to motivate the next generation of young workers. Since the dawn of

CNN By Zachary Cohen, Paula Reid, Marshall Cohen and Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — Three of Donald Trump’s key election lawyers, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and Jenna Ellis, surrendered Wednesday on charges in the Georgia election subversion case. The scene of Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and a notable former federal prosecutor, walking