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Analysis by Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Tesla had a stellar 2020: The electric car maker was added to the S&P 500 and the stock surged an electrifying 743%. But some investors have pulled the plug on the company lately. Tesla shares are nearly 25% below their all-time high set earlier in the year,

Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large The violent insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6 was a dark day in American history. The attempted rewriting of what actually happened that day — when more than 100 police officers were injured and five people died — by former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies

Opinion by Jack Turban and Jules Gill-Peterson Not long ago, Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene — who opposes passing the Equality Act, which would guarantee federal civil rights protections for LGBTQ Americans — hung a sign outside her office. Her sign read, “trust the science.” If only she — and like-minded others — would. One

Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN Almost 30 years after becoming the “new guy” in late-night TV, Conan O’Brien is closing that chapter of his life. And while the key players associated with his long, strange odyssey made out better than fine, that doesn’t mean the red-haired host wound up where he wanted to, or that

Opinion by Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst The two top officials in Afghanistan are meeting Friday with President Joe Biden at a moment when much of their country is in danger of being swallowed up by the Taliban. The meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, comes after a

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN President Joe Biden will validate a foundational pillar of his presidency on Thursday — a quest to court Republicans across Congress’ poisoned divides — if he signs off on a hard won bipartisan infrastructure deal. Biden’s patience seems to have delivered a Senate compromise on the issue that would cut

Analysis by Nic Robertson, International Diplomatic Editor Earlier this week, a lone Taliban gunman with a red skull cap and a rifle sauntered up to the gates of Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan’s fourth largest city, and snapped a selfie. The last time the Taliban controlled the city was 20 years ago, when they left hundreds of captives

Britney Spears asked a court to end her conservatorship, calling it “abusive” and saying she’s been traumatized. CNN’s Stephanie Elam reports.

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Opinion by Kara Alaimo On Wednesday, Britney Spears told a judge she’s “traumatized” and “angry” because she can’t make key decisions about her life and asked for a court-established conservatorship to be abolished. Under the conservatorship, her father, Jamie Spears, has exerted control over her personal life since 2013 (other than during a 2019 break

Opinion by Lincoln Mitchell As soon as the election returns started coming in Tuesday night in New York City, it was clear things had not gone well for mayoral candidate Andrew Yang. In the first round of rank choice voting tabulations, he finished a distant fourth — after having spent much of the winter and

Opinion by Ronald Zambrano Last month, Samuel Cassidy, a “disgruntled” employee, gunned down nine people at a San Jose Valley Transit Authority rail yard and then killed himself. His ex-wife told the Associated Press that Cassidy had talked about killing people at work and was viewed as unstable by his coworkers. An ex-girlfriend alleged in

Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large For the briefest of moments, Congress had what every middle schooler dreams of: rising popularity. And then, just like that, it was gone. Back in March, more than one-third of Americans (36%!) had a favorable view of Congress in Gallup polling. Which, by congressional standards, basically made them Zack

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN The post-reopening murder wave is about to become a major subject of conversation. Murders have gone up in 2021, and the summer — high season for homicide — is just getting started. This new societal crisis is already turning political: President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland announced

Opinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN Political Analyst Democrats are feeling the lure of “law and order.” President Joe Biden is set to deliver remarks Wednesday outlining his plan to reduce violent crime. And in New York City, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, a retired police officer, is leading in the Democratic primary. One of Adams’

Opinion by James Moore The state of Texas is lawsuit happy. Almost every time the White House or Congress institutes a law that Texas leadership doesn’t like, the state sues Washington, D.C. The suits, which often fail in federal court, are largely a waste of thousands of hours of time by state attorneys general and

Analysis by Lisa Respers France, CNN When the world thinks “troubled” Britney Spears, the paparazzi captured images of her with a shaved head, attacking a photographer’s vehicle with an umbrella in 2007 probably come to mind. But there was another moment, again captured by a crush of photographers, that is, perhaps, more troubling. The time

Opinion by Lisa Kaltenegger The news that we’ll soon have an unclassified report sent to Congress on “unidentified aerial phenomena” — commonly known as “UFOs” — has sparked widespread interest in the search for life in the universe. Might there be civilizations out there? Could there be technologically advanced extraterrestrials? If so, how can we

Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large Even as Donald Trump continues to stoke insane conspiracy theories about how he will be “reinstated” as president this summer, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is actively positioning himself to be the rightful heir to Trumpism in 2024. The latest evidence came earlier this week, when he signed three bills

Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large Here’s the paragraph you need to read today: “With each passing day away from Washington, former President Donald Trump’s grievances continue unabated. And those complaints appear to be driving away two of the people who were closest to him during his White House tenure: his daughter Ivanka Trump and