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Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN If the expansive voting rights bill suffocated in the Senate on Tuesday was the most critical defense of American democracy in decades, it seems odd that a President who put that very goal at the core of his administration didn’t do more to pass it. The bill was seen by

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer spoke on the Senate floor moments after Republicans voted in unison to not open debate on the Democrats’ signature voting rights and election bill, saying saying GOP opposition was “indefensible.”

Opinion by Michael D’Antonio Watch out, Holy Bible! Step aside, Don Quixote! Former President Donald Trump says he’s writing “the book of all books.” Despites his attempts to build hype, obstacles loom. The first is that he’s likely to be the least reliable narrator since Patrick Bateman in “American Psycho.” And that was a work

Opinion by Heather Brandon-Smith and Diana Ohlbaum These days, getting Democrats and Republicans — Congress and the President — to agree on anything meaningful seems like a pipe dream. But now there is a rapidly growing consensus throughout Washington on one important matter: the constitutional responsibility of Congress to decide when — and if —

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN Efforts to update the way Americans vote in local elections were met in New York with some grousing, while efforts to streamline the way Americans vote in federal elections were blocked in Washington. Confused New Yorkers are trying an experiment in ranked choice voting as a fraction of the

Opinion by Barbara Arnwine, William J. Barber II, Penda Hair, Jesse Jackson Sr. Tuesday’s party-line vote in the US Senate to kill debate on the For the People Act certified the modern Republican Party as officially anti-voting rights. Because many Republicans do not believe they can win national elections when every eligible American votes, they

Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large Donald Trump continues to openly discuss the possibility that he will be reinstated as president, dangerously fomenting the false belief among his followers that this wild conspiracy theory is something other than a total and complete fantasy. In an interview with David Brody for Just the News’ “Water Cooler”

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Can anybody fly a plane? Everything is opening at the same time and people are desperate to travel. As concerts resume, theme parks open, families reunite, lovers tie the knot and stir-crazy Americans dream of vacation, airlines that had to hurriedly recommission fleets are struggling to keep up: American Airlines

By Ruth Ben-Ghiat “It’s a fragile time for our democracy,” said US Rep. Eric Swalwell, disclosing earlier this month that the Department of Justice had secretly seized his communications records in 2017, when he was on a congressional committee investigating then-president Donald Trump’s ties to Russia. Rep. Adam Schiff, also on the committee, received the

Analysis by Luke McGee, CNN Lawmakers from the UK’s governing Conservative party are being accused of weaponizing inequalities in the country’s education system to stoke a culture war. The House of Commons education committee published a report on Tuesday entitled: “The forgotten: how White working-class pupils have been let down, and how to change it.”

Analysis by Luiz Romero In 2000, when the internet in Brazil was still in its infancy, an email with an alarming message about the Amazon went viral. It claimed that the United States and the United Nations had taken the forest from Brazilians and transformed it into a protected area — a falsehood, but one

Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large Pro football is, by far, America’s favorite sport. The ratings for NFL games dominate the most-watched show in any given week, month or year — and even the NFL draft has become a must-see television spectacular. The ubiquity of football in the culture — from its stars making TV

Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large On Tuesday night, the “For the People” Act will fail. There is a 0% chance that the sweeping election reform package pushed by Democratic leaders in the House and Senate in response to the moves in a series of Republican-controlled states to make it more difficult to vote will

Analysis by Christine Romans, CNN Business Johnny Paycheck sang “Take this job and shove it” in 1977. Today, it may well be the mantra for the post-Covid workforce. Getting “back to normal” in the American jobs market won’t cut it for everyone. Especially in retail and hospitality, where “normal” was an army of low-wage workers

Opinion by Keith Magee A short while ago, my little boy told me something that shattered my world. I had been preparing breakfast for him, watching the early morning sunlight dappling his head, bent in concentration over the card he was busy making. Our companiable hush was only broken when he enquired how to spell

Analysis by Ronald Brownstein The huge voter turnout over the past three elections could scramble the usual dynamics of midterm voting — potentially providing Democrats their best chance to avoid losses next year that could cost them control of the House, the Senate or both. The president’s party has almost always lost ground in the

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN America is heading into a best of times, worst of times summer as the longed-for promise of deliverance from Covid-19 is tempered by spasms of violent crime, economic false starts and unexpected obstacles on the road to freedom. Things are demonstrably better. A 300 million vaccine effort gave many their

Opinion by Jill Filipovic As ranked-choice voting rolls out in New York City, there are some hiccups. While the process of ranked-choice voting is fairly straightforward, friends and acquaintances tell me that figuring out how to rank very similar candidates is not. Some reflections that came up: “Overwhelming,” counterproductive for smaller down-ballot races, and generally

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) got an earful from voters while attending a Juneteenth rally. Johnson told reporters that the boos were “not how you heal the nation,” and added: “You come down here and try to interact with people and be nice to people. But this isn’t very nice, is it?”

Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson has been an outlier in his swing state for much of the last several years. While the state has been closely contested — Joe Biden narrowly beat Donald Trump in the Badger State in 2020 — Johnson has carved out space as one of Trump’s