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Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump confounded members of Congress and flipped the government spending debate on its head when he demanded a premature increase to the debt ceiling on “Biden’s watch” rather than his own. He doubled down on his call in a Truth Social post overnight Friday, calling

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — America is hours away from a holiday season government shutdown courtesy of Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Everyone knew the president-elect and his new super-disrupter buddy were going to cause havoc in Washington. But no one thought they’d manage it even before the 47th president is sworn

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Since the election, it’s been Christmas morning for the crypto faithful. After years of complaining that digital assets have been unfairly constrained by hostile regulators who just don’t get it, the industry now can look forward to an American president openly plugging their products and installing

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — America is hours away from a holiday season government shutdown courtesy of Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Everyone knew the president-elect and his new super-disrupter buddy were going to cause havoc in Washington. But no one thought they’d manage it even before the 47th president is sworn in.

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Needless to say, two billionaires who don’t currently hold elected office aren’t really supposed to be calling the shots for Congress, but that’s where Americans

Analysis by Hadas Gold, CNN New York (CNN) — During the Army-Navy football game over the weekend, Elon Musk posted a photo of the giant screen perched over the field showing four faces in focus. President-elect Donald Trump, Vice President-elect JD Vance, and Musk looking toward the camera. In the background, looking down, was House

Analysis by Saskya Vandoorne, CNN (CNN) — It’s the landmark trial that has upended French society and prompted some deep soul searching about sexual violence and consent: the Pelicot mass rape case. Many have called it a socio-cultural earthquake, a reckoning on France’s systemic problem with women. At the epicenter of the trial are 51

Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald and David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump’s favorite barometer of his success — the stock market — had been humming since his reelection. Business-friendly promises of deregulation and tax cuts got investors excited with anticipation of unlocked profit and easy money. And then reality set in this

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — The ABC defamation settlement with Donald Trump, which has emboldened the president-elect in his crusade against outlets he dislikes and outraged journalists across the industry, was a decision that reportedly came down to one man: Bob Iger, the formidable CEO of the Walt Disney Company. According

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Welcome to the new Washington of Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The president-elect and the world’s richest man combined Wednesday to smash a short-term spending compromise orchestrated by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to keep the government open until early in Trump’s new term. The stop-gap measure is

CNN By Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN (CNN) — Facing intense pressure of the federal government potentially shutting down within days and disaster aid coffers that need replenishment, lawmakers are racing to cobble together a temporary government funding plan after President-elect Donald Trump torpedoed their last package on Wednesday. The now-dead agreement would have

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump isn’t only busy getting ready to return to the White House. He’s also engaged in a multi-front war with media organizations. ABC News settled one lawsuit brought by Trump right before he filed another against the Des Moines Register and its parent company. There’s

CBC-NEWS, CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is stoking political mayhem in Canada by intensifying a crisis that threatens to oust Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The president-elect’s bullying of an embattled political foe, whom he mocks as the governor of the 51st state in an insult to America’s loyal northern neighbor,

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Part of the deal with being a CEO is that you’re never off the clock, you get blamed for everything that goes wrong and you have no control over the outside forces that can absolutely wreck your business. But in exchange, you get a fat paycheck

Analysis by Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was created during the Great Depression to restore trust in a financial system shaken by the failure of thousands of banks. Today, during a time of distrust in government, the FDIC stands apart in the alphabet soup of bank regulators

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is stoking political mayhem in Canada by intensifying a crisis that threatens to oust Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The president-elect’s bullying of an embattled political foe, whom he mocks as the governor of the 51st state in an insult to America’s loyal northern neighbor, is a

Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Jamie Dimon, head of America’s largest bank, JPMorgan Chase — and commonly referred to as the ‘president of Wall Street’ — spent much of this past year warning that there’s an elevated risk that the US experiences 1970s-esque stagflation, which is when economic growth stagnates while

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf and Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — More than 150 million Americans cast ballots for president in November, but it’s 538 electors who actually elect the president when they meet in state capitols every four years. That archaic process, known as the Electoral College, has endured multiple repeal efforts and one

Analysis by Allison Morrow and David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Another day, another enigmatic billionaire turning up at Mar-a-Lago to pump up the Donald Trump brand as the president-elect prepares to return to the White House. ICYMI: On Monday, Japanese investor Masayoshi Son joined Trump to announce a $100 billion investment in US

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is having the time of his life. “In this term, everybody wants to be my friend,” the president-elect said at his Mar-a-Lago resort Monday, relishing the outpouring of deference from foreign leaders, CEOs and Republican powerbrokers as he readies his second term. Since winning last month’s