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Analysis by Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — Within minutes of President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement of Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth as his selection for secretary of Defense, current and former senior military commanders began messaging and calling me with their reactions. “Ridiculous,” said one. “An effing (euphemism inserted) nightmare,” said another. To

Analysis by Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — X competitor Bluesky rocketed to the No. 1 spot on the Apple App Store’s US chart this week, as many users of Elon Musk’s platform said they were decamping in the wake of his significant role in the US presidential election. Bluesky’s user base has doubled

Analysis by David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, will be taking on an official role to try to help President-elect Donald Trump make government more efficient. It will add yet another responsibility to an ever-growing to-do list for the increasingly distracted CEO and business leader. Musk, chief executive

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — The crypto industry, an institution founded on the principle of getting the government’s greedy hands off the people’s currency, is booming. The reason? They may have finally convinced the government to get its hands on bitcoin. See here: The price of bitcoin, the OG digital asset

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — On the heels of the general election last week, there’s another important vote on tap this Wednesday in Washington that will greatly impact what President-elect Donald Trump can accomplish during his four years in office: Republicans in the Senate will vote by secret ballot to choose a

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — It was a night of MAGA shock and awe that even Donald Trump’s most devoted fans might not have dreamed possible. But the president-elect’s blizzard of Cabinet and staff picks on Tuesday, each one more unorthodox than the last, only bolstered fears among his critics that his chaotic

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — It was a night of MAGA shock and awe that even Donald Trump’s most devoted fans might not have dreamed possible. But the president-elect’s blizzard of Cabinet and staff picks on Tuesday, each one more unorthodox than the last, only bolstered fears among his critics that his

Analysis by Mick Krever, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on a winning streak. From a low point in the aftermath of Hamas’ October 7 attack, his poll numbers have rebounded. He fired his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, who long threatened his coalition and whose attempted dismissal last year led to

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Lina Khan’s days at the helm of the Federal Trade Commission, where she has overseen billions of dollars worth of scuttled corporate tie-ups — and become a political lightning rod — are numbered. And Wall Street is salivating. As Donald Trump prepares to retake the White

Analysis by Ronald Brownstein, CNN (CNN) — The most impressive aspect of Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris last week was the uniformity of his gains across the electoral landscape. But paradoxically, the very magnitude of his gains may offer Democrats their best hope of recovery in the next few elections. The across-the-board

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is doing exactly what his sweeping election win entitled him to do by systematically building a governing team in his own hardline MAGA image. What may end up as the modern age’s most right-wing West Wing will target Washington elites and undocumented migrants, seek to shred

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is doing exactly what his sweeping election win entitled him to do by systematically building a governing team in his own hardline MAGA image. What may end up as the modern age’s most right-wing West Wing will target Washington elites and undocumented migrants, seek to

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Given his rhetoric demonizing undocumented immigrants and his promise to engage in mass deportations when he returns to the White House in January, it’s kind of shocking that deportations actually dropped in the four years Donald Trump was president. It’s also surprising that President Joe Biden’s administration

Analysis by Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — When Tom Homan left the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in 2018, he didn’t go far from Donald Trump’s administration – he joined Fox News as a paid contributor and used the platform to argue for aggressive border enforcement. Now, in a full circle moment,

Analysis by Dr. Jill Grimes, CNN (CNN) — Is it safe to drink alcohol while taking antidepressant medications? What about using weed? What will happen if I skip a dose of my medicine so I can drink at a party? Are any over-the-counter meds off-limits if I get sick? As a family physician focused on

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump is already flexing raw power, showing he may try to subvert Washington’s checks and balances and leaving foreign leaders scrambling to come to terms with his victory. Early signs from Mar-a-Lago, the Florida club and estate where Trump is building his new administration, suggest that

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump is already flexing raw power, showing he may try to subvert Washington’s checks and balances and leaving foreign leaders scrambling to come to terms with his victory. Early signs from Mar-a-Lago, the Florida club and estate where Trump is building his new administration, suggest

Analysis by Julia Vargas Jones, CNN (CNN) — Since President-elect Donald Trump’s political comeback on Tuesday, Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro and his supporters have celebrated his victory as their own. In many ways, nowhere has Trump’s political strategy been more rigorously mirrored than in Brazil. Reenergized, Bolsonaro’s base has set its sights on the

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump can claim a lot out of his 2024 election win: ► It’s a comeback for the ages for a president to go from a pariah after trying to overturn one election to president-elect after the next. ► A rightward shift in election results gives him

Analysis by Nick Paton Walsh (CNN) — It may be horrific and redefine the world order. Or it may be underwhelmingly bluster over substance. But US President-elect Donald Trump’s second term will certainly be disruptive. And even the most severe American isolationism – the greatest amount of doing little – will likely herald significant change.