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Analysis by Kara Alaimo, CNN (CNN) — Parents who stare at their screens instead of talking to their kids aren’t just modeling poor behavior — they could be hindering their children’s language development, a new study found. Parents who used screens more had children who used screens more — and those children had lower aptitude

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Ex-President Donald Trump is equivocating over the possibility of a second debate with Kamala Harris after his dud display in their first showdown prompted his team and conservative media allies to mount a frantic cleanup operation. It’s far too early to say whether the tangle in Philadelphia substantially

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Ex-President Donald Trump is equivocating over the possibility of a second debate with Kamala Harris after his dud display in their first showdown prompted his team and conservative media allies to mount a frantic cleanup operation. It’s far too early to say whether the tangle in Philadelphia

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — At least there’s one thing that’s sacred. In a show of unity that lasted barely longer than a moment of silence, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and ex-President Donald Trump suspended political hostilities and stood together at Ground Zero in Manhattan Tuesday, marking the 23rd anniversary

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — It was the Instagram endorsement read ‘round the world: Pop superstar Taylor Swift backs Kamala Harris for president. Swift’s post also directed her followers to register to vote. Swift’s support for Harris and voter registration will likely have some impact, but not as much as some would hope.

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, Ethan Cohen, Molly English and Matt Holt, CNN (CNN) — It’s not one election, but 51, that pick the US president. Every state and the District of Columbia has its own rules and deadlines for voting and for counting votes. The first voting officially was already supposed to be underway

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off on facts, dueled on policy and traded barbs during the presidential debate hosted by ABC News on Tuesday, in which Trump also veered off on a tangent about immigrants eating pets. Here are 27 quotes to

Analysis by Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average is supposed to represent the 30 companies that are cornerstones of the US economy, those whose success makes them stand out from their peers on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. For most of the last five years, that has

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — The battle over “founder mode” versus “manager mode” is one of those manufactured dramas that only a small segment of the world cares about — like going to Davos or Cannes or the Vanity Fair Oscar Party. But the debate raging within a tiny group of

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris in a virtual coin toss before their presidential debate – but that’s about all he won. From the opening moments Tuesday night, when the vice president strode over to Trump’s podium and all but forced him to shake her hand, she dictated the

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Apple is wedging AI into its phones like a new U2 album no one asked for. Whether you’re an Apple fangirl who has already reserved the $1,200 iPhone 16 Pro Max or a normie trapped in too many yearslong blue-bubble-only group chats, at some point soon

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris’ joyful campaign will Tuesday be hit by the blunt force of reality — a debate with Donald Trump — the most menacing political foe of modern times. The vice president transformed the 2024 election after President Joe Biden’s abject debate showing against Trump on CNN in

CNN By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris on Tuesday night faces a task unprecedented in modern political history. On the debate stage in Philadelphia, she will deliver both an opening argument – to the millions of voters who want to know more about her – and a closing argument – for her candidacy

Analysis by Ronald Brownstein, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris has so far largely avoided confronting Donald Trump on some of his most racially inflammatory policy proposals – even as she continues to underperform among the Hispanic and Black voters who could face the harshest consequences from the former president’s plans. Not calling out his ideas for the

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The world knows what kind of a debater former President Donald Trump is: loose with the facts, quick with an insult and confident to the extreme. But what about Vice President Kamala Harris? While her 2020 presidential campaign barely registered – she ended her campaign in December

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump limbered up for his debate with Kamala Harris by showing the extremism that risks playing into the vice president’s claim that he’s an “unserious man” who is an “extremely serious” threat if he’s returned to the White House. Trump warned he will jail election officials

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump limbered up for his debate with Kamala Harris by showing the extremism that risks playing into the vice president’s claim that he’s an “unserious man” who is an “extremely serious” threat if he’s returned to the White House. Trump warned he will jail election officials he

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump limbered up for his debate with Kamala Harris by showing the extremism that risks playing into the vice president’s claim that he’s an “unserious man” who is an “extremely serious” threat if he’s returned to the White House. Trump warned he will jail election officials

Analysis by Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — At a Fox News town hall on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump previewed some of the themes that we will likely hear more from him on the campaign trail and during his September 10 debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. Discussing the US southern border, Trump asserted that “more terrorists

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — With election season underway, you’re bound to hear from former President Donald Trump that an army of undocumented immigrants is trying to vote in the presidential election. You may hear from Democrats that GOP efforts to pass new voting laws is a form of voter suppression. Despite