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Analysis by Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Beijing has launched its most ambitious plan yet to rescue its property market, a development that investors have eagerly anticipated for months. But it’s far from certain that the measures will work. The package is centered around Beijing’s adoption of a policy that has already been

Opinion by Norman Eisen (CNN) — The biggest drama in the trial of former President Donald Trump on Monday came not, as expected, in the cross-examination of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. His testimony wrapped without any moments approaching the significance of last week’s defense hits on the star witness. Instead, the most dramatic moments

CNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The defense rested its case in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial on Tuesday after roughly 90 minutes of testimony – and without the former president taking the stand. Trump’s attorneys called two witnesses: a paralegal who entered phone records into evidence

Opinion by Anna Sauerbrey Berlin (CNN) — It’s 9.00 a.m. on a Sunday morning in early Spring, and we are waiting for the kids to come out onto the soccer field. Some of us are holding coffee cups. We have all gotten up early to take our fourth and fifth graders to this south-eastern district of

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Twelve New Yorkers are on deck. As Donald Trump’s first criminal trial races toward its climax, his attorneys are previewing how they will beseech a jury next week to spare their client the shame of being the first ex-president to be convicted of a crime. On a wild

Opinion by Frida Ghitis (CNN) — The official tone from state-controlled Iranian media was grave and mournful on Sunday night as searchers struggled to reach the wreckage of the helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi, 63, and other top officials after it crashed into the mountains in blinding fog. Occasionally, however, celebratory fireworks streaked into the sky, a reminder that

CNN Opinion by Frida Ghitis (CNN) — The official tone from state-controlled Iranian media was grave and mournful on Sunday night as searchers struggled to reach the wreckage of the helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi, 63, and other top officials after it crashed into the mountains in blinding fog. Occasionally, however, celebratory fireworks streaked into the sky, a reminder

Opinion by Mark Zandi (CNN) — The outcome of the presidential election isn’t likely to hinge on abortion, immigration or even climate change. It is likely to depend, instead, on the price of gasoline in the leadup to the vote. The average nationwide price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas is currently $3.59 per gallon. This is about

Analysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. Markets rallied to new record highs last week and

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The biggest questions as Donald Trump’s first criminal trial resumes Monday are whether his attorneys have destroyed the credibility of star witness Michael Cohen — and how much of the damage prosecutors can fix. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee is due back in court amid clear signs the

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A powerful storm system is barreling through the Central US with reports of baseball-sized hail in Kansas and Oklahoma. Hundreds of thousands are also without power in Texas as triple-digit heat follows a pattern of violent weather in the South. Here’s what else you need to know to Get

Opinion by Douglas Heye (CNN) — After a dinner for Harvard’s Institute of Politics earlier this year, Alice Stewart suggested we have a glass of wine. Alice was a member of the senior advisory committee at the institute, but politics never came up. Instead, we caught up on life. We talked about running, including marathons

Analysis by Tim Lister (CNN) — Divisions and disagreements within the Israeli cabinet on the conduct and priorities of the war against Hamas have simmered since the onset of the crisis. Now they’ve boiled over, revealing a new level of public vitriol – as well as an ultimatum from one of three members of the

Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — “Lying is universal — we all do it,” Mark Twain wrote in 1880. But to lie well is a skill that should be “taught in the public schools — even in the newspapers.” That would level the playing field, Twain archly observed: “What chance has the ignorant uncultivated liar against

CNN Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — “Lying is universal — we all do it,” Mark Twain wrote in 1880. But to lie well is a skill that should be “taught in the public schools — even in the newspapers.” That would level the playing field, Twain archly observed: “What chance has the ignorant uncultivated liar

Analysis by Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. Americans with deep pockets have played a growing role in

Opinion by Alan Rusbridger (CNN) — Imagine this. A determined American journalist, let’s call her Gillian, is sleuthing away at a story about India’s nuclear weapons program. But there’s a problem: the Indian Official Secrets Act of 1923. Though Gillian is based in London, when she finally gets to publish her story, the Indian government is

Opinion by Stacy Schneider (CNN) — The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office made a significant tactical error announcing they were resting their case after calling Michael Cohen as their final witness in the Donald Trump hush money trial. But it’s not because Cohen, a convicted felon and disbarred lawyer, was a bad witness. He actually did pretty well

Opinion by Jamal Simmons (CNN) — In anticipation of President Joe Biden’s commencement address at Morehouse College on Sunday, Michael Levesque, executive director of the school’s alumni association, invited me to lead a town hall style discussion with current students, faculty, alumni and members of the Board of Trustees last week. Two days before White

CNN Opinion by Jamal Simmons (CNN) — In anticipation of President Joe Biden’s commencement address at Morehouse College on Sunday, Michael Levesque, executive director of the school’s alumni association, invited me to lead a town hall style discussion with current students, faculty, alumni and members of the Board of Trustees last week. Two days before