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CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Deep into his ranting news conference on Thursday, former President Donald Trump told a truth that explained everything : “I’m very angry at her.” He was referring to Vice President Kamala Harris, whose late entry into the general election race has left him bitter, disoriented, and mourning the loss of

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — This morning, economists got something they’ve been waiting three years for: an absolute snooze-fest of an inflation report. “To be honest, this was probably the dullest CPI we’ve had in a long while,” wrote Bloomberg senior editor Chris Anstey. “Which of course is what the Fed wants.” “Tame.”

Analysis by David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — The new school year is already beginning where the last one ended: In turmoil. The resignation of Columbia President Minouche Shafik Wednesday was shocking, not because it was unexpected – it was a surprise that she survived so long, considering the mounting pressure on her to step down

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump showed up in battleground North Carolina for a big speech on the economy – and one of his unhinged rallies broke out. But amid the insults, trash talk, rage and lies, the former president blundered into the thing he’d been seeking for days: a strategy to

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump showed up in battleground North Carolina for a big speech on the economy – and one of his unhinged rallies broke out. But amid the insults, trash talk, rage and lies, the former president blundered into the thing he’d been seeking for days: a strategy

Analysis by Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — The mood in Lebanon’s restive capital has darkened in the two weeks since Israel’s July 30 attack in southern Beirut that killed Iran-backed Hezbollah’s top commander Fu’ad Shukr and four civilians. The city woke up the next morning to find that another Iran-supported official, Hamas’ political

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Buying a house — the most expensive purchase of your life — fundamentally sucks. The industry that facilitates real estate transactions is far more vast and opaque than most people expect when they decide to begin the buying process. And you don’t have any choice but

Analysis by Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The United States and Europe are racing to narrow China’s commanding lead in clean energy technologies, throwing subsidies at local manufacturers and hiking tariffs on Chinese imports in a strikingly protectionist turn. China’s dominance in clean energy supply chains presents a conundrum for governments trying to green

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Voters keep telling pollsters that their economic insecurities are the biggest issue in the 2024 election. So, it’s a knock on both parties that none of their candidates have yet found a decisive way to address those fears. But both nominees will make new attempts to convince Americans

Analysis by Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Nearly two years after Elon Musk bought Twitter and turned it into X, the billionaire is leveraging its power as a source of real-time news for millions of users to try to sway the outcome of the 2024 presidential election in favor of former President Donald Trump.

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The world’s richest man and its once-and-possibly future most powerful man agreed on almost everything. Tech titan Elon Musk threw open his X platform on Monday night, offering Donald Trump a pipeline free of fact checks for his falsehoods, conspiracy theories and extremism as he tries to

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The world’s richest man and its once-and-possibly future most powerful man agreed on almost everything. Tech titan Elon Musk threw open his X platform on Monday night, offering Donald Trump a pipeline free of fact checks for his falsehoods, conspiracy theories and extremism as he tries to slow

Analysis by Ronald Brownstein, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris has quickly erased several of the advantages Donald Trump enjoyed over Joe Biden when it comes to the key personal attributes voters prize in a president. But the most formidable personal quality voters see in the former president – his perceived strength – still looms as

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — One of the problems with tech is that it can be really good at narcing. And I don’t mean in the scary Big Brother Thought Police kinda way, more in the lawful evil sense of forcing us to pay for things we used to get for

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s campaign, which has whiffed in its early attacks on Kamala Harris’ new presidential campaign, will grapple this week for a more effective foothold after the vice president transformed an election of stunning surprises. The ex-president has deployed some of his most trusted political tools — targeting

Analysis by Donie O’Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — If I was trying to blend in, it wasn’t working. It was October 2020 – the height of Covid – and I was one of the only people wearing a facemask at a meeting in a drab windowless hotel conference room in Scottsdale, Arizona. One attendee, dressed in

Analysis by Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Putin fixed the commander in chief of Russia’s military, General Valery Gerasimov, with a cold stare and a look of exasperation. The video, released Wednesday by the Kremlin, showed the Russian president was not happy with news from the southern region of Kursk. At that moment, hundreds of Ukrainian troops,

Analysis by Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — For a few hours on Wednesday evening, tension pulsed through Britain’s streets. Shops and businesses closed early in dozens of cities and towns, boarding up their storefronts and getting out. Police descended on high streets and residential roads, and locals showed up too, ready for the worst.

Opinion By Jane Greenway Carr, CNN (CNN) — Who were we before our culture was defined by the internet? For many of us, that question is impossible to answer (you can pry our phones out of our cold dead fingers, thanks). And for others, the culture part was different pre-internet, perhaps better or more indelible,

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden had banked on June’s presidential debate turning around a race that was slipping away from him. Now, Donald Trump may be laying a similar bet after reversing himself by agreeing to debate on ABC next month as his new Democratic opponent enjoys surging momentum.