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Analysis by Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — Right-wing populists are set to make unprecedented gains in the elections to the European Parliament taking place next month. As European officials brace for a new-look parliament, there are growing concerns that the 27-nation bloc could become more vulnerable to adversarial states seeking to do the union harm. Polling data suggests that far-right

Opinion by Norman Eisen (CNN) — Friday was a relatively low-key day in the Manhattan criminal trial of former President Donald Trump, as prosecutors offered a series of additional witnesses for putting documents and records into evidence and we await the testimony of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen on Monday. I thought I would take advantage of the relative lull

Opinion by Bill Carter (CNN) — Apple is apologizing: that ad for the new iPad Pro with the all-powerful hydraulic press squeezing every element of culture and human experience into one wafer-thin device may have been a tad ill thought out. The ad, set to an old Sonny and Cher song, “All I Ever Need

Opinion by Fareed Zakaria (CNN) — When President Joe Biden made clear that he was going to run for reelection, I had a sense of what his election strategy was and thought it was an intelligent path to victory. After the chaos of Covid-19 and the administration of former President Donald Trump, Biden would stand for normalcy and a rising

Opinion by Kara Alaimo (CNN) — This Mother’s Day, HeyMama, a community for working moms, is calling on moms to add the title of “mother” to our resumes by including it on our LinkedIn titles and openly explaining career gaps due to caregiving in the hiring process. They’re right to tell us to do so. If all of us

Analysis by Krystal Hur, 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. Investors are grappling with a painful reality check: The

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. Big Tech is racing to address the stream of A.I.-generated images inundating social media platforms before the machine-crafted renderings further contaminate

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — If Joe Biden wins a second term later this year, he will have defied one of the most complex political environments for a president seeking reelection in years. At home and abroad, he is facing the kind of headwinds that would normally cast severe doubt on his chances

Analysis by Dana Bash, CNN (CNN) — Jack Quinn, former White House counsel and powerhouse Washington, DC, lawyer and influencer, passed away Wednesday at the age of 74. That is the obituary headline of a man who used his wonderful life to make a difference in American politics and public policy. A New York-born son of a power plant manager and

Opinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — News that third-party presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. suffered from a parasitic worm in his brain prompted a wide range of responses this week — from shock to disbelief — in what has already been one of the most unusual presidential races in recent history. But more important than the details

CNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers continued their attack on the credibility of Stormy Daniels for several hours on Thursday, with defense attorney Susan Necheles accusing the adult film star of making up the story of having sex with Trump to make money. Daniels

Opinion by Norman Eisen (CNN) — On day 14 of the Manhattan criminal trial of former President Donald Trump, the defense took a gamble in launching a scorched-earth cross-examination of Stormy Daniels — a considerable intensification Thursday that went well-beyond the initial questioning of Daniels that Trump’s lawyer Susan Necheles capably began on Tuesday. The

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf (CNN) — It is not news that former President Donald Trump wants to hit rewind on President Joe Biden’s climate policy. What is news is how far Trump may go. There’s new reporting in The Washington Post that Trump, during a meeting at Mar-a-Lago, asked oil executives to raise $1

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Washington (CNN) — US-Israel relations have reached a critical crossroads that shows that even President Joe Biden’s staunch support can reach its limits when it starts to conflict with wider American national security and moral interests — and his own dicey political position. Biden’s warning in a CNN interview that

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Washington (CNN) — US-Israel relations have reached a critical crossroads that shows that even President Joe Biden’s staunch support can reach its limits when it starts to conflict with wider American national security and moral interests — and his own dicey political position. Biden’s warning in an interview with

Analysis by Nathan Hodge, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin presided over a pared-back Victory Day parade Thursday, showcasing his country’s unity and resolve to continue the war on Ukraine. But the martial celebrations also obscured simmering tensions inside the Kremlin and within Russian society. At first glance, this year’s parade in Red Square was the

Opinion by Beth Akers, Preston Cooper and Joe Pitts (CNN) — The Biden administration recently announced its most ambitious attempt yet at student debt forgiveness. Taken together with the series of initiatives the administration has already pushed forward, the new plans promise to reduce or eliminate student debt for more than 30 million borrowers. Unfortunately, the debt-cancellation campaign fails to address the underlying problems

Opinion by Rosa Prince London (CNN) — Former US President Donald Trump seems to be going out of his way this week to try to divert the public’s attention, and many of us can guess why. “I can’t believe that New York City is instituting Congestion Pricing, where everyone has to pay a fortune for

Analysis by Krystal Hur, 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. Consumers may be fed up with high prices at

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. Rupert Murdoch might not be flexing for the cameras, but he did just quietly demonstrate the power he still wields inside the Republican