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Opinion by Norman Eisen (CNN) — It’s hard to imagine two more different days at trial than Monday’s dry but necessary accounting evidence and Tuesday’s consistently gripping — and at times lurid and even out of control — testimony from Stormy Daniels. This long-awaited witness in the Manhattan criminal trial of former President Donald Trump

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — “The People Call Stormy Daniels.” It was the moment that Donald Trump’s hush money trial — bogged down in recent days in dreary testimony about accounting — roared back to life on Tuesday. A former president — who could find himself back behind the Oval Office desk

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Disney managed a rare feat for a legacy media company: Its streaming service actually turned a profit — with some caveats. But Wall Street still wasn’t satisfied, sending shares down more than 9%. It was Disney’s worst stock trading day in 18 months. See here: Disney

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The political rawness of the moment, as Israel pounds Gaza and outrage rocks American college campuses, means President Joe Biden’s big speech Tuesday condemning antisemitism is most notable for what he left unsaid. The president denounced hate against Jews, which has occurred at some college protests, called out

Opinion By Kara Alaimo (CNN) — When older women patients are treated by women doctors, they are less likely to die or be readmitted to the hospital than when treated by male doctors, according to a study of patients age 65 and older recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. While the differences were

Opinion by Jill Filipovic (CNN) — You’re walking through the woods alone. What would you rather encounter: A man or a bear? That question has gone viral on social media, as woman after woman says: bear. Bears, after all, kill and assault far fewer people than men. And these answers have predictably stirred up a response (what on social

Opinion by Frida Ghitis (CNN) — During a recent visit to the student encampment at Columbia University, Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota made what she may have thought was an enlightened statement. “We should not have to tolerate antisemitism or bigotry for all Jewish students,” she declared, “whether they are pro-genocide or anti-genocide.” Omar, whose daughter was arrested in the protests,

Opinion by Garry Kasparov and Ben Hodges (CNN) — “Better late than never” is probably a poor operating principle for the US government. But it was in this spirit that Congress finally passed essential aid to frontline US allies in Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after months of delay. The fight to get the nearly $61

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — In the spring of 2021, you might have heard about a small investment firm with an odd name, Archegos, that imploded practically overnight and left big Wall Street banks sweating over billions of dollars in losses. Then again, you might have been too busy scheduling your

Opinion by Holly Thomas (CNN) — It feels weird to begin a complimentary piece about Anne Hathaway by saying I didn’t especially enjoy her latest movie, but here goes. “The Idea of You” isn’t bad, it’s just not my thing. Hathaway’s character, Solène Marchand, is turning 40. She’s “built a community around art and inclusiveness,” as a guest at

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. Americans saved quite a bit of money during the

Analysis by Anna Cooban and Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Two of Europe’s biggest oil companies, Shell and TotalEnergies, are considering abandoning their stock exchanges for Wall Street in a move that would deal a hammer blow to London and Paris. Britain’s Shell (SHEL) is the second-largest company on London’s FTSE 100 index, representing

Analysis by Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — In the seven-decade history of Eurovision, it’s unlikely that a three-word slogan has been repeated so readily by the song contest’s extravagant contestants, tireless organizers or cagey media managers: The world, they insist, can be “United by Music.” But Malmo, the Swedish city hosting the kitsch cultural phenomenon

Analysis by Ronald Brownstein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is facing more critical moments this week that will test his fraught relationship with his base over Israel’s war in Gaza and potentially widen the partisan split about the Jewish state that has been building for years. Long before the current conflict, polls showed that

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump and the judge presiding over his hush money trial are staring each other down with profound implications for the former president, the coming election and the rule of law in the United States. Juan Merchan is now closer than any judge in American history to putting

Opinion by Norman Eisen (CNN) — After opening with some gag order drama in which former President Donald Trump got found in contempt for the 10th time, his hush money trial in Judge Juan Merchan’s courtroom entered a new and important phase Monday, starting with the appearance of former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney. In the first

CNN Opinion by Dean Obeidallah (CNN) — At the Republican National Committee’s annual retreat this weekend, former President Donald Trump took the stage to a recording of the national anthem sung by the “J6 Prison Choir,” whose members were incarcerated for taking part in a violent effort to keep Trump in power following his loss in the 2020 election.

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — It’s easy to compare former President Donald Trump’s search for a running mate to his old TV show, “The Apprentice,” in which would-be businesspeople contestants hoped to hear him say, “You’re hired!” But considering how the winner of Trump’s last vice presidential search ultimately had to flee

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — It’s easy to compare former President Donald Trump’s search for a running mate to his old TV show, “The Apprentice,” in which would-be businesspeople contestants hoped to hear him say, “You’re hired!” But considering how the winner of Trump’s last vice presidential search ultimately had to

Opinion by Casey Michel (CNN) — On Monday, for the first time in American history, a sitting senator is going on trial for allegedly conspiring to act as a foreign agent. The trial centers on the allegations swirling around New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, who faces a range of accusations about his connections to Egypt and Qatar. Earlier this month, Rep. Henry Cuellar of