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CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump used his day off from a criminal trial related to a past election to cast a dark, familiar shadow over the next one. The presumptive GOP nominee declined to say if he’d accept the result of his White House race with President Joe Biden in

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump used his day off from a criminal trial related to a past election to cast a dark, familiar shadow over the next one. The presumptive GOP nominee declined to say if he’d accept the result of his White House race with President Joe Biden in November,

Opinion by Patrick T. Brown (CNN) — College quads have been turned into tent cities, university buildings have been taken over by groups of students unfurling banners supporting intifada, and campus protests are pockmarked with calls for violence and antisemitism across the country. This gives Republicans an easy argument to make about why voters shouldn’t

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — It is rare to get major presidential candidates – on either side of the political aisle – outside the confines of prepared remarks, stump speeches and friendly audiences, so it’s worth paying attention when they actually take detailed questions. Former President Donald Trump gave such a rare

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — It is rare to get major presidential candidates – on either side of the political aisle – outside the confines of prepared remarks, stump speeches and friendly audiences, so it’s worth paying attention when they actually take detailed questions. Former President Donald Trump gave such a

Opinion by Sara Stewart (CNN) — This essay contains some spoilers for “Baby Reindeer.” The Netflix hit “Baby Reindeer” has taken the world by storm with its nuanced, painfully honest portrayal of one man’s experience of stalking and abuse. In a rich irony, an alarming number of viewers have responded by ham-handedly hunting down and harassing the show’s supposed

Opinion by Quinn Mitchell (CNN) — I live in a New England community where town hall meetings foster open dialogue — anyone can openly participate and inquire into public issues. If answers aren’t satisfactory, the audience can ask more questions. Yet I’ve watched presidential candidates dodge and weave through straightforward questions with answers that never

Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Before “The Truman Show” hit theaters or “Big Brother” turned George Orwell’s “1984” concept into a TV show, there was Nasubi, the unlikely (and unwitting) centerpiece of a cruel Japanese game show called “Denpa Shonen.” That strange story, and the road map it provided for the current age

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. Wednesday’s Federal Reserve policy decision was fairly boring for

Opinion by Deborah Tuerkheimer (CNN) — When a Manhattan jury found movie mogul Harvey Weinstein guilty of sex crimes in 2020, the verdict seemed to herald a new era of accountability. The #MeToo movement was in full swing, and even the most powerful of men were being prosecuted for the kind of abuse that had long eluded punishment. Last week’s 4-3

Opinion by David A. Andelman Paris (CNN) — I’ve been an on-again, off-again resident of France for some 44 years, at times quite permanently, more often peripatetically, always in the same building around the corner from the Musée d’Orsay and directly across the Seine from the Tuileries. We were never really forced to make a choice whether it

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Dramatic campus protests are injecting an inflammatory new element into an election year that is already threatening to stretch national unity to a breaking point. Tensions spiked late Tuesday following an operation by New York Police Department surge teams to reclaim the Columbia University campus from pro-Palestinian demonstrators

Opinion by Jill Filipovic (CNN) — One thing you might think abortion rights advocates and opponents could agree on would be extending workplace protections to pregnant workers, postpartum workers and those who have just undergone pregnancy-related medical procedures. Even after Roe v. Wade was overturned, a law doing just that was passed with bipartisan support. Despite

Opinion by Norman Eisen (CNN) — Tuesday morning brought one of the most striking moments yet in the Manhattan criminal trial of former President Donald Trump, proceedings that have already been packed with consequential developments. In a low-key manner, Justice Juan Merchan delivered a high-impact message to Trump: that he was in contempt of court.

Opinion by David M. Perry and Matthew Gabriele (CNN) — In recent days, protests by college students against Israel’s actions in the ongoing war in Gaza have popped up across the country. They are a complicated national phenomenon, like all protest movements containing multitudes of attitudes, personalities, agendas and reactions. But what holds our attention as historians is how surprised some people have been to see college

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. Nowadays, it’s anyone’s guess when the Federal Reserve will begin

By Cristian Arroyo-Santiago, CNN (CNN) — If you’re a self-identified Hispanic or Latino, or a Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) person in the US, chances are that every 10 years answering the Census gives you pause. More specifically, you might have been challenged to answer the race question, which, at least until the last Census in

Analysis by Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index surged more than 7% in April as the best-performing major index in the world. It’s now heading into a bull market, rebounding nearly 20% from its January low. The rebound marks a sharp turnaround after a weak start to 2024 and

Opinion by Norman Eisen (CNN) — Welcome to week two of the Trump 2016 election interference trial. Last week was dominated by the drama of star witness David Pecker, the former National Enquirer publisher who brought to life for the jury the “catch-and-kill” schemes that prosecutors say were intended to benefit Trump’s campaign. But after he

Analysis by Hanna Ziady and Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The United Kingdom does not feed itself, relying heavily on the European Union for fresh fruit and vegetables. That dependency has changed little since Britain left the bloc in 2020, and could now mean more pain for consumers and small businesses. Tuesday marks the