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Analysis by David Goldman and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris has picked up the baton from President Joe Biden on the fight against so-called greedflation – the notion that the United States’ inflation crisis was exacerbated by excessive corporate profit-taking that marked up goods or shrunk their sizes and padded businesses’

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Chicago (CNN) — Awash in his party’s love, President Joe Biden finally did become that bridge to a new generation of leaders. He movingly performed the most profound act a politician in a democracy can undertake — willingly handing over power — as he ceded the leadership of the party

Analysis by Ronald Brownstein, CNN (CNN) — The Harris coalition is coming into focus. When Vice President Kamala Harris replaced President Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee last month, her twin challenges were to shore up support with the groups where Biden was weak and to maintain his standing with the groups where he

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Democrats this week will enshrine one of the most audacious power plays in modern political history as they gather for a convention that was hastily reconfigured to try to vault Kamala Harris to a historic presidency. It begins with adulation for President Joe Biden, who will speak

Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — CEOs of many of the biggest hotel and travel companies are coming off a bit like doomsayers these days with their warnings about the declining health of consumers and their waning appetite for traveling. It’s getting a lot of attention after last month’s unexpectedly weak jobs

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Democrats this week will enshrine one of the most audacious power plays in modern political history as they gather for a convention that was hastily reconfigured to try to vault Kamala Harris to a historic presidency. It begins with adulation for President Joe Biden, who will speak Monday

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) — Just 10 days ago, anxious markets were freaking out about the US economy, convinced that the recession we’ve avoided for three years was finally happening. It appears to have be a wild overreaction (amplified by some unrelated financial shenanigans) to a single report on the labor

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 the

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