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Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s allies in right-wing media have a problem ahead of CNN’s presidential debate: They’ve set the bar too low for President Joe Biden. For years, and particularly over the last few months, MAGA Media has portrayed Biden as a senile, mentally incapacitated elderly man who cannot remember what he had for breakfast, let

Opinion By Tess Taylor (CNN) — It’s officially summer. The light is creeping in at early hours, and students of all ages are out of school. Perhaps you have a vacation coming up. Perhaps, like me, you’re able to sleep a few minutes more before the start of your kids’ summer camp. Perhaps you’re downshifting from a crazy

Analysis by Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Pollsters were surprised by the burst of populism in 2016, but many now think they shouldn’t have been. In the United States and United Kingdom, swaths of voters in deprived regions – places “left behind” by globalization – were given the chance to stick it to the system,

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Presidential debates crystalize a quadrennial dilemma for a country contemplating a new political direction. But they’re usually defined more by trivial personality quirks, zeitgeist moments and gaffes than high-level ideological argument. Al Gore’s melodramatic sighs, George H.W. Bush’s unwise glance at his watch, a day’s growth on

Opinion by Sen. Joe Manchin III (CNN) — Last month, I declared my independence from both political parties and vowed to fight for America’s sensible majority. And now I’m taking that fight one step further. Throughout my time in the US Senate, I have always tried to bring everyone to the negotiating table — such

Analysis by Ronald Brownstein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump differ on many important issues that will likely provoke intense arguments when they meet for their first debate Thursday, on CNN. Yet more lasting than the substance of any of these confrontations may be the conclusions voters draw from them about

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Presidential debates crystalize a quadrennial dilemma for a country contemplating a new political direction. But they’re usually defined more by trivial personality quirks, zeitgeist moments and gaffes than high-level ideological argument. Al Gore’s melodramatic sighs, George H.W. Bush’s unwise glance at his watch, a day’s growth on Richard

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — CNN’s presidential debate will feel like something new for most Americans, but it is actually a return to the roots of presidential debates. Rather than a forum sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates, which had organized all general election presidential debates since 1988, the meeting Thursday

Opinion by Sandra Younger (CNN) — One hot, windy night in late October 2003, my husband and I woke to the sight of fire outside our window — a tsunami of fire flooding the Southern California canyon we called home. We grabbed our pets — two giant Newfoundland dogs and a cockatiel — threw a

Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — As emotions go, Disney’s loudest critics might sound angry, but “Inside Out 2” is bringing the studio nothing but joy. The Walt Disney Co. has often found itself cast as a reluctant participant in the culture wars, yielding occasional calls for boycotts and proclamations the company has become

Analysis by Nicole Goodkind and Matt Egan, CNN London (CNN) — Traders could be forgiven for breaking out their champagne glasses, even though 2024 isn’t halfway done yet. US stocks have leaped from all-time high to all-time high this year: the S&P 500 has surpassed its own record a staggering 31 times since January. That

By CNN Opinion (CNN) — The past isn’t always prologue — but this week it might turn out be. That’s what can happen when two bitter rivals for the White House meet for a rematch on a debate stage and their positions on many of the major issues are well-established. Even so, President Joe Biden’s

Opinion by Dean Obeidallah (CNN) — As the son of a Palestinian immigrant father, there has always been something personal for me about former President Donald Trump’s frequent peddling of hate and lies against non-white immigrants. I’ve often wondered if my late father — who came to the United States in the mid-1950s — would’ve

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — After months lampooning President Joe Biden as a cognitively impaired “brain-dead zombie” who can’t finish a sentence or navigate off a stage, former President Donald Trump and his campaign are changing their tune days ahead of the critical debate of the election. The commander in chief has suddenly

Analysis by Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — As Russian President Vladimir Putin glided through the crowd-lined streets of Pyongyang atop a luxury Mercedes-Benz alongside his North Korean host Kim Jong Un last week, the two autocrats’ most important partner was watching from the sidelines hundreds of miles away in Beijing. Five years ago,

Opinion by Mijal Bitton (CNN) — Here’s a secret that many of the protesters in university encampments and on city streets don’t seem to be in on: The more they demonize Israel, the more they reawaken Jewish identity and strengthen Zionism. As a community leader and Jewish educator in the United States, I have been

Opinion by Saju Mathew (CNN) — I was depressed and anxious. It was August of 1999 and getting through my shifts as a medical intern at Grady Hospital in Atlanta was a nightmare. The reason? I had just broken my one-year engagement to a very pretty doctor, a young lady introduced to me by my

Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — Republicans couldn’t defeat President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he ran for a third and fourth term. But in 1947, two years after the Democratic president died of a stroke at his Warm Springs, Ga. retreat, the GOP-led Congress passed a resolution to make sure a three-term presidency never

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. Homeowners in America aren’t the only ones struggling with an

By Brad Lendon, CNN Suwon, South Korea (CNN) — It took more than 40 years, but I finally lived my “Top Gun” dream. For an hour and 40 minutes, in the back seat of a South Korean Air Force F-4 Phantom, I was “Goose” from the classic 1980s movie – and it was so worth