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Analysis by Ronald Brownstein, CNN (CNN) — Democrats are looking at a 2024 Electoral College map very few of them expected. President Joe Biden’s breakthrough 2020 wins in Arizona and Georgia seemed to confirm that the party’s future was increasingly reliant on Sun Belt states rapidly growing more racially diverse. But seven months before his

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is close to running out of time in his last-ditch bid to stave off the historic stigma of being the first former president to go on criminal trial next week. The presumptive Republican nominee suffered yet another courtroom defeat on Monday in an attempt to delay

Analysis by Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Colonization, bloodshed, war crimes, occupation, controversial military bases. These are all issues intertwined in the collective history of the United States, Japan and the Philippines. But when the leaders of the three countries sit down at the White House on Thursday, a key topic will

Opinion by Amy Bass (CNN) — I was in high school when Georgeann Wells, who played center for West Virginia, became the first women’s college player to dunk a ball — December 21, 1984 — in a game against the University of Charleston. Now my daughter is in high school — and she doesn’t know a time when

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. Dealmaking is big business on Wall Street. When companies

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Six months into Israel’s war with Hamas, President Joe Biden is becoming ever more entangled in a foreign crisis that he cannot control but which is having deep consequences for US domestic politics and is weighing heavily on his reelection bid. The omnipresent geopolitical risks of the war were

Opinion by Dean Obeidallah (CNN) — This weekend, some 100 wealthy people were on the guest list for an exclusive fundraising event at the ritzy Palm Beach, Florida, home of billionaire investor John Paulson. The soirée reportedly raised more than $50 million for former President Donald Trump’s 2024 White House campaign. Trump’s well-heeled backers paid $250,000 per person for those

Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — The 20th century American humorist Robert Benchley is remembered for saying that there are “two classes of people in the world; those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes, and those who do not.” Less well known is the telegram he sent when he

Analysis by Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — American manufacturers have been squeezed for the past two years by lingering supply-chain disruptions and high interest rates, but the industry finally expanded in March for the first time in 16 months, according to the Institute for Supply Management. But a resurgence in the industry could complicate

Opinion by Douglas Brinkley (CNN) — Around the start of this century, the world counted only two major players in manned space exploration: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Roscosmos, the Russian Space Agency. Ten years later, the heavens were crowded by comparison, with a number of private companies vying to restart the

Opinion by Noah Berlatsky (CNN) — Action movies are a predictable genre, both in terms of narrative arc (the underdog struggles, is apparently defeated…then wins!) and in who gets to be the hero blasting and punching their way along that narrative arc. Director Dev Patel’s preposterous fever dream of a revenge martial arts extravaganza, “Monkey

Opinion by Teresa Gray (CNN) — The news reports declared that on April 1, seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen were killed in an airstrike in Gaza. But in my world, what happened is that on April 1, my amazing friend Lalzawmi “Zomi” Frankcom was killed in an airstrike in Gaza. That’s not to

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The already stressful college admissions process was thrown into chaos this year by a botched bureaucratic upgrade. Hiccups and delays in the federal financial aid process have kept some high school seniors and current college students from getting aid packages from schools. The dirty secret of college

Opinion by Jason Colavito (CNN) — In ancient Mesopotamia, a solar eclipse was a cause for deep concern. The ancient peoples of the Near East feared that eclipses, especially of the sun and moon, but also of the planets, were an “evil portent” that signaled great danger for the health and life of the king. To save

CNN Analysis by Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — The war in Gaza has been raging for six months and the patience of Israel’s allies is running out. As the death toll in the enclave continues to climb, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Israel has no viable plan for how to end the war or what

Analysis by Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — The war in Gaza has been raging for six months and the patience of Israel’s allies is running out. As the death toll in the enclave continues to climb, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Israel has no viable plan for how to end the war or what comes

Opinion by Ana Marie Cox (CNN) — To win in November, President Joe Biden and other Democrats must seize upon and never let up on abortion rights as their most important policy focus. Democrats’ historical reticence to give a full-throated and explicit defense of abortion rights or to take advantage of congressional majorities to enshrine

Opinion by Frida Ghitis (CNN) — Almost exactly six months ago, Israelis awoke to a nightmare. Civilians in the southern part of the country, areas near the border with Gaza, were under a brutal, ongoing attack. It would become the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust and a prelude to unspeakable suffering on both sides

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — Two years ago, I could never have predicted the hype which surrounds tonight’s NCAA women’s basketball Final Four. It was only last year that this casual, although at times serious, sports fan met a basketball hall of famer and didn’t recognize her. Fortunately, former NCAA head coach Muffet

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. Stocks have been tumbling this week. Investors are hoping