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Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. Elon Musk has given up, restoring the “lords and peasants” blue checkmark system he once admonished and assailed as elitism. After insisting that

Opinion by David Orentlicher (CNN) — Even though the US Supreme Court will decide later this spring whether presidents possess absolute immunity from criminal charges, New York Judge Juan Merchan properly rejected former President Donald Trump’s claim of immunity to delay his impending hush money payments trial. According to the judge, Trump waited too long to raise his claim of immunity. Trump

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden put his own and America’s credibility on the line in trying to change how Israel is fighting in Gaza. Now, he waits to see how far Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will yield to the most significant tonal and strategic shift by his administration since

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden put his own and America’s credibility on the line in trying to change how Israel is fighting in Gaza. Now, he waits to see how far Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will yield to the most significant tonal and strategic shift by his administration since

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden put his own and America’s credibility on the line in trying to change how Israel is fighting in Gaza. Now, he waits to see how far Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will yield to the most significant tonal and strategic shift by his administration since

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Back in 2017, when France rolled it out the world’s first “right to disconnect” law — making it illegal for the boss to email workers after hours — Americans responded the way we always do when the French do something cool: Shake our heads at how

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden put his own and America’s credibility on the line in trying to change how Israel is fighting in Gaza. Now, he waits to see how far Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will yield to the most significant tonal and strategic shift by his administration since the

Opinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia is the new boss in town. The representative, who is known for her reactionary rhetoric and references to conspiracy theories, is now strongly suggesting that she will force a vote to oust Republican Speaker Mike Johnson should he move forward with

Analysis by Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — It appears that Elon Musk has finally (mostly) given up on trying to make paid blue checks on X a thing. This week, X users with large followings were surprised to see that their blue checks — which they had earned under then-Twitter’s previous verification system

Opinion by Jay Parini (CNN) — The news is mostly tragic these days, with destructive wars in Gaza and Ukraine, the usual drumbeat of mass shootings and climate disasters. I’m often hesitant to turn on the radio when I wake up. What next? The arrival of some needed comic relief, unexpectedly, in the form of

Opinion by Danielle Campoamor (CNN) — If you’re afraid contraception is on the GOP chopping block, you should be. In fact, the war on birth control is already here, and the Republicans’ battle plan relies on the same tactic that paved the way for Roe v. Wade to fall: Disinformation. On TikTok, some right-wing commentators are erroneously claiming

Opinion by Tom Steyer (CNN) — Earlier this year, during the warmest February in recorded history, the investment giants JPMorgan Chase, State Street, BlackRock and Pimco walked away from some of their boldest climate pledges. The leaders of these firms, with a combined more than $15 trillion under management, did not deny that climate change exists, that humans are its cause or that

Opinion by Holly Thomas (CNN) — Love songs aren’t meant to be aspirational. They’re meant to be honest. We learn this the hard way. As kids, we imagine how thrilling it would be to have a rival for our beloved’s affection. How scintillating to love someone so much that we’d kill for them. How bewitching

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. Bob Iger handed Nelson Peltz a bruising defeat on Wednesday — and he did it, in part, by shoring up perceived weaknesses within Disney that the billionaire

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 tumbled on Thursday, reversing earlier gains mid-afternoon ahead

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s scheduled call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday will not simply test the leaders’ increasingly sour relationship. It will also highlight a glaring contradiction in US policy toward the war in Gaza, a conflict that potentially poses an existential threat to both

Analysis by Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — The 75-year history of NATO can be described in three acts, each defined by existential threats to Western security. First, there was the Cold War and the Soviet threat. Act Two came in the 1990s and 2000s, when NATO deployed troops for the first time in Bosnia and Kosovo, followed

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s scheduled call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday will not simply test the leaders’ increasingly sour relationship. It will also highlight a glaring contradiction in US policy toward the war in Gaza, a conflict that potentially poses an existential threat to both of

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Voters and economists seem to have wildly different views of the US economy, a disconnect that’s hurting President Joe Biden in the key states that will decide the 2024 election. There’s new polling from The Wall Street Journal that outlines the dichotomy and the challenge it represents

Opinion by Norman Eisen, E. Danya Perry and Joshua Kolb (CNN) — On Tuesday, special counsel Jack Smith threw down the gauntlet in an extraordinary filing in the Mar-a-Lago prosecution, the case that centers around former President Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents and his resistance to government attempts to recover them from his Mar-a-Lago estate.