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Analysis by Zachary Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump and one of his most vocal supporters, tech billionaire Elon Musk, have alleged without evidence that the potential for voter fraud is a major threat. For instance, Trump has claimed, without providing proof, that there is “cheating” in Pennsylvania. Musk has used X to

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — If you’re inclined to roll your eyes at the stuffy academics shouting about the damage tariffs do to the economy, I get it. “Tariff” is just one of those words that makes your eyelids feel as heavy as they did in your 9 a.m. undergraduate econ

Analysis by Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Inflation’s fingerprints are all over the 2024 race for the White House. Skyrocketing prices at the gas station, the supermarket and virtually everywhere else frightened Americans in the early days of President Joe Biden’s term. Fair or not, inflation almost immediately turned voters off to Bidenomics

Analysis by Kara Alaimo, CNN (CNN) — When people struggle with their mental health, they often turn to TikTok instead of docs. A majority of adult TikTok users — 66% — have seen mental health content on the app, according to a 2024 KFF Health Misinformation Tracking Poll. “The majority of people that are accessing

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The tumultuous 2024 election is ending with a contrast that encapsulates America’s fateful choice on election eve. Ex-President Donald Trump is darkening what is already the most dystopian closing argument in modern American history and flinging new and baseless claims that Democrats are cheating. Vice President Kamala

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The tumultuous 2024 election is ending with a contrast that encapsulates America’s fateful choice on election eve. Ex-President Donald Trump is darkening what is already the most dystopian closing argument in modern American history and flinging new and baseless claims that Democrats are cheating. Vice President Kamala Harris,

Analysis by CNN’s Lauren Kent. CNN’s Daria Tarasova-Markina contributed to this report. (CNN) — Russia is watching US policy like a hawk. That was Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s message to reporters last week in Kyiv as he answered a question about Moscow’s willingness to negotiate. “It depends on the elections in the United States,” he

Analysis by Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s humbled Conservative Party elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader on Saturday, turning to a right-wing favorite who has railed against identity politics, transgender rights and state spending to rebuild its reputation after a devastating election defeat. Badenoch defeated Robert Jenrick in a vote of party members

Analysis by Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Judges have rejected two Jane Does’ efforts to anonymously bring sexual assault lawsuits against Sean “Diddy” Combs in rulings that highlight the challenges of using pseudonyms, and according to some plaintiffs’ lawyers, could have a chilling effect on future actions. Two federal judges overseeing lawsuits brought by Jane

Analysis by Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Election polls can’t foretell who will win the presidential election. They’re inherently imprecise. They carry the potential for error. All that being the case, polls this year have found plenty that’s meaningful about how voters think about politics in 2024 – from Americans’ broad-ranging pessimism about the political landscape to the

Analysis by Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent (CNN) — “Everybody complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it,” Mark Twain used to quip, back when humans had only just begun digging fossil fuel out of the ground and burning it for energy. It was a borrowed joke — and good thing

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — If God was the vote counter, Donald Trump says he’d win in a landslide. The Republican nominee suggested on Thursday that divine intervention in next week’s election would reveal him as the rightful winner of even Democratic bastions like California. On one level, Trump’s comment shows how his

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — If God was the vote counter, Donald Trump says he’d win in a landslide. The Republican nominee suggested on Thursday that divine intervention in next week’s election would reveal him as the rightful winner of even Democratic bastions like California. On one level, Trump’s comment shows how

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Anyone who doubts that a second Trump term would take vaccine skepticism into the mainstream of American government and life should watch Kaitlan Collins’ interview on CNN Wednesday with the co-chair of Donald Trump’s presidential transition team, Howard Lutnick. On the one hand, Lutnick disputed the vaccine

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Anyone who doubts that a second Trump term would take vaccine skepticism into the mainstream of American government and life should watch Kaitlan Collins’ interview on CNN Wednesday with the co-chair of Donald Trump’s presidential transition team, Howard Lutnick. On the one hand, Lutnick disputed the

CNN Analysis by David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Inflation has been tamed. Consumers are spending like crazy. Companies have more jobs available than job seekers to fill them. What more could you want, America? That may well be Vice President Kamala Harris’ inner monologue. The US economy is undeniably on fire, the envy of the

Analysis by David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Inflation has been tamed. Consumers are spending like crazy. Companies have more jobs available than job seekers to fill them. What more could you want, America? That may well be Vice President Kamala Harris’ inner monologue. The US economy is undeniably on fire, the envy of the rest

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — The last three years have upended everything about the way we expect the economy to work. That’s at least partly why many rich people don’t seem to be sweating economists’ warnings that Donald Trump’s policies would cause inflation — which has finally come down to a

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — For much of the presidential campaign, former President Donald Trump worked to distance himself from Project 2025, the detailed game plan written by conservative activists for a second Trump term. Whether or not his allies will try to implement portions of the controversial plan if he

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — For much of the presidential campaign, former President Donald Trump worked to distance himself from Project 2025, the detailed game plan written by conservative activists for a second Trump term. Whether or not his allies will try to implement portions of the controversial plan if he wins