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CNN Analysis by Nic Robertson, CNN (CNN) — Abu Mohammad al-Jolani’s road to Damascus has been long. He has talked openly about his change along the way. From young al Qaeda fighter two decades ago, to rebel commander espousing sectarian tolerance. It’s a journey along which he has had plenty of time to plan where

Analysis by Nic Robertson, CNN (CNN) — Abu Mohammad al-Jolani’s road to Damascus has been long. He has talked openly about his change along the way. From young al Qaeda fighter two decades ago, to rebel commander espousing sectarian tolerance. It’s a journey along which he has had plenty of time to plan where and

Analysis by Kara Alaimo, CNN (CNN) — Balancing work deadlines with the needs of her 5- and 8-year-old boys isn’t easy for Terri Huggins. Then the holiday season rolls in, with a slew of performances, parties, gift obligations, and questions about which family members they’ll visit this year and whether to let the kids use

Analysis by Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria was a “direct result” of Israel’s military campaign against Iran and its proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah. “This is a historic day in the history of the Middle East,” he said. But

Analysis by Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — In every crisis lies opportunity, and in every opportunity lurks crisis. The startling advance of Syria’s opposition in a week is the unintended consequence of two other conflicts, one near and one far. It leaves several key US allies with a new and largely unknown Islamist-led force,

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — On top of maintaining the House, Republicans will take control of the Senate and the White House in January, handing them complete control of Washington for the first time since early 2019. While the incoming Trump administration and Republicans on Capitol Hill have big ideas about how

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The last 140 years have been littered with promises by presidents to fix the federal bureaucracy. Back in the late 1880s, when unqualified political appointees were wasting taxpayer dollars, there was a move to professionalize government workers in a merit-based bureaucracy. The effort gained momentum after then-President

Analysis by Allison Morrow and Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Once upon a time, a brash outsider entered the Oval Office with a promise to “drain the swamp.” He brought in a posse of businesspeople, led by a leading industrialist, to work like “tireless bloodhounds” to root out inefficiencies in Washington’s vast bureaucracy.

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Sen. John Kennedy’s folksy patter can be funny, often offensive and occasionally contrived. But the Louisiana Republican on Thursday put his finger on one of President-elect Donald Trump’s greatest challenges. Kennedy was considering the task facing Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in their project to cut the size

CNN Analysis by Allison Morrow and Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Once upon a time, a brash outsider entered the Oval Office with a promise to “drain the swamp.” He brought in a posse of businesspeople, led by a leading industrialist, to work like “tireless bloodhounds” to root out inefficiencies in Washington’s vast

Analysis by Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — If it wasn’t clear before, it is now: President-elect Donald Trump plans to boost the cryptocurrency industry while continuing a broad antitrust crackdown on Big Tech giants such as Amazon, Meta and Google. That combination would appear to reward Trump’s wealthiest and most influential donors in Silicon Valley,

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — I have been a Buffalo Bills fan for as long as I can remember. I have lived through a nearly 20-year playoff drought – I used to say the Bills haven’t made the playoffs since before my bar mitzvah. Now, the Bills are in the midst of a

Analysis by Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — It was a blow most saw coming but that can’t have softened the sting for French President Emmanuel Macron. Opposition lawmakers from both ends of France’s political spectrum joined forces Wednesday to vote to oust his government, which had been in office for just nine weeks, marking

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — There’s been a recent effort to brand the White House as “The People’s House,” which seems very wrong since the president is picked by the complicated Electoral College rather than directly by voters. It’s the House of Representatives that is closest to the American people and most

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Sam Altman, the PT Barnum of the AI industry, has a message for the folks concerned about the technology he’s dedicated his life to advancing: Don’t worry, the nerds are on it. Let’s back up a bit. Altman, the 39-year-old venture capitalist and CEO of OpenAI,

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Pete Hegseth’s bid to lead the Pentagon is stuck in limbo, as he fiercely battles allegations of drinking and sexual misconduct and can’t be sure if President-elect Donald Trump really has his back. A top Trump transition source had described Wednesday as “absolutely critical” for the former Fox

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Pete Hegseth’s bid to lead the Pentagon is stuck in limbo, as he fiercely battles allegations of drinking and sexual misconduct and can’t be sure if President-elect Donald Trump really has his back. A top Trump transition source had described Wednesday as “absolutely critical” for the former

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — The New York Times once wrote a story about how Mark Zuckerberg, the 40-year-old Meta CEO, had become disillusioned with the politics he’d once promoted. Zuck was “declining to engage with Washington except when necessary,” “stopped supporting programs at his philanthropy that could be perceived as

Analysis by Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — The reach and credibility of international law is at its lowest in years as governments dismiss arrest warrants in some of the most high-profile cases to come before the International Criminal Court. In the past 18 months, the Hague-based court has issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir

Analysis by Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — A night of political upheaval in South Korea has upended stability in a key democratic US ally – sending shock waves through the region and Washington at a moment of acute global tension. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday night in a surprise