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Analysis by David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — You’d think Boeing’s already miserable 2024 couldn’t get any worse. But on Monday, a 787 Dreamliner plunged suddenly mid-flight, injuring dozens of passengers, after a pilot said he temporarily lost control of the aircraft. The pilot was able to recover and land the plane safely, but it’s not

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk is notoriously skeptical of charity, preferring to focus on his for-profit ventures, which he believes will offer more transformative change for the world. As CEO of Tesla, “I’ve done more for the environment than any single human on Earth,” he told the New York

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. Suffice to say, this was no perfect call. CNBC on Monday made the curious decision to welcome Donald Trump onto its

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. A key measure of US inflation printed higher than

Opinion by Ekaterina Kotrikadze (CNN) — Russia just wrapped up what officials would have us call an election. But of course, there are no elections in Russia anymore. Instead, this is the reappointment of Vladimir Putin to the highest position in the largest country in the world. In 2003, when Putin was still a young president, I

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — A new glimpse inside Donald Trump’s inner circle shows how the ex-president’s men and women often confront a fateful dilemma under huge personal pressure. Do they owe their loyalty to a rule-breaking boss or the rule of law and a conventional view of the national interest? The latest long-time

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Viktor Orbán is taking his blueprint on dismantling democracy to Mar-a-Lago. The Hungarian prime minister first won power through a democratic election, then proceeded to weaken the institutions of that democracy by eroding the legal system, firing civil servants, politicizing business, attacking the press and intimidating opposition

Opinion by Jose Antonio Vargas (CNN) — In 2017, then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi invited me to attend President Donald Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress, one of a few undocumented immigrants who were invited by Democratic leaders to the “People’s House.” Then, as now, immigration was central to Trump’s election campaign. And then, as now,

Analysis by Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — The image of a smiling Catherine, Princess of Wales, flanked by her three children, should have put a stop to the explosion of speculation over her health and whereabouts. Instead, it triggered a whole new controversy for Britain’s royal family after multiple global news agencies

CNN Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The Oscar telecast always juggles three major objectives: Honoring the year’s best films and those who made them; broadly celebrating and promoting the movie-going habit; and putting on a good show, both for the bigwigs in the theater and the folks at home. The second one of

Analysis by Nathan Hodge, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is widely expected to sail to re-election in a nationwide vote that begins on March 15, securing a fifth term in office and a full third decade as Russia’s paramount leader. With the death of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, it’s fair to

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. It’s been a year since the collapse of Silicon

CNN Opinion (CNN) — Five CNN Opinion culture critics share their takeaways from the 96th Academy Awards. The views expressed in this commentary are their own. Gene Seymour: Hollywood’s next existential question Most of the big, expensive movies walked away with Oscars Sunday night. But at least one award winner used his narrowly allotted time for an acceptance speech

CNN Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The Oscar telecast always juggles three major objectives: Honoring the year’s best films and those who made them; broadly celebrating and promoting the movie-going habit; and putting on a good show, both for the bigwigs in the theater and the folks at home. The second one of

CNN Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The Oscar telecast always juggles three major objectives: Honoring the year’s best films and those who made them; broadly celebrating and promoting the movie-going habit; and putting on a good show, both for the bigwigs in the theater and the folks at home. The second one of

Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The Oscar telecast always juggles three major objectives: Honoring the year’s best films and those who made them; broadly celebrating and promoting the movie-going habit; and putting on a good show, both for the bigwigs in the theater and the folks at home. The second one of those

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and ex-President Donald Trump are battling as though their general election showdown is eight days rather than eight months away. An intense weekend of campaigning, with the rivals both visiting the critical swing state of Georgia, laid out the stakes of their clash – as

Opinion by Dean Obeidallah (CNN) — Republican Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama delivered the GOP response last week to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union, and America has been ruthlessly delivering its response to Britt ever since. Social media exploded with brutal reviews of Thursday’s speech, mocking everything from Britt’s “acting class energy” to her decision to deliver

Analysis by Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — As America bustled through key political moments last week, with voters casting Super Tuesday ballots and President Joe Biden laying out his national priorities in the State of the Union address, China was busy conducting the largest annual showing of its own political process. In Beijing, where

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Which Joe Biden will Americans see for the next eight months? Is it the vigorous, smiling president who tangled with Republicans in real time during the high-wire act of a nationally televised address Thursday? Or is it the “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” who a