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Opinion by Leroy Chiao (CNN) — NASA has put out a call for applicants to apply to be test subjects for an upcoming human space exploration Mars study that will last for a full Earth year. Is this something you would like to do? It’s a compensated position, but what’s a year of your life

Opinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, teased the media during a Fox News town hall Tuesday by acknowledging that there were at least six people on his shortlist for the vice presidency. The list includes a few of his former primary opponents who have since

Opinion by Patrick T. Brown (CNN) — “One must imagine Sisyphus happy,” wrote the French philosopher Albert Camus. The ancient myth of the king of Ephyra doomed to slowly roll a boulder up a hill, only to repeatedly watch it roll back down and be forced to begin the cycle anew, traditionally stressed the figure’s

Opinion by Gene Seymour (CNN) — Whether you’re noticing it or not, a Millennial woman whose first name is Taylor is staking a claim on being a leading spokesperson for her generation. And it’s probable — indeed, likely — that it’s not the “Taylor” that first comes to your mind. So, welcome to the era

Opinion by Erica Licht (CNN) — If last week’s news that Harvard has been subpoenaed by a US congressional committee showed anything, it is that the controversy over antisemitism on campus, and attacks on DEI programs, are far from over. A national debate on antisemitism on college campuses erupted in December, after a contentious congressional hearing that led to

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. Days after explosive bribery claims about President Joe Biden came ripping apart at the seams, Fox News and the broader MAGA

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. Investors seemed convinced just months ago that the Federal

Opinion by Gary Ross (CNN) — Over the past year, we’ve seen an alarming wave of current or former senior government officials who reportedly failed to properly safeguard classified information. This includes classified documents recovered from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in August 2022 and additional classified material discovered and surrendered from the homes of President Joe

Opinion by Gary Nunn Sydney (CNN) — This week, the world’s biggest permanent LGBTQI+ museum will open in a venue that has, to say the least, raised eyebrows. Qtopia, Sydney’s first center for LGBTQI+ history and culture, and Australia’s only queer museum, will be officially opened by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday at the

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — “Russia, Russia, Russia.” Ex-President Donald Trump’s scathing catchphrase for a torrent of investigations during his administration also serves as an apt catch-all for the current meltdown over Moscow roiling US politics. The United States might have beaten the Kremlin in the Cold War and ever since regarded Moscow as a

Opinion by David A. Andelman (CNN) — Madeline Albright famously called America the “indispensable nation.” Is former President Donald Trump making America the irrelevant nation? Trump finally broke days of silence on Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny’s death but failed to mention Russia or condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin in his first public comments. Meanwhile, congressional Republicans have continued to follow his

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The basic gist of the story is this: A shadowy ex-FBI informant with ties to Russia has been arrested and charged with giving false information to the FBI, but not before the alleged lies were used by Republicans to publicly accuse President Joe Biden

Opinion by David Zurawik (CNN) — While the big news about former president Donald Trump last week was Friday’s nearly $355 million ruling against him in a civil fraud case, there was another piece of Trump-related financial news that did not get nearly as much attention: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a merger between Trump Media &

CNN By Isabel Rosales, Christina Maxouris, Meg Tirrell, Chris Youd and Maxime Tamsett, CNN (CNN) — The University of Alabama at Birmingham health system is pausing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment following an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that found frozen embryos are children, the health system said in a statement to CNN. The decision makes UAB the

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. How big is too big? That’s the question on

Opinion by Mary Ziegler (CNN) — The Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday will transform infertility care across the state, potentially setting the stage for a ruling that a fetus or even an embryo outside the womb holds constitutional rights. The ruling is a reminder of how important fetal personhood is becoming for both the antiabortion movement and the Republican Party — and of its

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. Vladimir Putin’s information war in U.S. media paid off this weekend with a key victory halfway around the world. Some 5,000

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Alexey Navalny died a political martyr after returning home to confront Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal rule. But that’s not stopping Donald Trump from coopting his heroic legacy to suggest false equivalence with his own legal troubles. The ex-president has been criticized by opponents for days over

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Alexey Navalny died a political martyr after returning home to confront Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal rule. But that’s not stopping Donald Trump from coopting his heroic legacy to suggest false equivalence with his own legal troubles. The ex-president has been criticized by opponents for days over

Opinion by Sasha Vasilyuk (CNN) — While for most of the world the war in Ukraine has been going on for two years, for my family it’s been 10. In the spring of 2014, my family in the Donbas watched out of windows as separatist fighting broke out and then turned to shelling that never fully stopped.