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Analysis by Zachary Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Democrats’ collective freakout over the fitness of President Joe Biden hinges first and foremost on his ability to beat former President Donald Trump. But in the distressed comments of lawmakers and strategists lurks the additional fact that the House and Senate are also up for grabs in November

Opinion by Julian Zelizer (CNN) — President Joe Biden has been huddled up in Camp David trying to figure out what to do after a terrible debate performance against former President Donald Trump. The president had so much difficulty articulating his thoughts and maintaining his physical composure during the proceedings that it sent the party into a serious conversation about

Opinion by Jill Filipovic (CNN) — Steve Bannon, key adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and chief strategist in the Trump White House, reported to prison on Monday after refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena related to his actions on January 6, 2021, when a violent pro-Trump mob attacked the Capitol. He is only the

Opinion by Ronald M. Levin (CNN) — On Friday, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the Supreme Court overruled the Chevron doctrine, which had stood for 40 years as the usual framework for structuring judicial review of agency legal issues. The doctrine basically said that when a federal court finds that a statute contains no clear answer to an interpretive

Opinion by Steve Vladeck (CNN) — It is entirely fitting that the last decision the Supreme Court handed down from the bench during its October 2023 term was the 6-3, ideologically divided ruling in the Trump immunity case. Love it or hate it, what cannot be denied about Chief Justice Roberts’s majority opinion is that it transfers a

Opinion by David M. Perry (CNN) — The hat was solid gray when I got it, but now it’s faded and splotchy, especially on the brim where a sweat line differentiates the light from the dark. It smells of bug spray, fish and gasoline. Still, the Tractor Supply Company (TSC) logo gleams red and white,

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. Inflation rates in Canada, the EU and Australia have

Analysis by Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Governments owe an unprecedented $91 trillion, an amount almost equal to the size of the global economy and one that will ultimately exact a heavy toll on their populations. Debt burdens have grown so large — in part because of the cost of the pandemic — that

Opinion by Kate Andersen Brower (CNN) — If anyone can convince President Joe Biden to make a graceful exit, it’s his wife of 47 years. But for anxious Democrats hoping Jill Biden will step in, don’t hold your breath. Joe Biden has been a politician for five decades. Jill Biden has been by his side

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — With its immunity ruling on Monday, the Supreme Court granted former President Donald Trump’s wish of all but guaranteeing that his criminal trial for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election will not go to trial before the 2024 election in November. It also granted presidents

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — “I dissent!” President Joe Biden was offering a dramatic, direct response to an epochal Supreme Court ruling that could hand presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump a pass to unchecked power if he wins a second term. But Biden’s defiance also conveyed a poignant image of a president refusing

Opinion by Jennifer Huddleston (CNN) — The Supreme Court released its decision Monday in NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice, two cases that will have long-lasting effects on free speech rights on the internet. But while much of the conversation around this decision will focus on the impact these cases have on so-called “Big Tech” companies, the

Opinion by Robert Lewin (CNN) — In 2003, we were already days into an overwhelming Southern California fire siege when I was reassigned to the Grand Prix fire ripping through San Bernadino and Los Angeles counties. I was immediately deployed to direct the night operations on the branch where the wildfire was running west at

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — With its immunity ruling on Monday, the Supreme Court granted former President Donald Trump’s wish of all but guaranteeing that his criminal trial for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election will not go to trial before the 2024 election in November. It also granted presidents in

Opinion by Norman Eisen, E. Danya Perry and Joshua Kolb (CNN) — Now that the Supreme Court has issued its historic decision on presidential immunity — one that will be “for the ages,” as Justice Neil Gorsuch put it — the most pressing question yet to be answered is far more immediate: What does this

Opinion by Bryan Reesman (CNN) — Protest songs, from “John Brown’s Body” to “Fight the Power,” have had a long and celebrated history of advocating for social change — and, in many cases, of uniting people behind important causes like labor rights, the anti-war movement, and equality for all. Given the current fragile state of our democracy,

Analysis by AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — AI images have become an unavoidable roadside attraction on Facebook and other social media, where dramatic and outlandish depictions of emotional scenes lure users into doling out likes, shares and “Amens.” Among the funhouse images of fake children crying in the street and police officers saving inexplicably huge

Opinion by Thom Tillis (CNN) — Watching last week’s CNN presidential debate, my initial reaction was profound sadness. We watched our commander in chief, President Joe Biden, repeatedly lose his train of thought, utter incoherencies and project lethargy. It was painful, and I truly feel bad for Biden. Cognitive and physical decline is a normal part of

Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — ABC was struggling to find hits in 2004 when the network introduced two of them: “Desperate Housewives,” a new take on a primetime soap opera; and “Lost,” a sci-fi-tinged mystery that fast became a fan sensation, from its cryptic numbers to what really happened to that crashed plane

Analysis by Saskya Vandoorne and Camille Knight, CNN Paris (CNN) — The man who once described his leadership style as Jupiterian now resembles Icarus, after he played with political fire and got burnt. French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance was crushed on Sunday after the far-right National Rally (RN) party surged in the first round of the country’s