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Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — There is a dizzying array of court cases related to former President Donald Trump. Only one is headed to the US Supreme Court this week. It is a Colorado case in which Trump was declared ineligible for the state’s 2024 ballot for violating the Civil War-era insurrection

Opinion by Joshua A. Douglas (CNN) — The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a thorough, unanimous decision declaring that former President Donald Trump is not immune from criminal prosecution for his alleged role in seeking to undermine the 2020 election. As expected, Trump asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to block that

Analysis by Rafael Romo, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan voters are supposed to go to the polls to choose a president this year, but they don’t know when the election will be held … or even if it will be held. Voters don’t know who the candidates will be either, other than the incumbent, socialist President Nicolás Maduro, who

Opinion by Frida Ghitis (CNN) — When Donald Trump became president in 2017, Russians popped champagne corks across Moscow, secretly and publicly. Trump’s victory, they believed, would be beneficial for the Kremlin. Today, the bubbly must be flowing again. Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t even have to wait until the 2024 election and Trump’s possible return to the

Opinion by Jennifer Tucker (CNN) — Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of a teenager who shot and killed four students and injured seven others at an Oxford, Michigan school in 2021, was found guilty Tuesday of all four counts of involuntary manslaughter. For this novel legal case, the jury of 12 deliberated for over 10 hours. Her

Analysis by Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s King Charles III was seen on Tuesday for the first time since the bombshell announcement of his cancer diagnosis, as questions swirl over the exact nature of his condition. The unexpected disclosure from Buckingham Palace dropped on Monday evening. It revealed the monarch

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. The US economy appears to have swerved away from

Opinion by Mark Dent (CNN) — Editor’s note: Mark Dent is the co-author of “Kingdom Quarterback,” a book that tells the story of the historic struggles of Kansas City alongside the rise of Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. He is also a senior features writer for The Hustle. The views expressed in this

Opinion by Patrick T. Brown (CNN) — Editor’s note: Patrick T. Brown is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a conservative think tank and advocacy group based in Washington, DC. He is also a former senior policy adviser to Congress’ Joint Economic Committee. The views expressed in this piece are his own.

Opinion by Noah Berlatsky (CNN) — On social media at least, Mel Brooks’ classic “Blazing Saddles” has become the standard example of a film that supposedly could not be made today because of rampant left-wing political correctness. Rewatching the 1974 film on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, though, what stands out is its cheerfully irreverent antiracism

Analysis by Stephanie Busari and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — In a region plagued by volatility, Senegal had long been praised for its political stability. But the West African country now finds itself at a dangerous crossroads with tensions escalating after its outgoing President Macky Sall postponed the upcoming general election just three weeks ahead

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Once Mike Johnson’s speakership was merely implausible. Now it looks incompetent. The rookie Republican leader – already struggling to wield a tiny, extreme and malfunctioning majority – suffered a spectacular embarrassment on Tuesday night in a failed vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The drama undermined

CNN Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir Putin hasn’t been posted online yet, but he is already doing the Russian authoritarian’s bidding. In a video posted to X announcing the sit-down Tuesday — the first interview Putin has granted with a Western media figure since his full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago —

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir Putin hasn’t been posted online yet, but he is already doing the Russian authoritarian’s bidding. In a video posted to X announcing the sit-down Tuesday — the first interview Putin has granted with a Western media figure since his full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago — Carlson

Analysis by Sophia Saifi and Rhea Mogul, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Pakistan is on edge as the South Asian nation heads to the polls Thursday for a widely anticipated general election in which its charismatic – and widely popular – former leader is barred from standing. Imran Khan, 71, is a former international cricket star who

Opinion by Michael Conway (CNN) — The federal appeals court ruling Tuesday that former President Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution for alleged crimes he committed during his presidency is a historic decision that allows for the case being made against him for his role in the January 6 insurrection to move forward. However, it would

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — A plague on both these houses: The Senate seems to lack the political will for a bipartisan border deal. The House lacks an effective majority for a partisan impeachment effort as GOP leaders scramble for votes. And so the knot of US immigration policy seems likely to

Opinion by Jill Filipovic (CNN) — King Charles is both one of the luckiest men on earth and one of the most tragic. He is the King of England, with virtually unlimited resources and an incredibly charmed life. He has also lived a life of near-storybook failure and resurrection: He entered an unhappy marriage with a

Opinion by W. James Antle III (CNN) — Editor’s note: W. James Antle III is the politics editor of the Washington Examiner and author of “Devouring Freedom: Can Big Government Ever Be Stopped?” The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN. The situation at the southern border has been one of the biggest problems facing President

Opinion by Jeff Yang (CNN) — Editor’s note: Jeff Yang is a frequent contributor to CNN Opinion. He co-hosts the podcast “They Call Us Bruce” and is co-author of the bestselling book “Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now” and author of “The Golden Screen: The Movies That Made Asian America.” The opinions