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Opinion by Sara Stewart (CNN) — It’s time Katherine Heigl got a little justice. The “Grey’s Anatomy” star, who turned up at the Emmys recently after a decade largely out of the red-carpet spotlight, is more well-known for her long-ago public critiques of her industry than most of her roles. And the thing is, the stuff she

Opinion by Paul Hockenos Berlin (CNN) — Even though the hard right has come to power in many European countries in recent years – either ruling on their own like in Hungary, or in coalitions such as in Italy and Finland – Germans never thought it could happen to them. After all, modern Germany is

Analysis by Stephanie Busari, Nadeen Ebrahim and Abbas Al Lawati, CNN (CNN) — When members of the legal team representing South Africa in its case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) arrived home this week, they were mobbed like rockstars by a crowd gathered at an airport in Johannesburg, waving South African and Palestinian flags. Many expressed collective pride at how

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — It was, ahem, open season for the big spenders in Washington on Thursday … … when lawmakers killed two birds with one stone … … in their hunt for a way to keep the government open, lawmakers gutted a duck bill … because, unable to get their

Analysis by Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Inflation in the US and other major economies has slowed sharply over the past year as energy prices retreated from record highs. Yet the battle to tame rising prices is not yet won, and the risk that inflation could spike again is growing as disruption to one

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. American companies could start buying up more of their

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump has won only one 2024 Republican nominating contest. So far. But the ex-president’s political power is growing by the day, propelled by his dominance in national primary polling and the dawning sense that he might be the all-but-inevitable nominee following his resounding win in the Iowa

Opinion by Frida Ghitis (CNN) — In a Republican presidential nomination contest that one might occasionally mistake for a normal race, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is facing what seems to be her do-or-die moment going into the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. In a Thursday night town hall on CNN she was her

CNN Opinion by Frida Ghitis (CNN) — In a Republican presidential nomination contest that one might occasionally mistake for a normal race, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is facing what seems to be her do-or-die moment going into the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. In a Thursday night town hall on CNN she was

Analysis by Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — More than 5,000 electric vehicles were loaded onto a giant shipping carrier in China this week and sent to ports in Europe. The cars come from BYD, the Chinese carmaker that is backed by Warren Buffett and has surpassed Tesla as the world’s biggest seller of

Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — One of the popular tricks of modern docuseries and reality shows is blurring the lines between fact and fiction, presenting stories that play off the audience’s familiarity with Lifetime movies and other forms of drama. What distinguishes “American Nightmare,” Netflix’s latest wrinkle on that formula, is watching the

Opinion by John Avlon, CNN (CNN) — Do House Republicans really want to solve the border crisis? Not if they bow to Donald Trump’s latest demands. This seems cynical even by current Bizarro world standards. Because if you constantly tell people that America is suffering an “invasion” that will require mass deportations on day one, you’d think

Opinion by Robert Gottlieb (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has made history in more ways than one. First president to be impeached twice, first president to incite an insurrection against America and first president to be indicted by state and federal prosecutors … four times. (Trump denies any wrongdoing.) Now, he might as well become the first president to

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — In an all-caps social media post at 1:59 a.m. ET Thursday, former President Donald Trump said even presidents who “cross the line” should get “total immunity.” It is an escalation of the expansive immunity argument Trump’s lawyers have pushed in their efforts to stop his prosecution by

Analysis by Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Not that long ago, the closure of one of the world’s most important trade routes would have pushed households’ energy and fuel bills sharply higher. So why, then, in the midst of a crisis in the Red Sea, with tankers of oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG)

Opinion by Danielle Campoamor (CNN) — After E. Jean Carroll took a seat inside a Manhattan courtroom in her ongoing defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, one legal commentator described her posture as “not comfortably settled.” She was described as “perched” on the edge of her seat, “her back ruler straight, willing herself as far away

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. Mark Thompson, on his 100th day as CNN’s new leader, sent his 4,000-person strong workforce a 2,300-word memo that said

Opinion by Holly Thomas (CNN) — Adolescents’ enthusiasm for beauty products is nothing new. Indeed, we’ve long taken it for granted. When I was about 12, I received a large — unsolicited — Estee Lauder makeup sampler for Christmas. The box felt like a totem of my impending maturity, recognition that I would soon be

Opinion by Jordan McGillis (CNN) — Income inequality is starker than ever — or so we’ve been told. New research by economists Gerald Auten and David Splinter indicates that the prevailing narrative of runaway inequality is not as empirically sound as believed. But in proving that the top 1% has not pulled much further ahead in terms

Analysis by Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — There has been concern in Britain over the past 24 hours after it was revealed that health issues are forcing two of the most senior royals out of the public eye. King Charles is set to undergo a corrective procedure for an enlarged prostate