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Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Bill Ackman is accustomed to institutions bending to his will. He’s also notorious for not letting up whenever they don’t. The hedge fund manager’s signature investing strategy — buying shares in a company and then not shutting up until its leaders do what you say —

Opinion by Michael Bociurkiw Odesa (CNN) — On January 6, scores of people in the Ukrainian coastal city of Odesa braved winter temperatures and jumped into the Black Sea as part of the Christian holiday Epiphany — commemorating the baptism of Christ. This year’s icy plunge had added significance. It marked the first time that the war-torn nation celebrated the Christian feast day according to

Analysis by Ronald Brownstein, CNN (CNN) — In today’s closely balanced and highly polarized political environment, the line between victory and defeat for the two parties has grown so thin that control of the White House and Congress typically pivots on the small number of contests within reach for both sides. That means a tiny

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The idea that any White House candidate would show up in court, just six days before the Iowa caucuses, to challenge a 250-year understanding of the scope of the presidency is extraordinary. But Donald Trump will again try to stretch those powers to save himself on Tuesday in

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — One hundred sixty-three years after multiple Southern states seceded from the Union rather than accept a new president who was hostile to slavery, the origin of the Civil War is looming over another presidential election. The country is again contending with how to remember its original sin

Analysis by Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — A potential antitrust lawsuit against Apple by the federal government could be a turning point as big in the company’s 48-year history as the return of founder Steve Jobs or the invention of the iPhone, according to legal experts. Speculation about a landmark case is again on

Opinion by Gene Seymour (CNN) — A handful of conflicting impulses were in play during Sunday evening’s 81st running of the Golden Globe Awards. The first, of course, is how much to take them seriously, a dilemma we’ve been struggling with for years. We’ll get back to that later. For now, we can say for

Analysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Welcome to the first real trading week of the year. Yes, last week technically marked the beginning of trading in 2024, but the volume of trading was lower than usual as investors savored the final morsels of their winter vacations. That meant that the trades made

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is turning the last dash to the Iowa caucuses into a showcase for his claims of political persecution as he seeks to suck oxygen from his trailing Republican opponents. Trump’s expected juggle of courtroom appearances and campaign events this week will stand as an metaphor

Opinion by Dean Obeidallah, CNN (CNN) — At a campaign event in Iowa this weekend, former President Donald Trump told supporters there was a way to prevent the bloody and intractable Civil War that tore America apart: to strike a deal between the slave-holding states and non-slave holding ones. Describing the conflict as “so horrible, but so fascinating,” Trump declared at a campaign

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A massive rocket launched from Florida earlier today carrying what may be the first commercial lander to touch down on the moon. The historic mission could set the tone for NASA to explore the lunar surface for the first time in more than 50 years. Here’s what else

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is turning the last dash to the Iowa caucuses into a showcase for his claims of political persecution as he seeks to suck oxygen from his trailing Republican opponents. Trump’s expected juggle of courtroom appearances and campaign events this week will stand as an metaphor for

Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Beyond the practical aspect of the Golden Globes, which advanced “Oppenheimer” (especially) and “Poor Things” in their Oscar campaigns and began the “Succession” farewell tour, Sunday’s televised ceremony reinforced the notion that Hollywood has a hard time quitting those who lavish honors upon it. Although this marked the

Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — When George Washington died in 1799, Congress tasked his Revolutionary War comrade Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee with composing a eulogy. “First in war — first in peace — and first in the hearts of his countrymen,” Lee wrote of Washington. The first president was “pious, just, humane, temperate

Analysis by Chris Lau and Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — On a brisk December day, junior high school students in Fuzhou, southeast China, converged at a country park to study the thoughts of Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Unfurling a red banner that declared their outing a “walking classroom of politics and ideology,” they

Opinion by Harry Dunn (CNN) — For 15 years, I’d had the honor of working at the US Capitol and drawing inspiration from its magnificent Rotunda — a place so beautiful it took my breath away each day. Three years ago, in that same building that filled me with such awe, I was immersed for

CNN Opinion by Harry Dunn (CNN) — For 15 years, I’d had the honor of working at the US Capitol and drawing inspiration from its magnificent Rotunda — a place so beautiful it took my breath away each day. Three years ago, in that same building that filled me with such awe, I was immersed

Opinion by Will Leitch (CNN) — On Monday night, college football as we know came to an end. Now that Michigan has defeated Washington in the College Football Playoff Championship Game in Houston, the sport will fundamentally reconstruct itself. Washington, UCLA, USC and Oregon will join the Big Ten; Oklahoma and Texas will join the

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden commemorated January 6 as a day of American infamy, marking the third anniversary of the 2021 insurrection with a call for Americans to join him in defending US democracy from former President Donald Trump, who by comparison has promised to pardon the insurrectionists. In

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden commemorated January 6 as a day of American infamy, marking the third anniversary of the 2021 insurrection with a call for Americans to join him in defending US democracy from former President Donald Trump, who by comparison has promised to pardon the insurrectionists.