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Opinion by Todd Graham (CNN) — In a presidential debate, I’m expecting to leave the event with more knowledge about future policymaking than when the debate began. In the first 2024 presidential debate in Atlanta on Thursday night, the performances of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump failed to live up to that expectation. Here’s how

Analysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN London (CNN) — President Joe Biden had a shaky performance in last night’s presidential debate, triggering panic in the Democrat camp. Former President Donald Trump, meanwhile, repeated multiple falsehoods while doubling down on his record of cutting taxes and hiking tariffs during his first presidential term. If repeated in a second

Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — If you’re a PR person, I can’t possibly think of a harder job right now than working at Boeing. It’s not just clean-up on aisle six, it’s clean up the entire store, loading dock and parking lot on a daily — if not hourly — basis.

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — If Joe Biden loses November’s election, history will record that it took just 10 minutes to destroy a presidency. It was clear a political disaster was about to unfold as soon as the 81-year-old commander in chief stiffly shuffled on stage in Atlanta to stand eight feet from

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — If Joe Biden loses November’s election, history will record that it took just 10 minutes to destroy a presidency. It was clear a political disaster was about to unfold as soon as the 81-year-old commander in chief stiffly shuffled on stage in Atlanta to stand eight feet

Opinion by CNN contributors (CNN) — CNN Opinion asked political contributors to weigh in on the first presidential debate of the 2024 race. The views expressed in these commentaries are their own. Ana Marie Cox: What broke my heart the most about Biden’s performance With President Joe Biden’s first halting, marble-mouthed words, my heart and

Opinion by Reshma Saujani (CNN) — Kellyanne Conway was right. The Biden campaign got some bad news last week: His support among women, who helped deliver him the presidency in 2020, is shrinking. Despite Democrats betting big on abortion to turn out women, more women are focusing on inflation — and saying they were better off financially under former President Donald Trump.

Opinion by Eric Spitz (CNN) — Cannabis policy is undergoing a significant transformation in the United States, driven by recent legislative strides and a notable shift in attitude under President Joe Biden’s administration. In this transformative time, and given his re-election campaign’s need to trumpet youthfulness, Biden’s well-crafted cannabis policy maneuvers may become a defining

Opinion by Michael Brown (CNN) — The Biden administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, which will foreseeably embolden Mexican cartels and Chinese legal growing operations to generate millions in profit while creating greater strains on law enforcement and increasing health-related risks, from severe depression to impairing psychosis. The Justice Department

Analysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN London (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. It’s been smooth sailing for stocks in 2024. The S&P

Opinion by Michael Ruhlman Spannocchia, Italy (CNN) — I’m writing from an organic farm and ecotourism site in Tuscany called Spannocchia. I’ve just made myself a couple of mollet eggs — whites cooked, yolks runny. Delicious — but also perhaps slightly worrying, given the emerging reports of bird flu on poultry and dairy farms. Should I be concerned? And

CNN By CNN staff (CNN) — A historic showdown between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump is set for Thursday on CNN when the presumptive major party nominees meet for their first debate this election cycle. The debate will be the earliest such event in US history. Televised presidential debates between general election

Analysis by Ben Wedeman, CNN (CNN) — “We can plunge Lebanon completely into the dark and take apart Hezbollah’s power in days,” former Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz declared Tuesday at a conference at Reichman University in Herzliya, Israel. It was just the latest threat from a prominent Israeli public figure against Lebanon and Hezbollah as tensions flare. It won’t

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, MJ Lee and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The confrontation in Atlanta between Joe Biden and Donald Trump Thursday night has a good chance of becoming the most fateful presidential debate in US history. For the first time, a sitting president and an ex-president will lock horns before millions of viewers,

Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Bill Clinton’s campaign was right on the money when it coined the famous “It’s the economy, stupid” phrase in 1992. That’s because the economy has consistently ranked among the top — if not the very top — voter issues in presidential election after presidential election. The

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — There must be some sort of larger takeaway in the fact that Rep. Lauren Boebert, among the most MAGA members of Congress, won a Republican primary in Colorado on Tuesday night, and Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a member of the progressive “Squad” from the Bronx, lost a Democratic

Opinion by Jill Filipovic (CNN) — Should married couples be forced by law to stay together even if one of them wants to leave? That’s the position of a number of conservative activists, Republican commentators and even elected politicians who, in the wake of abortion rights being stripped from American women, now want to strip

Analysis by Ana S. Iltis, Wake Forest University (The Conversation) — As one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., kidney disease is a serious public health problem. The disease is particularly severe among Black Americans, who are three times more likely than white Americans to develop kidney failure. While Black people constitute only 12% of the

Opinion by Noah Berlatsky (CNN) — Many people who are not corporate bosses agree that managers and corporations sometimes treat their employees badly to make more money. In his new film, “Kinds of Kindness,” though, Yorgos Lanthimos goes further. The movie suggests that workplace dynamics mirror those of a cult, and that bosses and their laborers

Opinion by Jeff Yang (CNN) — Workplaces often boast that they treat their employees “like family.” That sounds great — until you think about how you’re treated by your actual family: annoying siblings who keep borrowing your stuff without asking? That weird uncle no one wants to talk to — or about? Overbearing parents with too-high expectations?