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Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Lina Khan’s days at the helm of the Federal Trade Commission, where she has overseen billions of dollars worth of scuttled corporate tie-ups — and become a political lightning rod — are numbered. And Wall Street is salivating. As Donald Trump prepares to retake the White

Analysis by Ronald Brownstein, CNN (CNN) — The most impressive aspect of Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris last week was the uniformity of his gains across the electoral landscape. But paradoxically, the very magnitude of his gains may offer Democrats their best hope of recovery in the next few elections. The across-the-board

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is doing exactly what his sweeping election win entitled him to do by systematically building a governing team in his own hardline MAGA image. What may end up as the modern age’s most right-wing West Wing will target Washington elites and undocumented migrants, seek to shred

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is doing exactly what his sweeping election win entitled him to do by systematically building a governing team in his own hardline MAGA image. What may end up as the modern age’s most right-wing West Wing will target Washington elites and undocumented migrants, seek to

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Given his rhetoric demonizing undocumented immigrants and his promise to engage in mass deportations when he returns to the White House in January, it’s kind of shocking that deportations actually dropped in the four years Donald Trump was president. It’s also surprising that President Joe Biden’s administration

Analysis by Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — When Tom Homan left the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in 2018, he didn’t go far from Donald Trump’s administration – he joined Fox News as a paid contributor and used the platform to argue for aggressive border enforcement. Now, in a full circle moment,

Analysis by Dr. Jill Grimes, CNN (CNN) — Is it safe to drink alcohol while taking antidepressant medications? What about using weed? What will happen if I skip a dose of my medicine so I can drink at a party? Are any over-the-counter meds off-limits if I get sick? As a family physician focused on

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump is already flexing raw power, showing he may try to subvert Washington’s checks and balances and leaving foreign leaders scrambling to come to terms with his victory. Early signs from Mar-a-Lago, the Florida club and estate where Trump is building his new administration, suggest

Analysis by Julia Vargas Jones, CNN (CNN) — Since President-elect Donald Trump’s political comeback on Tuesday, Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro and his supporters have celebrated his victory as their own. In many ways, nowhere has Trump’s political strategy been more rigorously mirrored than in Brazil. Reenergized, Bolsonaro’s base has set its sights on the

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump can claim a lot out of his 2024 election win: ► It’s a comeback for the ages for a president to go from a pariah after trying to overturn one election to president-elect after the next. ► A rightward shift in election results gives him

Analysis by Nick Paton Walsh (CNN) — It may be horrific and redefine the world order. Or it may be underwhelmingly bluster over substance. But US President-elect Donald Trump’s second term will certainly be disruptive. And even the most severe American isolationism – the greatest amount of doing little – will likely herald significant change.

CNN Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Imagine you’re at a job you love but you have a boss you just really don’t get along with. You stick it out, though, because, after all, it’s your dream job. Then one day your boss leaves and everything starts to get a whole lot

Analysis by Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — No United States leader has handled relations with North Korea quite like Donald Trump. The former president went from threatening Kim Jong Un with “fire and fury” if the North Korean leader continued testing missiles, to becoming his pen pal, meeting him in a series of

Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Imagine you’re at a job you love but you have a boss you just really don’t get along with. You stick it out, though, because, after all, it’s your dream job. Then one day your boss leaves and everything starts to get a whole lot better.

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — In the days leading up to the US election, pollsters had the race deadlocked. The vote was essentially a coin flip. But over on the betting platform Polymarket, the odds were much more solidly in former President Donald Trump’s favor. On Monday, Trump led Vice President

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has promised to completely remake the US government and wield new power as president. The ambitious promises, if enacted, would transform society. Some of his most-repeated promises on the campaign trail include: Mass deportation of 11 million undocumented immigrants Closing the southern border

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has promised to completely remake the US government and wield new power as president. The ambitious promises, if enacted, would transform society. Some of his most-repeated promises on the campaign trail include: Mass deportation of 11 million undocumented immigrants Closing the southern border and

CNN By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point Thursday on the heels of the US presidential election earlier this week. Chair Jerome Powell also affirmed his commitment to serve out his term, expected to end in mid-2026, even if President-elect Donald Trump attempts to fire

Analysis by Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Donald Trump rode a powerful wave of discontent over the cost of living back to the White House. Voters, fed up with high prices on everything from groceries to car insurance, have ousted Democrats from power in Washington. Trump reminded voters often that inflation wasn’t a

Analysis by Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — Bets were hedged, upsides conjured and insurance policies crafted. But ultimately, most hoped it would not happen. Ukraine and its NATO allies have had for months to entertain the idea of a Trump victory, juggling conceits of a strongman US president who might be a yet tougher