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Analysis by David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — As the clock ticks down on TikTok, it’s getting to be decision-making time. The super-popular video app with 170 million American users and a China-based owner has less than 4 days left before it is banned in the United States if it doesn’t sell itself to an American

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Americans are going to lose access to TikTok in less than a week, unless China green-lights a sale to what Congress has deemed a non-adversary of the United States — something China is unlikely to do but might. In theory. There are a few scenarios floating

Analysis by Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — After previously opposing the idea of a TikTok sale to avert a looming ban, the Chinese government may have found an owner it could live with: Elon Musk. Chinese officials – who are expected to have some say over whether and how TikTok’s US assets could

Analysis by Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — British wartime leader Winston Churchill once said he was an optimist, as there was no point being anything else. The year ahead in Ukraine has given rise to wild, perhaps wilful, positivity from Kyiv and – publicly at least – in parts of NATO that the incoming

Analysis by Tom Foreman, CNN (CNN) — Court is in session at Mar-a-Lago, and it is the kind of court the owner likes. Even when he was president, Donald Trump seemed to prefer the golf shirts and sunshine of his Florida home over the formality of the White House, and a watchdog group clocked him

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — How old was Marlon Brando in “The Godfather?” That was the fairly straightforward question my husband typed into Google while the movie played in the background over our Thanksgiving break. The answer from Google’s AI overview: “Marlon Brando was not yet old enough to act in

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Facebook is full of AI slop. X is full of “free thinkers” peddling conspiracies. Google’s search results are telling us to eat rocks. More and more, it feels like the internet has gone bad. There’s an increasingly popular theory about why: “enshittification.” The term, coined in

Analysis by Tom Foreman, CNN (CNN) — When the sun falls from the darkening Washington, DC, sky, the electric crowd at Howard University appears certain it will rise brighter. Singing, cheering, linking arms and raising hands in the great outdoor quadrangle known as The Yard, they have come by the thousands to watch the election

Analysis by Tim Lister and Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — With just a week before Donald Trump re-enters the White House, Ukraine is bracing for some tough choices in the coming months. Its troops are on the back foot against Russia along several parts of the long frontline, it is short of experienced soldiers and

CNN Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — The quarterback position has completely changed in the NFL. I want you to think of the prototypical quarterback of yesteryear. It’s probably a stiff and tall guy who stayed in the pocket and couldn’t run to save his life. Indeed, one of the greatest insults you could

Analysis by Flora Charner, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelans once again watched as Nicolás Maduro was sworn into office on Friday, donning the executive sash and declaring himself president despite irregularities and questions around his election. He repeated his attacks against the United States and any foreign leaders who did not recognize his return to power

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — The quarterback position has completely changed in the NFL. I want you to think of the prototypical quarterback of yesteryear. It’s probably a stiff and tall guy who stayed in the pocket and couldn’t run to save his life. Indeed, one of the greatest insults you could throw

Analysis by Tamara Qiblawi, CNN (CNN) — It was a last-minute push by Saudi Arabia that decided Lebanon’s fate on Thursday. There were less than 24 hours before parliament was set to choose the next president. But Lebanon’s checkered political landscape was in total disarray. The sectarian political elite seemed to be stuck at the

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — With wildfires fires ravaging Los Angeles, the firefighter-turned-senator from Montana wants to fight bureaucracy. Less than a week into his new job, Montana Republican Tim Sheehy is finding plenty of use for his previous experience as an aerial firefighter and wildfire entrepreneur as he pushes for new

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court didn’t help Donald Trump … this time. The court’s 5-4 decision Thursday to deny the president-elect’s last-minute effort to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case set up a stunning moment in court on Friday morning, just 10 days before Trump will

Analysis by Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — The British royal family has historically played a vital role in strengthening ties between the United States and United Kingdom, keeping the so-called “special relationship” between the two countries alive. And as Elon Musk, one of US President-elect Donald Trump’s closest allies, scraps with the UK’s government, some

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court didn’t help Donald Trump … this time. The court’s 5-4 decision Thursday to deny the president-elect’s last-minute effort to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case set up a stunning moment in court on Friday morning, just 10 days before Trump will be

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The nation would love to know what on Earth Donald Trump and Barack Obama were talking about. A prolonged, jovial exchange between the bitter enemies encapsulated the compelling theater of the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter — 11 days before the 45th president is inaugurated

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The first two pews at the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter should be a diagram of acrimony. Former President Barack Obama sat next to President-elect Donald Trump. Obama has said Trump is unfit to serve in the White House, and Trump has falsely and repeatedly questioned

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The first two pews at the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter should be a diagram of acrimony. Former President Barack Obama sat next to President-elect Donald Trump. Obama has said Trump is unfit to serve in the White House, and Trump has falsely and repeatedly