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Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — It’s been called the “red mirage” or the “blue shift.” It’s the recent phenomenon by which an apparent Republican lead early after polls close on election night is erased by the counting of mail-in ballots later in the evening or in the days after Election Day. Former

Analysis by Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — After Israel’s attack on Iran Saturday, US officials were quick to caution both countries against perpetuating the cycle of violence, but analysts say lasting de-escalation is not a foregone conclusion. The airstrikes “should be the end of this direct exchange of fire between Israel and Iran,” a senior

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Three quintessentially American companies — Starbucks, Nike and Boeing — share a common predicament at the moment. Each has a new CEO at the helm with a mission to clean house and, critically, return the brand to its former glory. None of them have an easy job

Analysis by Stephen Collinson and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Several political lifetimes ago, Barack Obama followed Bruce Springsteen onstage at a huge rally beneath the Cleveland skyline and declared, “A rising is coming.” That promise, riffing off one of the rock icon’s hits, came true days later, when Obama won the 2008 presidential election.

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Several political lifetimes ago, Barack Obama followed Bruce Springsteen onstage at a huge rally beneath the Cleveland skyline and declared, “A rising is coming.” That promise, riffing off one of the rock icon’s hits, came true days later, when Obama won the 2008 presidential

Analysis by Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The thousands of North Korean troops US intelligence says arrived in Russia for training this month have sparked concern they will be deployed to bolster Moscow’s battlefront in Ukraine. They’ve also turned up alarm from the United States and its allies that growing coordination between anti-West

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Fascism is a dirty word in US politics, so when former President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, says Trump fits the definition of “fascist,” it’s news. It places Trump’s name in the same ideological space as the most infamous fascists, Adolf

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris tried to engage undecided and persuadable voters at a CNN town hall in Delaware County in the key state of Pennsylvania on Wednesday. While she did not offer many details of policy proposals, she did talk about reaching across the political aisle as

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — No presidential candidate in history has had to field questions on grocery prices and her opponent’s alleged fascism at the same event. But the almost absurd linkage between these two issues that Kamala Harris must confront perfectly tells the story of the 2024 election and America’s fierce estrangement

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — No presidential candidate in history has had to field questions on grocery prices and her opponent’s alleged fascism at the same event. But the almost absurd linkage between these two issues that Kamala Harris must confront perfectly tells the story of the 2024 election and America’s fierce

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — No presidential candidate in history has had to field questions on grocery prices and her opponent’s alleged fascism at the same event. But the almost absurd linkage between these two issues that Kamala Harris must confront perfectly tells the story of the 2024 election and America’s fierce

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — No presidential candidate in history has had to field questions on grocery prices and her opponent’s alleged fascism at the same event. But the almost absurd linkage between these two issues that Kamala Harris must confront perfectly tells the story of the 2024 election and America’s fierce

Analysis by Ivana Kottasová, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — When Israeli forces killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza last week, many inside and outside of Israel hoped it could be the moment Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would declare a victory and scale back the Gaza operation in hopes of securing a ceasefire and hostage release

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Part of the deal with being CEO is that you get a big paycheck in exchange for being the public face of a company. For most people, at most companies, that means, at minimum, trying not to make an ass of yourself in public. Tweeting a

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz accused Donald Trump of descending into “madness” on Tuesday, following a report that the former president pined for the loyalty of the “kind of generals that Hitler had.” Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate seized on the report in The Atlantic as

CNN By Eric Bradner and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — John Kelly, the retired Marine general who was Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff, entered the 2024 fray in stunning fashion, saying the former president fits “into the general definition of fascist” and wanted the “kind of generals Hitler had” in a series of

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz accused Donald Trump of descending into “madness” on Tuesday, following a report that the former president pined for the loyalty of the “kind of generals that Hitler had.” Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate seized on the report in The Atlantic

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — Recent polling, including new surveys out Tuesday, shows that 2024 may produce something never seen before in American history: The House could flip from Republican to Democratic control, while the Senate may flip from Democratic to Republican control. If that happened, it would be the first time in

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — A new CNN investigation documents how political campaigns have deceived the elderly and people with dementia with badgering, personalized text messages and prechecking boxes for recurring donations. The end result is that some people are misled, collectively losing millions of dollars. Unsuspecting family members are often caught

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Two weeks to Election Day and millions of Americans are voting every day, either early in person or by returning mail-in ballots. Early Tuesday, news reports were citing that more than 15 million Americans had voted. Checking the early voting data CNN gets from election officials and