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Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — We did it, y’all! Get the Champagne on ice and gather the townsfolk because America hath slain the beast known as inflation. (Or, at least, it’s hit a turning point.) ICYMI: Last month, for the first time in four years, prices on everyday goods and services

Opinion by Heather Poole (CNN) — As a flight attendant for over 28 years, I’ve had my fair share of bumpy rides. I’ve also met many fearful fliers who tell me their biggest worry is turbulence. Well, that and dying, which seem to be connected in their minds. I’ve spent a lot of time telling

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s critical news conference didn’t end his reelection campaign on Thursday night. But it showed why it will be so hard for him to save it. Biden endured his latest agonizing, public test of cognition as he faces a growing torrent of calls from Democrats, worried

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden said something interesting at his rare news conference Thursday when he was asked if delegates pledged to support him at the Democratic National Convention have his blessing to support another candidate. “They’re free to do whatever they want,” Biden said. The president noted he

Opinion by Sam Lyman (CNN) — Will he stay? Or will he Joe? It’s the most pertinent question in American politics. After last month’s debate debacle, President Joe Biden is facing mounting pressure from voters to drop out of the race. But he appears unfazed by recent criticism, insisting in a recent ABC News interview that no one

Opinion by Jackie Delamatre (CNN) — My hair — frizzy, curly, uncooperative — has always been a source of consternation to me and to those around me. The path to accepting it has been long, tangled and one of my greatest achievements. As antisemitic incidents have increased in recent months, I’ve become that much more determined to

Opinion by Siddhu Pachipala and Zoe Yu (CNN) — Earlier this year, MIT’s nonprofit Free Speech Alliance and the Sloan School of Management’s chapter of the Adam Smith Society organized a debate: “Is sex binary?” It’s hot-button and timely — exactly the kind of thing that should unfold at an elite university like MIT. Here, students have historically wrestled with third-rail

Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — What to do about the strange case of Louis C.K.? That question resides at the heart of “Sorry/Not Sorry,” a documentary that poses thorny questions about what cultural sentence the comedian should have served for his sexual misconduct, unequal power dynamics, and how stardom contributed to people ignoring

Analysis by Krystal Hur, CNN New York (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. The United States’ biggest banks are in the hot

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Three years ago, as the long-struggling Citigroup was in a tailspin over a billion-dollar fat-finger error, the bank announced its next CEO, Jane Fraser. At the time, given Citi’s chronic problems, it might have looked like a classic Glass Cliff hire — the well-worn corporate strategy

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — A staggering 24 hours that cracked the political foundation of Joe Biden’s reelection bid leave him facing the most high-pressure presidential news conference in modern history on Thursday. The stakes for Biden’s solo appearance at the conclusion of the NATO summit multiplied by the hour as his political

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and his advisers keep issuing unequivocal declarations that he’s staying in the 2024 race, but Democrats aren’t hearing it. “It’s up to the president to decide if he is going to run. We’re all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — In lower Manhattan, a jury is now weighing a case against a little-known investor who made it big, lost everything, and briefly brought Wall Street to its knees. But the story of Bill Hwang and his trading firm’s colossal failure is more than a rags-to-riches-to-rags tale

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. George Stephanopoulos, sporting a T-shirt, shorts, and over-the-ear headphones, was traversing the New York City streets by foot on Tuesday when he

Analysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (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. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell sent investors mixed messages

Analysis by Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — The biggest danger facing the American economy for years has been inflation. Now, another problem is emerging as a credible threat on the horizon: Unemployment. Just as inflation continues to cool, yellow lights are flashing in the still-strong jobs market. The Federal Reserve must now confront

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday clung onto the Democratic nomination on a high-stakes day in Washington, but the risks of his refusal to step aside were laid bare when one of his party’s senators warned on CNN that Donald Trump could win in a “landslide.” Biden’s stubbornness leaves

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday clung onto the Democratic nomination on a high-stakes day in Washington, but the risks of his refusal to step aside were laid bare when one of his party’s senators warned on CNN that Donald Trump could win in a “landslide.” Biden’s stubbornness

Opinion by Jill Filipovic (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump wants to win the White House back. And that means softening the Republican Party’s stated position on abortion rights — even if he and the GOP have no intention of actually following through. Trump’s obvious posturing toward the center was evident on Monday, when the

Opinion by Norman Eisen, Timothy C. Parlatore and Joshua Kolb (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump quickly seized on the Supreme Court’s historic presidential immunity ruling last week to attempt to wriggle out of his other criminal legal troubles. First he succeeded in New York court in getting a delay until September for his sentencing