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Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Ex-President Donald Trump responded to a second apparent assassination attempt that he blames on incendiary political rhetoric by inflaming the situation even more. When a bullet grazed his ear in a horrific shooting that killed a rally goer in July, Trump initially acted like a changed man, telling

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Ex-President Donald Trump responded to a second apparent assassination attempt that he blames on incendiary political rhetoric by inflaming the situation even more. When a bullet grazed his ear in a horrific shooting that killed a rally goer in July, Trump initially acted like a changed man,

CNN By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — In the wake of the apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump on Sunday, Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance, argued in a speech in Georgia on Monday that the two recent attempts to kill Trump are evidence that “the left needs to tone down the

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — When there were rumors of a plot against the life of Abraham Lincoln before his 1861 inauguration, there was no official protection for the president-elect. Southern states were seceding from the Union in protest of Lincoln’s election, and the rumored plot out of Baltimore led Lincoln, at

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — There’s no political playbook for how to deal with another apparent assassination attempt against a major-party presidential candidate within weeks of an election. Yet that’s where the rival campaigns now find themselves after what looks like a second attempt to kill Republican nominee Donald Trump in the latest

Analysis by Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — India’s second nuclear-capable ballistic missile submarine joined its naval fleet late last month, a move the government says strengthens its nuclear deterrent as New Delhi casts a wary eye at both China and Pakistan. But India is still playing catch-up, at least compared with China, as the People’s

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — It’s hard to make sense of tariffs in today’s political conversation. Voters uniformly complain about inflation, but both Republicans and Democrats are, to some degree, supportive of tariffs, or taxes on imports. Former President Donald Trump has pledged to jack up tariffs on China and impose across-the-board

Analysis by Allison Morrow and Chris Isidore New York (CNN) — At the heart of the Boeing strike that began Friday is a story about what happens when penny-pinching executives lose the plot and it falls to workers to get everyone back on track. Last year, Boeing didn’t make a profit. In fact, the plane

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — If the AI that Sam Altman is building works, it’ll eventually break the global economy (in a good way, he hopes). And when that happens, he’s got another project, Worldcoin, in the works to help fix it. Through OpenAI, the privately owned company behind ChatGPT, Altman

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The great showman just turned his back on tens of millions of viewers. At least for now. Donald Trump’s refusal to take part in another presidential debate with Democratic nominee Kamala Harris marks a significant moment in the 2024 campaign — and hints at vulnerability for a political

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are flirting with the idea of forcing a government shutdown over the issue of noncitizens voting in US elections. Government funding authority runs out on September 30, and House Speaker Mike Johnson — at the all-caps urging of former President Donald Trump in social media

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — The Republican nominee for president went on live TV and presented an unhinged, debunked Facebook rumor as fact. When corrected (several times) by a moderator, Donald Trump doubled down: “The people on television say their dog was eaten by the people that went there.” “They’re eating

Analysis by Kara Alaimo, CNN (CNN) — Parents who stare at their screens instead of talking to their kids aren’t just modeling poor behavior — they could be hindering their children’s language development, a new study found. Parents who used screens more had children who used screens more — and those children had lower aptitude

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Ex-President Donald Trump is equivocating over the possibility of a second debate with Kamala Harris after his dud display in their first showdown prompted his team and conservative media allies to mount a frantic cleanup operation. It’s far too early to say whether the tangle in Philadelphia substantially

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Ex-President Donald Trump is equivocating over the possibility of a second debate with Kamala Harris after his dud display in their first showdown prompted his team and conservative media allies to mount a frantic cleanup operation. It’s far too early to say whether the tangle in Philadelphia

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — At least there’s one thing that’s sacred. In a show of unity that lasted barely longer than a moment of silence, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and ex-President Donald Trump suspended political hostilities and stood together at Ground Zero in Manhattan Tuesday, marking the 23rd anniversary

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — It was the Instagram endorsement read ‘round the world: Pop superstar Taylor Swift backs Kamala Harris for president. Swift’s post also directed her followers to register to vote. Swift’s support for Harris and voter registration will likely have some impact, but not as much as some would hope.

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, Ethan Cohen, Molly English and Matt Holt, CNN (CNN) — It’s not one election, but 51, that pick the US president. Every state and the District of Columbia has its own rules and deadlines for voting and for counting votes. The first voting officially was already supposed to be underway

Analysis by Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average is supposed to represent the 30 companies that are cornerstones of the US economy, those whose success makes them stand out from their peers on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. For most of the last five years, that has

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — The battle over “founder mode” versus “manager mode” is one of those manufactured dramas that only a small segment of the world cares about — like going to Davos or Cannes or the Vanity Fair Oscar Party. But the debate raging within a tiny group of