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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

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump believes presidents have almost absolute power. In his second term, there will be few political or legal restraints to check him. The president-elect’s sweeping victory over Vice President Kamala Harris suddenly turned the theoretical notion that he will indulge his autocratic instincts into a genuine possibility.

Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — For over 70 years, the US central bank has operated as an independent government agency. When officials meet to decide where interest rates should be, they don’t consult the president and other elected officials — and for good reason. That’s because, as one former Federal Reserve

Analysis by Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — Donald Trump’s return to power is a hinge point for the American media – in ways big, small, and to be determined. His defeat of Kamala Harris is raising questions about the media’s credibility, influence, and audience. Some of the questions might not be answerable for

Analysis by David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s decisive election victory was about many things: a global rejection of incumbents, a rise in the Republican electorate and a battle for the future of America’s democracy. But voters consistently and repeatedly said issue No. 1 this election was the economy. That explains a lot about

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Millions of Americans will be tuning in to CNN and other networks on election night as returns roll in. They’ll be waiting to see who wins, something CNN will determine with a series of projections. With polls so close this year and a few hotly contested states

Analysis by Clare Sebastian, CNN (CNN) — As Moldova’s pro-EU president Maia Sandu celebrated victory in the early hours of Monday morning, in an election campaign she claimed involved “unprecedented” interference by Moscow, pro-Kremlin voices in Russia turned to the next page in their playbook: casting doubt on the result. Sandu narrowly won a second

Analysis by Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Inflation’s fingerprints are all over the 2024 race for the White House. Skyrocketing prices at the gas station, the supermarket and virtually everywhere else frightened Americans in the early days of President Joe Biden’s term. Fair or not, inflation almost immediately turned voters off to Bidenomics

Analysis by Kara Alaimo, CNN (CNN) — When people struggle with their mental health, they often turn to TikTok instead of docs. A majority of adult TikTok users — 66% — have seen mental health content on the app, according to a 2024 KFF Health Misinformation Tracking Poll. “The majority of people that are accessing

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The tumultuous 2024 election is ending with a contrast that encapsulates America’s fateful choice on election eve. Ex-President Donald Trump is darkening what is already the most dystopian closing argument in modern American history and flinging new and baseless claims that Democrats are cheating. Vice President Kamala

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The tumultuous 2024 election is ending with a contrast that encapsulates America’s fateful choice on election eve. Ex-President Donald Trump is darkening what is already the most dystopian closing argument in modern American history and flinging new and baseless claims that Democrats are cheating. Vice President Kamala Harris,

Analysis by CNN’s Lauren Kent. CNN’s Daria Tarasova-Markina contributed to this report. (CNN) — Russia is watching US policy like a hawk. That was Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s message to reporters last week in Kyiv as he answered a question about Moscow’s willingness to negotiate. “It depends on the elections in the United States,” he

Analysis by Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s humbled Conservative Party elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader on Saturday, turning to a right-wing favorite who has railed against identity politics, transgender rights and state spending to rebuild its reputation after a devastating election defeat. Badenoch defeated Robert Jenrick in a vote of party members

Analysis by Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Judges have rejected two Jane Does’ efforts to anonymously bring sexual assault lawsuits against Sean “Diddy” Combs in rulings that highlight the challenges of using pseudonyms, and according to some plaintiffs’ lawyers, could have a chilling effect on future actions. Two federal judges overseeing lawsuits brought by Jane

Analysis by Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Election polls can’t foretell who will win the presidential election. They’re inherently imprecise. They carry the potential for error. All that being the case, polls this year have found plenty that’s meaningful about how voters think about politics in 2024 – from Americans’ broad-ranging pessimism about the political landscape to the

Analysis by Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent (CNN) — “Everybody complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it,” Mark Twain used to quip, back when humans had only just begun digging fossil fuel out of the ground and burning it for energy. It was a borrowed joke — and good thing

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — If God was the vote counter, Donald Trump says he’d win in a landslide. The Republican nominee suggested on Thursday that divine intervention in next week’s election would reveal him as the rightful winner of even Democratic bastions like California. On one level, Trump’s comment shows how his

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — If God was the vote counter, Donald Trump says he’d win in a landslide. The Republican nominee suggested on Thursday that divine intervention in next week’s election would reveal him as the rightful winner of even Democratic bastions like California. On one level, Trump’s comment shows how

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Anyone who doubts that a second Trump term would take vaccine skepticism into the mainstream of American government and life should watch Kaitlan Collins’ interview on CNN Wednesday with the co-chair of Donald Trump’s presidential transition team, Howard Lutnick. On the one hand, Lutnick disputed the vaccine