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Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is directly trying to exploit Donald Trump’s criminal conviction in a significant new campaign gambit ahead of their pivotal debate clash next week. The Biden campaign on Monday debuted a new ad that will air in battleground states that blasts the presumptive Republican nominee as

Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — “What’s in a name?” Shakespeare’s Juliet is speaking on her balcony as the smitten Romeo hides below in an orchard. “That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet.” Romeo is from the Montague family, mortal enemies to Juliet’s own Capulets, but his name means nothing compared to her love for him. And yet naming is one

Analysis by Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (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. America’s top central banker recently said the job market now

Opinion by Keith Magee (CNN) — On Sunday, England will face Serbia in its first game of the Euro 2024 championship, hosted by Germany. UK police have assured members of the racially-diverse English squad any online racist abuse they receive during the tournament will be taken very seriously. But there’s a crucial backstory from a few years

Opinion by Dominic Erdozain (CNN) — When machine guns became available to civilians in the US in the 1920s, the public reaction was swift and emphatic. The presence of such weapons, protested journalist Owen P. White in 1926, was “the paramount example of peace-time barbarism.” The Thompson machine gun, so light and so deadly, was

CNN Opinion by Dominic Erdozain (CNN) — When machine guns became available to civilians in the US in the 1920s, the public reaction was swift and emphatic. The presence of such weapons, protested journalist Owen P. White in 1926, was “the paramount example of peace-time barbarism.” The Thompson machine gun, so light and so deadly,

Opinion by Miriam Krinsky, Chris Kemmitt and Adam Murphy (CNN) — Our legal system guarantees individuals facing trial on criminal charges an impartial jury of their peers. Unfortunately, that guarantee isn’t being honored in every case or courtroom across our country. In Alameda County, California, District Attorney Pamela Price recently unearthed evidence that appears to back allegations of deeply troubling and discriminatory

Opinion By Holly Thomas (CNN) — If you’ve ever sat through a period drama wondering what everyone else is up to while the romantic leads dominate 90% of the screen time, then “Bridgerton” Season 3 Part 2 is for you. It’s not that Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton (or Polin, as the internet insists on calling them) don’t

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — A truism of American politics is that older voters prefer the Republican and younger voters prefer the Democrat. That’s what happened in 2020, when Democrat Joe Biden won voters under 50 and Republican Donald Trump won voters over 50, according to exit polls. Biden’s margin among younger

Opinion By Carrie Sheffield (CNN) — Thursday’s unanimous Supreme Court ruling against the plaintiffs in US Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine means the current Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations allowing the use of the abortion drug mifepristone remain in place. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court’s rejection was based on standing – whether the

CNN Opinion By Carrie Sheffield (CNN) — Thursday’s unanimous Supreme Court ruling against the plaintiffs in US Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine means the current Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations allowing the use of the abortion drug mifepristone remain in place. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court’s rejection was based on standing – whether

Opinion By Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — In February, the Israeli Defense Forces released a grainy video showing the back of a man they identified as Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’ leader in Gaza. A dark figure seen only from behind was hurriedly making his way through one of the labyrinths of Hamas tunnels that wend their way deep

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. At least one interest rate cut is still on

Opinion by Noah Berlatsky (CNN) — I’m not especially malevolent or intimidating, so I didn’t expect to be the villain in the new Pixar kids’ film, “Inside Out 2.” But as it turns out, the antagonist in the movie is the personification of Anxiety (voiced by Maya Hawke). And while I would not say that I am the personification of anxiety, if

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. Alex Jones’ conspiracy empire is on the brink. The fate of the right-wing extremist’s Infowars outlet could be decided on Friday as a Texas

Opinion by Ed Manning (CNN) — At age 40, I had been a first-time father for fewer than 10 minutes when I found myself entangled in a major parental faux pas. The nurse burst into our birthing room with an urgency usually reserved for a SWAT incursion. She looked to be in her fifties and

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — The pandemic may have released us from the tyranny of the five-day-a-week office schedule. But the grip of America’s busy-work culture is proving harder to shake. See here: Wells Fargo this week disclosed that it had fired more than a dozen employees for “simulation of keyboard

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump got his 78th birthday present a day early — a handshake from his longtime bitter critic, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, encapsulating the Republican Party’s complete submission to its presumptive presidential nominee. The twice-impeached 45th president and newly convicted criminal was back on Capitol Hill Thursday for

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump got his 78th birthday present a day early — a handshake from his longtime bitter critic, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, encapsulating the Republican Party’s complete submission to its presumptive presidential nominee. The twice-impeached 45th president and newly convicted criminal was back on Capitol Hill Thursday

Opinion by Mary Ziegler (CNN) — On the surface, the Supreme Court, with its unanimous decision in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine on Thursday, seemed to put an end to a long-running fight over the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, a drug used in more than half of all abortions. The truth is that this fight is far from