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Analysis by Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The THAAD defense system is one of the US military’s most powerful anti-missile weapons, capable of intercepting ballistic missiles at ranges of 150 to 200 kilometers (93 to 124 miles) and with a near-perfect success rate in testing. Using a combination of advanced radar systems and interceptors, THAAD, short for Terminal

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The way Americans choose their president is wonky at best and antidemocratic at worst. While the Electoral College has its defenders, there’s a much deeper bench of people who don’t understand exactly why it is that 538 electors, not 330 million-plus American voters, actually pick the president.

Analysis by Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — It was the perfect feel-good story, just in time for Christmas. On December 20 last year, the United States secured from Venezuela the release of 10 US citizens – six of them wrongfully detained – in exchange for a close ally of authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro and a

Analysis by Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — You may have noticed something peculiar if you were doomscrolling as Hurricane Milton devastated Florida this week: social media creators who stuck out the storm in unsafe evacuation zones, seemingly for the sake of creating content. One Instagram influencer said she was staying in her beachfront

Analysis by Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Catherine, Princess of Wales delighted royal-watchers this week with an unexpected appearance alongside her husband, Prince William. The couple popped up in Southport, a town in the northwest of England, on Thursday, where the community is still grieving after the murders of three young

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Exactly 16 years ago, an impossibly young-looking Barack Obama was barnstorming through Ohio on a bus tour, electrifying huge crowds and emphatically closing the deal on his thumping 2008 election victory. On another October night on Thursday, the 63-year-old ex-president was back on stage, with a vast

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Price distortions and dysfunction are nothing new in the $73 billion wedding industry. But the explosion of weight-loss drugs in the 2020s has created an extra snag for the seamstresses and designers responsible for the Big Day’s centerpiece garment: the bridal gown. The Hollywood weight-loss secret

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Exactly 16 years ago, an impossibly young-looking Barack Obama was barnstorming through Ohio on a bus tour, electrifying huge crowds and emphatically closing the deal on his thumping 2008 election victory. On another October night on Thursday, the 63-year-old ex-president was back on stage, with a vast American

CNN By Gregory Krieg, Edward-Isaac Dovere and Eva McKend, CNN Pittsburgh (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama on Thursday admonished Black men who are hesitating to back Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, telling them it’s “not acceptable” to sit out this election and suggesting they might be reluctant to vote for Harris because she’s

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — This week, the Nobel prizes for physics and chemistry both featured work on the development and application of artificial intelligence. (Trendy choice? Absolutely. Serious choice? Also yes.) Even the most cynical of AI doubters would have to tip their caps to these guys — yes, they’re

Analysis by Kara Alaimo, CNN (CNN) — Create a game plan for your life, rack up impressive grades and other achievements, and make sure you look great, too. That’s another a day in the life of many American teenagers — and the pressure is leaving some of them totally burned out, according to a survey

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Warm water in the Gulf of Mexico that was predicted by climate scientists to feed harsher hurricanes helped supercharge September’s Hurricane Helene. That was before October’s monster storm, Milton, struck – the destruction of which will become clear in the days to come. The science suggests Americans

Analysis by Shannon Carpenter, CNN (CNN) — My 17-year-old son had his headphones off, unlike a teenager, and was watching a YouTube video, very much like a teenager. That’s when I heard the words Andrew Tate, and my ears perked up. I had a feeling my sons might know more about him and other male influencers than I did

Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — The job market is booming. Inflation has come back down to Earth. Americans are spending like crazy. Whatever. Voters don’t care. They still think the economy is trash. Yet for the next month, every last new piece of economic data will be proclaimed as good for

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Long before the outer bands of Hurricane Milton lashed the Florida coast, a political battle over the massive storm was already raging. A potential natural disaster of such magnitude — this may be the gargantuan climate-change fueled monster that scientists have long feared — ought to be immune

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — We know that Joe Biden has used bad words. Among the most famous moments in the president’s long career in public life was that time at the signing ceremony for the Affordable Care Act in 2010 when, captured by the hot mic, the then-vice president told

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — We know that Joe Biden has used bad words. Among the most famous moments in the president’s long career in public life was that time at the signing ceremony for the Affordable Care Act in 2010 when, captured by the hot mic, the then-vice president told Barack

Analysis by David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Google is so synonymous with its core product that its name is a verb that means “search.” Yet Google’s dominance of that market is shrinking. For the first time in decades, Google next year will not control a majority of the US search market, according to a

Analysis by Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — From the moment he was confirmed in 2005, Chief Justice John Roberts made it his mission to differentiate the Supreme Court from the political branches. Yet, the court is ensnared in politics perhaps more than ever – and by the chief’s own hand. The former

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is deploying his quintessential political move in a vicious election end game. In a fact-bending blast of disinformation, the former president is charging Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden’s White House of the very transgressions of which he stands accused. Following Hurricane Helene,