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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. Big oil just got bigger, and shareholders could soon

Opinion by Adam Kinzinger and Ben Hodges (CNN) — There seems to be a doctrine within the National Security Council in the Biden administration: escalation aversion. These “escalationists” seem deeply worried that any increase in support for Ukraine could lead to World War III. France and Germany on Tuesday took the important step of joining

CNN Opinion by Adam Kinzinger and Ben Hodges (CNN) — There seems to be a doctrine within the National Security Council in the Biden administration: escalation aversion. These “escalationists” seem deeply worried that any increase in support for Ukraine could lead to World War III. France and Germany on Tuesday took the important step of

Opinion by Arick Wierson (CNN) — Although American voters are the ones who will choose the next president of the United States, people across the globe are watching the developments of this election with great interest. And among those watching most closely are world leaders near and far. Global surveys conducted in recent months have concluded

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The mood flips from torpor to high tension in a second on the high-security 15th floor of the grimy old Manhattan courthouse where a jury will resume deliberations on Donald Trump’s fate Thursday morning. Seven men and five women jurors, headed by a foreperson who grew up in

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The mood flips from torpor to high tension in a second on the high-security 15th floor of the grimy old Manhattan courthouse where a jury will resume deliberations on Donald Trump’s fate Thursday morning. Seven men and five women jurors, headed by a foreperson who grew up

Opinion by Norman Eisen (CNN) — “You are going to begin the only active part of your jury service: You will begin the process of deliberations.” After those words from Justice Juan Merchan, the 12 members of the jury in Donald Trump’s Manhattan trial retired Wednesday to decide if this former American president is a

Opinion by David Axelrod, CNN (CNN) — Robert De Niro has brilliantly played many roles in his long and storied acting career. He might, on second thought, have turned down the one for which he was cast on Tuesday. For more than five weeks, President Joe Biden had mostly avoided plunging into the reality show that has

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s favorite Supreme Court justices might not even be the three he nominated. Trump congratulated Justice Samuel Alito, who was nominated in 2005 by then-President George W. Bush, after the jurist on Wednesday refused to recuse himself from cases related to the January 6,

Analysis by Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Claudia Sheinbaum was campaigning for president in southern Mexico when hooded men approached her car, filming the interaction as they implored her to keep their town from being taken over by gangs. One man said he felt helpless, and that the government had “never done anything for these lands.” They

Opinion by Holly Thomas (CNN) — There are many excruciating moments in “The Greatest Love Story Never Told,” the documentary about the making of “This Is Me… Now,” the 2024 musical film about Jennifer Lopez’s latest album by the same name about her reunion with her longtime love and fourth husband, Ben Affleck. What follows is one

Opinion by Alice Driver (CNN) — In Mexico, the frontrunners in the 2024 presidential election were both women, and women make up at least 50% of Congress, half the Cabinet, and lead the Supreme Court. After the nation went to the polls on June 2, Claudia Sheinbaum is projected to be Mexico’s first woman president, a stark

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. Earnings season is winding down, and a strange confluence

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. Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy — who has an extensive history promoting lies and conspiracy theories, including around the January 6

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — In her cameo in the 1996 comedy First Wives Club, Ivana Trump offers a witty post-divorce kernel of wisdom: “Don’t get mad, get everything.” The 2024 version of that sentiment, at least among a certain class of billionaire women, might tack on an addendum: Get everything,

Analysis by Ronald Brownstein, CNN (CNN) — For decades, Democrats have built their electoral strategies on a common assumption: the higher the turnout, the better their chances of winning. But that familiar equation may no longer apply for President Joe Biden in 2024. A wide array of polls this year shows Biden running best among

Opinion by Norman Eisen (CNN) — On Tuesday, we at last came to closing arguments in the Manhattan criminal trial of former President Donald Trump after 20 days of trial, testimony from 22 witnesses and over 200 exhibits. That is a vast amount of terrain to traverse, but ultimately the case boils down to three questions on which the lengthy closings of defense counsel

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — They booed former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate who currently leads in polling in some swing states. They rejected Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent candidate who is polling at 15% in some polls. Instead, at its convention over the weekend, the Libertarian Party selected

By Alisha Ebrahimji and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN (CNN) — American Tyler Wenrich was sentenced to three weeks in jail and fined Tuesday after he pleaded guilty earlier this month to possession of ammunition while traveling to Turks and Caicos. The Virginia resident was fined $9,000, Kimo Tynes, the director of communications for the Government of

Opinion by Bishop Robert Barron (CNN) — Bill Maher first came to my attention in the 1980s as a clever, wry and politically alert stand-up comic. But I began to follow him more closely about 20 years ago when, in the wake of the new atheist movement, he dedicated a good deal of his comedy to