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Opinion by Clayton Swope (CNN) — Early this month, senior US officials publicly shared their startling concern that a Russian anti-satellite weapon could make parts of space critical to American economic and national security unusable for up to a year. As the United States works with international partners to prevent Russia from developing this weapon, it needs to recognize an inconvenient

Opinion by Keith Magee (CNN) — A few weeks ago, I gave the keynote speech at an inaugural conference on Black literacy exploring what the organizers called an “alarming literacy gap” between Black students and their peers. I was honored to give the address but saddened and angry that, in 21st century America, such an event should

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — It would be no surprise if the jury in Donald Trump’s first criminal trial now sees his former fixer, Michael Cohen, as a profane social media troll and vengeful liar who dreams of seeing the boss he once worshipped behind bars. But jurors don’t have to like Cohen.

Analysis by Ronald Brownstein, CNN (CNN) — During Donald Trump’s four years in the White House, he was famously the only president whose job approval rating never reached 50% in Gallup Organization polls since the firm began systematically tracking that measure in the 1940s. But now more positive retrospective assessments of Trump’s record in office

Opinion by Norman Eisen (CNN) — The forceful direct examination of former Trump fixer-turned-star prosecution witness Michael Cohen concluded Tuesday in the Manhattan criminal trial of former President Donald Trump. Cohen’s convincing testimony deepened the proof beyond a reasonable doubt that, in my view, the prosecution secured Monday. Later Tuesday, lead defense counsel Todd Blanche

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is not waiting for ex-President Donald Trump to be judged by a jury of his peers. He’s delivered his verdict already. The top Republican in the legislative branch showed up Tuesday at the courthouse where the presumptive GOP presidential nominee is on trial, deploying

Opinion by Bob Kolasky (CNN) — Attention turned to the sky last weekend as we witnessed the visual manifestation of the sheer scale and epic nature of space. The reach of the northern lights display, visible over a much wider area than usual, captured the imagination of millions of citizens worldwide and flooded social media

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — After watching his former fixer Michael Cohen testify against him on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump is expected to attend a fundraiser in New York City co-hosted by Charles Kushner, his son-in-law’s father, whom he pardoned in 2020. The crimes for which Kushner went to prison –

Opinion by Megan L. Ranney and Karen Tang (CNN) — As middle-aged women, doctors and public health professionals, we are glad to be able to say out loud: Perimenopause and menopause are real. If you’re feeling depressed, anxious sweaty or angry, it’s not in your head. But here’s the good news. You don’t have to just

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The long-standing allegation from former President Donald Trump is that President Joe Biden has weaponized the Department of Justice and that there is a double standard for Republicans as compared with Democrats. There’s plenty of evidence otherwise lately. Sen. Bob Menendez, the up-for-reelection Democrat from New Jersey,

Opinion by Jill Filipovic (CNN) — It’s been a manicured-brow-raising week in the world of beauty pageants, as Miss USA and Miss Teen USA have both resigned from their roles, fueling speculation about both pageants’ management and treatment of their talent. Both pageant winners — Miss USA 2023 Noelia Voigt and Miss Teen USA 2023 UmaSofia Srivastava

Opinion by Nicole Hemmer (CNN) — In 2020, Virginia’s Shenandoah County School Board joined hundreds of other institutions across the country when it renamed two schools to shed their association with Confederate leaders and enslavers. Stonewall Jackson High School became Mountain View, and Ashby Lee Elementary School (named after Confederate generals Turner Ashby and Robert

Opinion by Dan Perry (CNN) — The signs are mounting that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is weighing an indictment against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top Israeli officials over Israel’s conduct of its war against Hamas in Gaza. This would be an earthquake and could be seen as a case of selective

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. They may be at the end of the alphabet,

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — We in the financial press tend to talk about the meme stock revolution (or craze, or frenzy, or mass delusion) in the past tense. It was a 2021 phenomenon — the climax of a zero-interest rate-fueled euphoria that pit Robinhood hobbyists against Wall Street’s elite, a

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — “Just do it.” With three short words, more famous for selling sports gear than exposing conspiracies, star witness Michael Cohen on Monday depicted Donald Trump’s order of a hush money payoff to an adult film star to allegedly save his 2016 campaign. Prosecutors will seek to build

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — “Just do it.” With three short words, more famous for selling sports gear than exposing conspiracies, star witness Michael Cohen on Monday depicted Donald Trump’s order of a hush money payoff to an adult film star to allegedly save his 2016 campaign. Prosecutors will seek to build on

Analysis by Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — For decades, Western companies made a fortune betting on the inexorable rise of the Chinese consumer. Now an economic slump and the emergence of ferocious local competitors means those bets look less safe as price wars erupt. Discounts and special deals are being offered across consumer

Opinion by Norman Eisen (CNN) — Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump’s onetime lawyer and fixer, faced the man he simply called “Boss” as he began testifying in the Manhattan Trump trial on Monday. It was the most important day yet in what had already shaped up as the trial of the century. Cohen was

Analysis by Nathan Hodge, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s weekend government shakeup appears to be the triumph of competence over loyalty: The Kremlin leader has replaced his camping-and-fishing buddy head of the country’s defense ministry with someone widely seen as a competent technocrat. That, at least, seems to be the immediate takeway after the Kremlin announced that