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Analysis by Nick Paton Walsh (CNN) — It may be horrific and redefine the world order. Or it may be underwhelmingly bluster over substance. But US President-elect Donald Trump’s second term will certainly be disruptive. And even the most severe American isolationism – the greatest amount of doing little – will likely herald significant change.

CNN Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Imagine you’re at a job you love but you have a boss you just really don’t get along with. You stick it out, though, because, after all, it’s your dream job. Then one day your boss leaves and everything starts to get a whole lot

Analysis by Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — No United States leader has handled relations with North Korea quite like Donald Trump. The former president went from threatening Kim Jong Un with “fire and fury” if the North Korean leader continued testing missiles, to becoming his pen pal, meeting him in a series of

Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Imagine you’re at a job you love but you have a boss you just really don’t get along with. You stick it out, though, because, after all, it’s your dream job. Then one day your boss leaves and everything starts to get a whole lot better.

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — In the days leading up to the US election, pollsters had the race deadlocked. The vote was essentially a coin flip. But over on the betting platform Polymarket, the odds were much more solidly in former President Donald Trump’s favor. On Monday, Trump led Vice President

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has promised to completely remake the US government and wield new power as president. The ambitious promises, if enacted, would transform society. Some of his most-repeated promises on the campaign trail include: Mass deportation of 11 million undocumented immigrants Closing the southern border

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has promised to completely remake the US government and wield new power as president. The ambitious promises, if enacted, would transform society. Some of his most-repeated promises on the campaign trail include: Mass deportation of 11 million undocumented immigrants Closing the southern border and

CNN By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point Thursday on the heels of the US presidential election earlier this week. Chair Jerome Powell also affirmed his commitment to serve out his term, expected to end in mid-2026, even if President-elect Donald Trump attempts to fire

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,