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Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith set out to prove in the United States of America v. Donald J. Trump that even presidents are not above the law. Instead, his failed prosecutions ended up making Trump even more powerful as the ebullient president-elect prepares to return to office on January

CNN Analysis by Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk has called MSNBC “the utter scum of the Earth.” He has said the channel “peddles puerile propaganda.” Just a few days ago he said, “MSNBC is going down.” And now he is posting memes about buying the channel. Conventional wisdom holds that Musk — the

Analysis by Laura Paddison, CNN Senior Climate Reporter (CNN) — This year’s UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan kicked off with a fulsome celebration of fossil fuels, praised by the country’s president Ilham Aliyev as a “gift of God.” It ended with a climate finance deal developing countries called an insult, a joke and a

Analysis by Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk has called MSNBC “the utter scum of the Earth.” He has said the channel “peddles puerile propaganda.” Just a few days ago he said, “MSNBC is going down.” And now he is posting memes about buying the channel. Conventional wisdom holds that Musk — the world’s

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s Senate allies are racing to defend Tulsi Gabbard, his pick to lead US intelligence services, in what could become the next test of the president-elect’s bid to install provocative nominees — and of any Republican appetite to stop him. Gabbard and another contentious Trump pick

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s Senate allies are racing to defend Tulsi Gabbard, his pick to lead US intelligence services, in what could become the next test of the president-elect’s bid to install provocative nominees — and of any Republican appetite to stop him. Gabbard and another contentious Trump pick —

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump is still putting together his Cabinet for his second term, and many other government positions will open up when he takes the oath of office in January. But there’s a growing expectation that he will quickly make at least one new vacancy by firing

CNN Analysis by CNN’s Chief International Security Editor Nick Paton Walsh (CNN) — It began with a peace move nobody wanted and ended with an experimental missile strike so rare in war Moscow gave a 30-minute heads-up to Washington. The past seven days have fundamentally changed Ukraine’s long conflict, and at a breakneck pace ahead

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — If you asked a sports fan of a certain age, “Who is the worst in college football?” one popular answer would probably be the Columbia Lions. After all, Columbia went through a notorious 44-game (and then record-setting) losing streak in the 1980s that garnered national attention. Fans tore

Analysis by David Goldman, Matt Egan and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary pick stands in stark contrast to some of the more controversial and questionable Cabinet picks he’s announced so far. Scott Bessent won’t freak out Wall Street, the industry he’s set to oversee. Treasury secretary is a serious job

Analysis by Juliana Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — In the summer of 2018, when former President Donald Trump launched a trade war with Beijing, the Chinese economy was riding high. There was even talk it could soon overtake the United States as the world’s largest. Now, with Trump months away from retaking office, what

Analysis by Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — The startling revelation this week that MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski’s journeyed to Mar-a-Lago to meet with President-elect Donald Trump prompted a question that many members of the media are quietly asking: just how worried should journalists be? More specifically, and more practically, what

Analysis by CNN’s Chief International Security Editor Nick Paton Walsh (CNN) — It began with a peace move nobody wanted and ended with an experimental missile strike so rare in war Moscow gave a 30-minute heads-up to Washington. The past seven days have fundamentally changed Ukraine’s long conflict, and at a breakneck pace ahead of

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Marc Rowan, a contender for what is arguably the most important economic job in the US government, is the CEO of Apollo Global Management, a behemoth in private equity, an industry notorious for its cutthroat, profit-at-all-costs standards. The 62-year-old executive’s ascent to Donald Trump’s Cabinet could,

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — For Donald Trump, every defeat is just the catalyst for his next battle. No sooner had the president-elect suffered his first big reversal since winning reelection – when his scandal-tainted pick for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, withdrew Thursday after days of steadily worsening scrutiny over alleged sexual misconduct

Analysis by Kara Alaimo, CNN (CNN) — If you’re thinking of marching into your parent-teacher conference with a laundry list of complaints, think twice. It’s often possible to address issues students are having without arguing with your child’s teacher or assigning blame, even when the issues are contentious. After her son’s teacher falsely accused him

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — While President Joe Biden bragged about picking the most diverse Cabinet in history, one that he said “looks like America,” President-elect Donald Trump is looking for TV experience. While Trump’s picks so far mostly lack in racial or gender diversity – there are a handful of

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — While President Joe Biden bragged about picking the most diverse Cabinet in history, one that he said “looks like America,” President-elect Donald Trump is looking for TV experience. While Trump’s picks so far mostly lack in racial or gender diversity – there are a handful of women

Analysis by Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — It is a very specific and high-profile warning, so you would expect the information behind it to have been quite precise. The US Embassy in Kyiv has not closed since it relocated during the opening months of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. But on

Analysis by Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — Comcast just jump-started a new season of major change across the television industry. And no one quite knows what will happen next. On Wednesday morning, the media giant confirmed that it is spinning off most of its cable channels, including MSNBC and CNBC, into a separate