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Opinion by Dean Obeidallah (CNN) — At the Republican National Committee’s annual retreat this weekend, former President Donald Trump took the stage to a recording of the national anthem sung by the “J6 Prison Choir,” whose members were incarcerated for taking part in a violent effort to keep Trump in power following his loss in the 2020 election. It’s

Opinion by Arwa Damon (CNN) — Note: This article includes descriptions of disturbing impacts of violence.  A child shrieks in pain in a medical tent at a field clinic in southern Gaza. He’s 7, with severe burns on his back that are being cleaned and slathered with balm. It’s an excruciating process that would be

Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — “A safe pair of hands is of paramount importance,” wrote William John Abbott Davies in his 1933 book, “How to Play Rugby Football.” Davies had reason to know. He has been called one of the greatest rugby players of all time and was acclaimed for captaining England’s team

Analysis by Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The global economy is at risk of stagnating in the coming years — and America’s robust economic strength may not be enough to save it. “Without a course correction, we are indeed heading for ‘the Tepid Twenties’ — a sluggish and disappointing decade,” Kristalina Georgieva, the International

Opinion by Natalie Schriefer (CNN) — In her 2024 Netflix special “Have It All,” stand-up comedian Taylor Tomlinson has a bit about coming out as bisexual. Of telling a friend, she says, “It’s scary to just say you’re bisexual, because then someone’s always like, ‘F**king prove it.’” Though the joke is delivered to laughs, Tomlinson later

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Being elected president shortly after surviving the publication of the leaked “Access Hollywood” tape in 2016 is the moment in which Donald Trump defied political gravity. A politician was heard on tape saying truly disgusting things about women and yet was still elevated by voters to the

Opinion by Tess Taylor (CNN) — When I’m teaching new poets about how to think about where a poem might be inside themselves, I often offer up the sonnet “Bright Star,” by John Keats. It begins: Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art—Not in lone splendour hung aloft the nightAnd watching, with eternal

Opinion by Norman Eisen (CNN) — It’s a cliché to say that electricity surged through a courtroom — but it did when Hope Hicks took the stand Friday morning for her testimony in the election interference trial of former President Donald Trump. In an overflow room of the courthouse where members of the public watch the proceedings, audible

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden’s Democratic base has been divided over the Israel-Hamas war. The public, at large, gives the president some of his worst approval ratings over his handling of the conflict. To some, including people within Biden’s own party, the public demonstrations against the war in Gaza remind them of the Vietnam War protests.

Opinion by Stephen Craven (CNN) — Until an uptick in March, inflation had waned considerably over the last 18 months. Yet there is an excellent reason why Americans haven’t recognized that fact: They have to eat. US food prices have exploded since before the Covid-19 pandemic; they went up 25% between 2019 and 2023. The cost of going out to

Opinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — After weeks of silence, President Joe Biden finally weighed in on the pro-Palestinian protests that have spread across college campuses nationwide. In his remarks on Thursday, Biden tried to walk a tightrope, mollifying two key campus constituencies: student protesters who are demanding that their universities divest from companies profiting from

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — Here are three names you rarely see together in a sentence: War Admiral, Secretariat and Martha Stewart. The first two were well-known racehorses in their day, while Stewart is a world-renowned retail businesswoman. The Kentucky Derby is what unites them. War Admiral and Secretariat won it and Stewart

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — University presidents have to wear a lot of hats, much like a CEO. There’s the day to day admin, the glad-handing of donors, and, crucially, keeping internal fires from becoming public, violent conflagrations. That last one is a public relations lesson, one on which Columbia’s president

Analysis by Esteban Campanela and Sol Amaya, CNNE (CNN) — At least five journalists were killed in Mexico last year, dozens have been arbitrarily arrested in Cuba and Venezuela, and others forced to flee Nicaragua due to harassment. These are just the tip of the iceberg of the challenges faced by many media workers in

Opinion by Ganesh Sitaraman and William J. McGee (CNN) — Over the last several months, America’s largest domestic airlines have made a number of changes to their rewards programs, which enable members to reach different tiers of “status” that come with increasing levels of benefits. Delta recently made it harder to gain status — and withdrew benefits for

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. When ABC News staffers phoned into the network’s daily editorial meeting on Thursday, they quickly took note of the absence of their ostensible boss,

Analysis by Krystal Hur, 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. Dining out these days might seem like a luxury

Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The teeth-gnashing aspects of “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” have been chewed upon for a quarter century, from Watto to Anakin Skywalker’s Midi-chlorian count (and miracle birth) to almost everyone’s favorite punching bag, Jar Jar Binks. Yet as the movie that kicked off George Lucas’ prequel trilogy hits

Analysis by Juliana Liu and Himari Semans, CNN Hong Kong/Tokyo (CNN) — From food to travel, it’s hard to find an aspect of life in Japan that hasn’t been affected by its sinking currency. The yen has been on the skids for years and hit its weakest level since 1990 against the US dollar earlier

Opinion by Jon Williams (CNN) — In a shaded wood outside Bayeux in Northern France, a series of white memorial stones record the names of more than 2,000 journalists who paid the ultimate price while reporting on assignment since 1944. Among them are fathers and mothers, husbands and wives, daughters and sons as well as friends who