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Analysis by CNN’s Lauren Kent. CNN’s Daria Tarasova-Markina contributed to this report. (CNN) — Russia is watching US policy like a hawk. That was Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s message to reporters last week in Kyiv as he answered a question about Moscow’s willingness to negotiate. “It depends on the elections in the United States,” he

Analysis by Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s humbled Conservative Party elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader on Saturday, turning to a right-wing favorite who has railed against identity politics, transgender rights and state spending to rebuild its reputation after a devastating election defeat. Badenoch defeated Robert Jenrick in a vote of party members

Analysis by Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Judges have rejected two Jane Does’ efforts to anonymously bring sexual assault lawsuits against Sean “Diddy” Combs in rulings that highlight the challenges of using pseudonyms, and according to some plaintiffs’ lawyers, could have a chilling effect on future actions. Two federal judges overseeing lawsuits brought by Jane

Analysis by Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Election polls can’t foretell who will win the presidential election. They’re inherently imprecise. They carry the potential for error. All that being the case, polls this year have found plenty that’s meaningful about how voters think about politics in 2024 – from Americans’ broad-ranging pessimism about the political landscape to the

Analysis by Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent (CNN) — “Everybody complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it,” Mark Twain used to quip, back when humans had only just begun digging fossil fuel out of the ground and burning it for energy. It was a borrowed joke — and good thing

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — If God was the vote counter, Donald Trump says he’d win in a landslide. The Republican nominee suggested on Thursday that divine intervention in next week’s election would reveal him as the rightful winner of even Democratic bastions like California. On one level, Trump’s comment shows how his

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — If God was the vote counter, Donald Trump says he’d win in a landslide. The Republican nominee suggested on Thursday that divine intervention in next week’s election would reveal him as the rightful winner of even Democratic bastions like California. On one level, Trump’s comment shows how

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Anyone who doubts that a second Trump term would take vaccine skepticism into the mainstream of American government and life should watch Kaitlan Collins’ interview on CNN Wednesday with the co-chair of Donald Trump’s presidential transition team, Howard Lutnick. On the one hand, Lutnick disputed the vaccine

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Anyone who doubts that a second Trump term would take vaccine skepticism into the mainstream of American government and life should watch Kaitlan Collins’ interview on CNN Wednesday with the co-chair of Donald Trump’s presidential transition team, Howard Lutnick. On the one hand, Lutnick disputed the

CNN Analysis by David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Inflation has been tamed. Consumers are spending like crazy. Companies have more jobs available than job seekers to fill them. What more could you want, America? That may well be Vice President Kamala Harris’ inner monologue. The US economy is undeniably on fire, the envy of the

Analysis by David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Inflation has been tamed. Consumers are spending like crazy. Companies have more jobs available than job seekers to fill them. What more could you want, America? That may well be Vice President Kamala Harris’ inner monologue. The US economy is undeniably on fire, the envy of the rest

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — The last three years have upended everything about the way we expect the economy to work. That’s at least partly why many rich people don’t seem to be sweating economists’ warnings that Donald Trump’s policies would cause inflation — which has finally come down to a

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — For much of the presidential campaign, former President Donald Trump worked to distance himself from Project 2025, the detailed game plan written by conservative activists for a second Trump term. Whether or not his allies will try to implement portions of the controversial plan if he

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — For much of the presidential campaign, former President Donald Trump worked to distance himself from Project 2025, the detailed game plan written by conservative activists for a second Trump term. Whether or not his allies will try to implement portions of the controversial plan if he wins

Analysis by Marshall Cohen and Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Tech billionaire Elon Musk has issued a series of political predictions this week, based on strong Republican showings in early voting turnout data, that former President Donald Trump is “trending toward a crushing victory” in Pennsylvania and that Vice President Kamala Harris should even be

Analysis by Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — “Jump ball.” “Coin flip.” “Toss up.” “Dead heat.” “Deadlocked.” On TV and online, political analysts are running out of ways to say the presidential race is effectively tied. But they have to keep repeating it. As CNN’s Dana Bash said on “Inside Politics” Tuesday, “this race

Analysis by Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris wants to renovate the American economy. Former President Donald Trump’s economic vision amounts to knocking it down and rebuilding it from the ground up. The Harris economic agenda calls for modest improvements designed to make life more affordable. Bigger tax credits for

Analysis by Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Supreme Court justices do not go easily. With the presidential election nearing a climax, speculation has grown over new appointments to the country’s highest court. But imminent vacancies are far from guaranteed. The power to decide the nation’s law is difficult to relinquish. “The great

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden had largely been an afterthought one week before the election in which he’d once hoped to win a second term. Not anymore. With an imprecise attempt to defend Puerto Ricans from attacks at Donald Trump’s Sunday night rally in New York, the president on Tuesday inadvertently

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — For the vast majority of Americans who live outside the seven battleground states, there is a confounding helplessness in 2024. On the one hand, polling suggests a historically tight race heading into Election Day. On the other hand, the Electoral College map suggests that the results in