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Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald and David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump’s favorite barometer of his success — the stock market — had been humming since his reelection. Business-friendly promises of deregulation and tax cuts got investors excited with anticipation of unlocked profit and easy money. And then reality set in this

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — The ABC defamation settlement with Donald Trump, which has emboldened the president-elect in his crusade against outlets he dislikes and outraged journalists across the industry, was a decision that reportedly came down to one man: Bob Iger, the formidable CEO of the Walt Disney Company. According

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Welcome to the new Washington of Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The president-elect and the world’s richest man combined Wednesday to smash a short-term spending compromise orchestrated by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to keep the government open until early in Trump’s new term. The stop-gap measure is

CNN By Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN (CNN) — Facing intense pressure of the federal government potentially shutting down within days and disaster aid coffers that need replenishment, lawmakers are racing to cobble together a temporary government funding plan after President-elect Donald Trump torpedoed their last package on Wednesday. The now-dead agreement would have

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump isn’t only busy getting ready to return to the White House. He’s also engaged in a multi-front war with media organizations. ABC News settled one lawsuit brought by Trump right before he filed another against the Des Moines Register and its parent company. There’s

CBC-NEWS, CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is stoking political mayhem in Canada by intensifying a crisis that threatens to oust Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The president-elect’s bullying of an embattled political foe, whom he mocks as the governor of the 51st state in an insult to America’s loyal northern neighbor,

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Part of the deal with being a CEO is that you’re never off the clock, you get blamed for everything that goes wrong and you have no control over the outside forces that can absolutely wreck your business. But in exchange, you get a fat paycheck

Analysis by Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was created during the Great Depression to restore trust in a financial system shaken by the failure of thousands of banks. Today, during a time of distrust in government, the FDIC stands apart in the alphabet soup of bank regulators

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is stoking political mayhem in Canada by intensifying a crisis that threatens to oust Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The president-elect’s bullying of an embattled political foe, whom he mocks as the governor of the 51st state in an insult to America’s loyal northern neighbor, is a

Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Jamie Dimon, head of America’s largest bank, JPMorgan Chase — and commonly referred to as the ‘president of Wall Street’ — spent much of this past year warning that there’s an elevated risk that the US experiences 1970s-esque stagflation, which is when economic growth stagnates while

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf and Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — More than 150 million Americans cast ballots for president in November, but it’s 538 electors who actually elect the president when they meet in state capitols every four years. That archaic process, known as the Electoral College, has endured multiple repeal efforts and one

Analysis by Allison Morrow and David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Another day, another enigmatic billionaire turning up at Mar-a-Lago to pump up the Donald Trump brand as the president-elect prepares to return to the White House. ICYMI: On Monday, Japanese investor Masayoshi Son joined Trump to announce a $100 billion investment in US

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is having the time of his life. “In this term, everybody wants to be my friend,” the president-elect said at his Mar-a-Lago resort Monday, relishing the outpouring of deference from foreign leaders, CEOs and Republican powerbrokers as he readies his second term. Since winning last month’s

Analysis by Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Syria’s new regime, led by a group with former ties to al Qaeda, is on a mission to gain international legitimacy – and it’s already seeing some success. Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, an internationally sanctioned former jihadist, has been meeting foreign dignitaries since his group Hayat Tahrir al Sham

Analysis by Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — George Stephanopoulos ended Sunday’s “This Week” program without any mention of him or ABC News settling Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against them. The suit was triggered by a segment on “This Week,” but ABC News has not reported on TV its agreement to pay $15 million to Trump’s

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — America’s new rulers are putting on a show of intent and unity as Donald Trump turns from his so-far-successful rescue of Pete Hegseth to three more of his provocative Cabinet choices. The complex dynamics driving the most empowered presidential transition in modern history went public Saturday as the

Analysis by Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — In the early years of Xi Jinping’s war on corruption, the Chinese leader consolidated control over the world’s largest military by taking down powerful generals from rival factions and replacing them with allies and proteges loyal to himself. A decade on, having given the People’s Liberation

Analysis by Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be secretary of defense, has an unconventional resume for the position, which in recent years has been held by retired four-star generals such as Jim Mattis and Lloyd Austin and by major Washington players like Leon Panetta and Robert Gates, both

Analysis by Wayne Chang, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — During his first term as US president, Donald Trump was widely seen as a friend to Taiwan, having bolstered support for the island through increased arm sales and upgraded diplomatic visits. But that goodwill was nowhere to be found on the campaign trail, with Trump repeatedly

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The US grew a lot in the past 40 years. The US population expanded by about 100 million people One of them was Vivek Ramaswamy, who was born in 1985 and is one of two wealthy men tasked by President-elect Donald Trump with shrinking the size of