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Analysis by Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — For a few hours on Wednesday evening, tension pulsed through Britain’s streets. Shops and businesses closed early in dozens of cities and towns, boarding up their storefronts and getting out. Police descended on high streets and residential roads, and locals showed up too, ready for the worst.

Opinion By Jane Greenway Carr, CNN (CNN) — Who were we before our culture was defined by the internet? For many of us, that question is impossible to answer (you can pry our phones out of our cold dead fingers, thanks). And for others, the culture part was different pre-internet, perhaps better or more indelible,

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden had banked on June’s presidential debate turning around a race that was slipping away from him. Now, Donald Trump may be laying a similar bet after reversing himself by agreeing to debate on ABC next month as his new Democratic opponent enjoys surging momentum.

Analysis By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — When Wall Street traders decide they’ve maxed out the value they can get from a particular sector of the market — tech, say — they’ll often cash out and move their profits into another area. It’s called a sector rotation, and it happens all the time

Analysis by Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — The widespread anti-immigrant riots in the United Kingdom of the past week, and the false viral claims that fueled them, may be the clearest, most direct example yet of the way unchecked misinformation on social media can produce violence and harm in the real world. Even after authorities

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden had banked on June’s presidential debate turning around a race that was slipping away from him. Now, Donald Trump may be laying a similar bet after reversing himself by agreeing to debate on ABC next month as his new Democratic opponent enjoys surging momentum. Trump

Opinion by Nicole Hemmer (CNN) — On August 9, 1974, President Richard Nixon deviated from his usual health-conscious breakfast of wheat germ, cottage cheese and fruit and instead ordered up an unctuous spread of corned beef hash with a poached egg. Bleary-eyed from lack of sleep — he had spent the night calling old friends and

Analysis by Nic Robertson, CNN Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (CNN) — The Middle East, and indeed much of the world, is bracing for Iran to carry out a revenge attack on Israel over the assassination of Hamas’ political leader. But could Tehran instead be prepared to pull back in exchange for progress on Gaza peace talks?

Opinion by Frank Cilluffo and Joshua Whitman (CNN) — The threat cybercrime poses to nations, businesses and individuals has reached a critical juncture — and it’s time to recognize that cybercriminals are operating freely in countries that provide them shelter, causing economic harm and undermining global security. The United States International Cyberspace and Digital Policy

Analysis by Nick Paton Walsh, CNN London (CNN) — What Austrian authorities have revealed about the alleged terror plot aimed at Taylor Swift’s three Vienna concerts adheres to a chilling pattern familiar to European counterterrorism officials. The prime suspect is a 19-year-old who was arrested in Ternitz, about an hour’s drive from where Swift was

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — David Zaslav had a particularly tough day. The Warner Bros. Discovery boss watched Wednesday afternoon as his company’s already anemic stock price plummeted more than 10% in after-hours trading, hitting a dangerous new low of $6.90 after the company reported second quarter earnings. The selloff occurred after WBD posted

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Finance Bro Summer is officially winding down. The sun rises later and sets earlier on the streets of FiDi, and the TikTokers looking for a man in finance (trust fund, six-five, blue eyes) have moved on to pommel horse nerds and Tim Walz’s big dad energy.

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — It was the first big day of the wrestle for the Midwest that is likely to decide the 2024 election, and someone important was missing — former President Donald Trump. But the Trump campaign is now on offense, with its vice presidential nominee, Ohio Sen. JD Vance leading

WWJ, CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — It was the first big day of the wrestle for the Midwest that is likely to decide the 2024 election, and someone important was missing — former President Donald Trump. But the Trump campaign is now on offense, with its vice presidential nominee, Ohio Sen. JD

Opinion by Tess Taylor (CNN) — There’s a poem from Mary Oliver I’ve been meditating on lately: “If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. There are plenty of lives and towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still, life

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — Kamala Harris and Tim Walz want to make America joyful again. The vice president’s rocking rollout of her running mate on Tuesday sent jolts of energy through a huge crowd, as the pair personified the extraordinary transformation of the 2024 election campaign. Such a scene would

Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — In good economic times, politicians in the US rush to take all the credit. In bad times, it’s the other party’s fault — or better yet, the Federal Reserve’s. The current state of the US economy is far from rock bottom. Gross domestic product for the

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Sometimes, markets tumble because of a big, unambiguous event, like a pandemic or a war or an economic slowdown. Sometimes, they fall because of less visible forces, like high-level financial shenanigans designed to generate profits out of thin air. This week, markets have been grappling with

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — Kamala Harris and Tim Walz want to make America joyful again. The vice president’s rocking rollout of her running mate on Tuesday sent jolts of energy through a huge crowd, as the pair personified the extraordinary transformation of the 2024 election campaign. Such a scene would have

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — Kamala Harris and Tim Walz want to make America joyful again. The vice president’s rocking rollout of her running mate on Tuesday sent jolts of energy through a huge crowd, as the pair personified the extraordinary transformation of the 2024 election campaign. Such a scene would