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CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers for former President Donald Trump opened the New York criminal trial on Monday by laying out their opposing sides of the case. It’s clear that a main point of contention will be what occurred at a pivotal August 2015 meeting between Trump,

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers for former President Donald Trump opened the New York criminal trial on Monday by laying out their opposing sides of the case. It’s clear that a main point of contention will be what occurred at a pivotal August 2015 meeting between Trump,

Analysis by Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Third-party and independent candidates like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are making an unusually strong showing in early polls of this fall’s presidential race – a finding that not only highlights a strain of dissatisfaction with Joe Biden and Donald Trump but also adds further uncertainty to what is shaping

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers for former President Donald Trump opened the New York criminal trial on Monday by laying out their opposing sides of the case. It’s clear that a main point of contention will be what occurred at a pivotal August 2015 meeting between Trump, his

Opinion by Allison Hope (CNN) — Lesbian Visibility Week, celebrated each year at the end of April, was first observed in California in 1990 and is marked around the world and in lesbian living rooms across America — including mine. Having been rendered largely invisible in the past, lesbians today have reason to celebrate our

Analysis by Nicole Goodkind, 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. Call it an April slump. Faltering tech stocks, fears

Opinion by Norman Eisen (CNN) — I will be joining the line Monday morning to witness opening statements in the first-ever criminal trial of a former American president. Journalists are to queue up in the long exterior entryway to the 17-story building at 100 Centre St. – its elegant pale yellow granite and limestone Art Deco

Opinion by Tess Taylor (CNN) — On a recent morning, unearthing our postage-stamp front yard garden from a second winter of atmospheric rivers, I saw one monarch butterfly amid our plum blossoms —  a rare sight in a year when monarch populations are at an all-time low. I’d gone out to rake leaves, lay compost and weed the

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump was once, and may soon be again, the most powerful man in the world. But on Monday, his diminished reality as a criminal defendant will become clear in humbling fashion during opening statements in his first criminal trial. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee has long chafed

Opinion by Dean Obeidallah (CNN) — Two different rallies in support of Donald Trump posed a dangerous situation, yet produced two vastly different responses from the former president. On Saturday, shortly before his rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, was scheduled to kick off, Trump — by phone from his private jet — told his supporters

Opinion by Joey Jackson, CNN (CNN) — It was a little more than a year ago, on April 3, 2023, that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg announced a 34-count criminal indictment against former President Donald J. Trump. Now the trial against Trump is set to begin, with opening statements scheduled to get underway Monday

Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — “We are most deeply asleep at the switch,” wrote Annie Dillard, “when we fancy we control any switches at all. We sleep to time’s hurdy-gurdy; we wake, if we ever wake, to the silence of God.” Dillard’s line — from her short meditative book titled “Holy the Firm,”

Analysis by Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The mighty US dollar flexed some muscle last week in a positive sign for Americans’ purchasing power. The US dollar index, which measures the currency’s strength against six of its peers, closed Tuesday at 106.26, its highest level since early November. The US economy’s remarkable strength is

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Republican Speaker Mike Johnson showed political courage that is rare in Washington and notable legislative skill for an inexperienced leader in forcing a long-delayed $60 billion aid bill for Ukraine through the House of Representatives on Saturday. Johnson put his own job in extreme peril to stand

CNN By Annie Grayer, Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — The day after Iran attacked Israel, House Speaker Mike Johnson was on the phone with a man who suddenly held the keys to his legislative agenda and potentially his own future: House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries. In a phone call that has not

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Republican Speaker Mike Johnson showed political courage that is rare in Washington and notable legislative skill for an inexperienced leader in forcing a long-delayed $60 billion aid bill for Ukraine through the House of Representatives on Saturday. Johnson put his own job in extreme peril to stand up

Opinion by Noah Berlatksy (CNN) — War films often try to overwhelm you with authenticity. Movies like “Saving Private Ryan,” (1998), “Dunkirk,” (2017) or this year’s “Civil War” saturate viewers with the realism of their combat sequences and the gritty power of simulated trauma. That’s why war movies are often treated as serious and important:

CNN By Annie Grayer, Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — The day after Iran attacked Israel, House Speaker Mike Johnson was on the phone with a man who suddenly held the keys to his legislative agenda and potentially his own future: House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries. In a phone call that has not

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — It was a week of unexpected developments in an unpredictable but consequential election year. Here are the surprise developments and what they could mean for the future: Jury set for Trump’s first trial Unless you’ve been stranded off the grid in Antarctica, you know that former President

Opinion by Sara Stewart (CNN) — This piece contains mild spoilers for the Netflix series “Ripley” and a scene in the movie “Civil War.” Are we finally ready to take another look at why we love to hate sociopaths so much? The answer to that question may depend on how you feel about empathy. An