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CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s tumultuous life has been rocked by bankruptcies, personal scandals, impeachments and election wins and losses, but nothing quite compares to the personal and financial crisis facing the once-and-possibly future president this week. Trump is struggling to post a bond worth around half a billion dollars

Opinion by Norman Eisen and Andrew Warren (CNN) — Contrary to the popular view that former President Donald Trump has successfully delayed accountability, this week he’s facing a one-two punch that has the potential to inflict lasting damage. All signs are that the New York criminal case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will be

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s tumultuous life has been rocked by bankruptcies, personal scandals, impeachments and election wins and losses, but nothing quite compares to the personal and financial crisis facing the once-and-possibly future president this week. Trump is struggling to post a bond worth around half a billion dollars on

Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — In Charles Dickens’ 1850 novel “David Copperfield,” the perpetually indebted Mr. Micawber notes that all he can offer his young lodger is this advice: “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness.” By contrast, “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six,

Analysis by Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — America’s central bank doesn’t see any signs of a recession on the horizon. Not this year nor the year after. The Federal Reserve’s policymaking committee of 19 officials released a new set of economic projections last week, showing that they now expect economic growth in 2024, 2025

Opinion by Fareed Zakaria, CNN (CNN) — The central puzzle about this election campaign, that has pollsters and pundits opining, is the disconnect between the state of the economy and President Joe Biden’s approval ratings. A simple rule of thumb is that a president’s approval rating predicts the chances of reelection. It used to be that

Opinion by Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — If ISIS was indeed responsible for the attack Friday at a Moscow-area concert venue that killed at least 133 people, it would suggest that, unfortunately, the terror group is making something of a comeback. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack; a US official told CNN the US has no reason to

CNN Opinion by Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — If ISIS was indeed responsible for the attack Friday at a Moscow-area concert venue that killed at least 133 people, it would suggest that, unfortunately, the terror group is making something of a comeback. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack; a US official told CNN the US has no reason

CNN Analysis by Matthew Chance, CNN’s Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Moscow (CNN) — Barely a week since Vladimir Putin secured his fifth presidential term, Russia has been plunged into carnage and disarray. The appalling attack on the vast Crocus City Hall concert venue and shopping complex near Moscow, which has been claimed by ISIS, has

Opinion by Rabbi Avi Weiss (CNN) — Approaching my 80th birthday, I realize that as a Jew, I’ve lived a honeymoon life. Born at the tail end of World War II, I grew up with antisemitism by and large under control, as even vicious Jew haters were reticent to attack Jews. To some extent, I believe,

Analysis by Matthew Chance, CNN’s Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Moscow (CNN) — Barely a week since Vladimir Putin secured his fifth presidential term, Russia has been plunged into carnage and disarray. The appalling attack on the vast Crocus City Hall concert venue and shopping complex near Moscow, which has been claimed by ISIS, has left

Analysis by Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — Gunmen in an entertainment venue. Bodies lying on the cold concrete. Horror that such murder could strike the safety of the Moscow bubble. These were all present in the horrific aftermath of Friday night’s savage attack outside Crocus City Hall just as they were almost 22 years ago when I

Opinion by Sara Stewart (CNN) — As news that Catherine, Princess of Wales had announced her cancer diagnosis dominated headlines Friday, I felt a deep and traumatic solidarity. Recovering from major abdominal surgery — as Kate has been since January — is ghastly, and having to do it so you can be healthy enough for chemotherapy is

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Although many Americans and policy wonks see climate change as the major existential issue of our time, it ends up feeling like a relatively small piece of the American political conversation, which is more focused on the economy, immigration and democracy. The climate crisis ends up touching

Opinion by Sara Stewart (CNN) — Last week, I ditched work one day and went to a matinee at a local AMC theater. It was a  Timothée Chalamet movie, because statistically of course it was. “Dune: Part Two” was calling my name. There are few things this movie nerd loves more than a big, loud sci-fi fantasy epic on

Analysis by Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — The announcement from Catherine, Princess of Wales that she has started chemotherapy for cancer and is in the “early stages of that treatment” was a bolt from the blue. As Britain woke up on Saturday morning, the tone of every major newspaper was of

Analysis by Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — Can Europe fill the gap left by the United States in Ukraine? That has been on the minds of European officials for a long time, as they gaze across the Atlantic and see funds being blocked and the potential return of Donald Trump. It’s a question the European Union is

Opinion by Lawrence Downes (CNN) — It’s been a week of whiplash for people wondering whether Texas is going to be getting its own foreign policy. That is, whether it will be able to enforce SB 4, the extreme anti-immigration law that Gov. Greg Abbott signed last December. It empowers the state’s police and judges to arrest, lock up and punish

CNN Opinion by Lawrence Downes (CNN) — It’s been a week of whiplash for people wondering whether Texas is going to be getting its own foreign policy. That is, whether it will be able to enforce SB 4, the extreme anti-immigration law that Gov. Greg Abbott signed last December. It empowers the state’s police and judges to arrest, lock up and

Opinion by Patricia Grisafi (CNN) — “Ghostbusters” is synonymous with New York City. In the original 1984 film, Winston Zeddmore (Ernie Hudson) puts his arms triumphantly into the air after the team saves the day and shouts, “I love this town!” It’s such a New York specific feel-good moment. With the exception of “Ghostbusters: Afterlife”