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Opinion by Adam Plowright Paris (CNN) — Were they real? Most people’s first reaction when viewing French President Emmanuel Macron’s moody black-and-white boxing photos this week was to question their authenticity. Had the bulging presidential bicep, veins popping, been swollen artificially? On social media, some wondered if they were AI-generated or the result of creative photoshopping. But the images

Opinion by Richard Aboulafia (CNN) — The situation at Boeing is grim. Serious program execution problems and high-profile safety incidents, with still-fresh memories of the two 737 MAX disasters in 2018 and 2019, are damaging the company’s brand and bringing increased regulatory scrutiny. Its recovery won’t begin until management starts examining how the company got here. Years ago, an

Analysis by Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Max Foster and Billy Stockwell, CNN London (CNN) — The unprecedented frenzy of speculation swirling around Catherine, the Princess of Wales took yet another turn this week after her medical records were reportedly breached. To recap: The 42-year-old royal stepped away from public life temporarily in January following surgery for a

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — The Justice Department’s lawsuit against Apple wants to break the company’s notoriously tight grip on the iPhone, the device that’s made it one of the biggest and most profitable companies on the planet. But regardless of what happens in court, the case is already shining a

Opinion by Lynda Gorov (CNN) — I come from a family of Russian-Ukrainian tailors, notion peddlers plus a milliner or two and I am fairly certain my ancestors would hold me at least partially responsible for the bankruptcy filing of a major sewing craft store chain this week. Joann Fabrics and Crafts, founded 81 years ago when

Analysis by Krystal Hur, 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. The dwindling ranks of the Magnificent Seven are finally

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. Executives at Advance Publications are likely popping champagne bottles. But as they sip on their celebratory bubbly they are now being confronted

Opinion By Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — Is Jared Kushner clueless? Kushner’s newly disclosed musings last month that Gaza has a lot of “very valuable” waterfront property reminds one of Marie Antoinette’s purported observation, “Let them eat cake.” The former Trump White House senior adviser talked up the possible worth of Gaza’s waterfront real estate at an event at

Opinion by Ana Marie Cox (CNN) — Stormy Daniels is the kind of woman who should scare former President Donald Trump the most: a woman who’s frightened but willing to tell the truth anyway. “Stormy,” a new documentary from NBC’s Peacock streaming service, tracks Daniels’ journey from successful and self-possessed adult filmmaker (she jumped from

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN Add $1.2 trillion in government spending bills to the short list of things where it’s fine to barely miss – horseshoes, hand grenades and taxpayer dollars. The multi-act, epic saga of funding the government for the fiscal year that is nearly halfway over is finally at its end, but

Opinion by Linda Thomas-Greenfield (CNN) — In the summer of 1959, Eleanor Roosevelt found herself at a research center just south of Poughkeepsie. There, she met a scientist eager to introduce her to his latest innovation. “The scientist,” Roosevelt wrote in her column,  “My Day,” “has taught a machine to play checkers.” But the machine wasn’t

Opinion by Elizabeth Yuko (CNN) — In December, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first two cell-based gene therapies for treating sickle cell disease (SCD) in people ages 12 and older: Casgevy and Lyfgenia. Since then, questions and concerns have abounded about the cost and accessibility of these treatments — including from Health and Human Services

Analysis by Krystal Hur, 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. There’s a hot new scam on Wall Street, and,

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — The Biden administration is banking on the old “if you build it they will come” approach to cudgel the auto industry away from gas-burning cars. It also seems to recognize a giant problem at the heart of the long-awaited EV revolution: Americans don’t really want them.

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The search for accountability in the unending era of American mass shootings is turning to novel legal tactics against the parents who raise shooters, the gun manufacturers that appeal to them and the social media platforms where they might learn radical behavior. Suing gun manufacturers. This week,

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The hoop and change president is enshrining his love for basketball in his presidential library. The Obama Presidential Center that will rise in Jackson Park in Chicago will feature an athletic complex with a full-size court that the ex-president describes in a new podcast. Its unorthodox inclusion in

Opinion by Jill Filipovic (CNN) — You’ve heard the name “Christine Blasey Ford” because of a series of decisions other people made: To nominate Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court. To leak Blasey Ford’s name after she had tried to stay anonymous. To — as infamously alleged by Blasey Ford and denied by Kavanaugh —sexually assault her

Opinion by Holly Thomas (CNN) — “My children ruined my career,” Lily Allen told the Radio Times podcast last week. “I mean I love them and they complete me, but in terms of pop stardom, totally ruined it.” Her disclosure tripped the internet into a frenzy of agonized responses. Some said they’ve had the opposite experience, while many agreed that

Opinion by Frida Ghitis (CNN) — When former President Donald Trump’s lawyers informed the court on Monday that their famously wealthy client faces “insurmountable difficulties” in raising cash for a bond to cover the massive judgment against him in the New York attorney general’s civil fraud case, Trump critics may have felt some satisfaction. Facing close to $600 million in legal judgments,