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CNN Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The Oscar telecast always juggles three major objectives: Honoring the year’s best films and those who made them; broadly celebrating and promoting the movie-going habit; and putting on a good show, both for the bigwigs in the theater and the folks at home. The second one of

CNN Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The Oscar telecast always juggles three major objectives: Honoring the year’s best films and those who made them; broadly celebrating and promoting the movie-going habit; and putting on a good show, both for the bigwigs in the theater and the folks at home. The second one of

Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The Oscar telecast always juggles three major objectives: Honoring the year’s best films and those who made them; broadly celebrating and promoting the movie-going habit; and putting on a good show, both for the bigwigs in the theater and the folks at home. The second one of those

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and ex-President Donald Trump are battling as though their general election showdown is eight days rather than eight months away. An intense weekend of campaigning, with the rivals both visiting the critical swing state of Georgia, laid out the stakes of their clash – as

Opinion by Dean Obeidallah (CNN) — Republican Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama delivered the GOP response last week to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union, and America has been ruthlessly delivering its response to Britt ever since. Social media exploded with brutal reviews of Thursday’s speech, mocking everything from Britt’s “acting class energy” to her decision to deliver

Analysis by Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — As America bustled through key political moments last week, with voters casting Super Tuesday ballots and President Joe Biden laying out his national priorities in the State of the Union address, China was busy conducting the largest annual showing of its own political process. In Beijing, where

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Which Joe Biden will Americans see for the next eight months? Is it the vigorous, smiling president who tangled with Republicans in real time during the high-wire act of a nationally televised address Thursday? Or is it the “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” who a

Opinion by Fareed Zakaria (CNN) — A couple of years ago, the Economist declared on its cover that Taiwan — a tiny island, home to 24 million people — was “the most dangerous place on Earth.” The reasons it came to that conclusion remain sound. In fact, they have only grown stronger recently. The backdrop to the tensions over Taiwan is, of

Analysis by Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — AI tools like ChatGPT have gone mainstream, and companies behind the technologies are pouring billions of dollars into the bet that they will change the way we live and work. But alongside that promise comes a constant stream of concerning headlines, some highlighting AI’s potential to churn

Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — “November 5th is going to go down as the single most important day in the history of our country,” former President Donald Trump said after his victories on Super Tuesday guaranteed that he will be the GOP nominee for president. That reference to Election Day is perhaps the

CNN Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — “November 5th is going to go down as the single most important day in the history of our country,” former President Donald Trump said after his victories on Super Tuesday guaranteed that he will be the GOP nominee for president. That reference to Election Day is perhaps

Analysis by Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — America’s inflation problem has improved greatly in some respects — but it remains stubborn for the price of services. That means the Federal Reserve, which is tasked with stabilizing prices, could keep interest rates higher for longer if the rising costs of your haircut, your doctor’s visit

Opinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — The reviews are in. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union appears to be a smash hit. It could not have come at a more critical moment in his presidency. Just as even the staunchest of admirers had started raising questions about whether he could sustain the challenges of campaigning due

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — The 2024 presidential general election is here, for all intents and purposes. Joe Biden and Donald Trump are set to face off in the first presidential rematch since 1956. It’s also the first rematch between a current and a former president since 1892. But unlike in 2020 when

Opinion by Liam Kerr (CNN) — Are the progressive activists who harassed West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema happy now? The two centrist senators recently announced their departures after years of serving as a “heat shield” for their moderate and electorally vulnerable Democratic colleagues by publicly holding up controversial legislation and drawing subsequent attacks from liberal

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Viktor Orbán is taking his blueprint on dismantling democracy to Mar-a-Lago. The Hungarian prime minister first won power through a democratic election, then proceeded to weaken the institutions of that democracy by eroding the legal system, firing civil servants, politicizing business, attacking the press and intimidating opposition parties

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — With the help of a billion-dollar cash infusion and the market-soothing arrival of former government officials, New York Community Bank has come back from the brink. But it’s not out of the woods yet. And some experts say NYCB is not merely an isolated hiccup for

Opinion by Elena Sheppard (CNN) — There is something slightly unnerving about the new reality show “Side Hustlers.” The premise of the five-part Roku series is that, under the guidance of supermodel and investor Ashley Graham and Good American CEO and entrepreneur Emma Grede, a select few hopeful entrepreneurs ready to ditch their day jobs will be able to quit their

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. Wall Street was taken aback by the US labor

Opinion by Richard Salgado (CNN) — That we depend on undersea cables is obvious. Two often-cited statistics are that undersea cables are used to make over $10 trillion of financial transactions each day, and that they carry over 99% of international voice and electronic data. So, there was real concern Monday when HGC Global Communications announced that several undersea