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Analysis by Nathan Hodge, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former US Marine Paul Whelan and Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva is cause for celebration: The three were freed as part of a sweeping prisoner exchange that also saw the release of prominent Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza and other

Analysis by Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Meet the new Donald Trump, same as the old Donald Trump. The former president’s rant about likely Democratic nominee Kamala Harris’ racial identity, headlined by the false and offensive claim that the first Black woman elected vice president “happened to turn Black” only recently, as an act of political expedience, kicked

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Donald Trump on Wednesday took the stage before a divided National Association of Black Journalists conference. And, within moments of the event getting underway, it was clear where the event was headed. Trump unleashed a barrage of vicious attacks on Kamala Harris, absurdly questioning her Black identity (she is indeed

CNN Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Donald Trump on Wednesday took the stage before a divided National Association of Black Journalists conference. And, within moments of the event getting underway, it was clear where the event was headed. Trump unleashed a barrage of vicious attacks on Kamala Harris, absurdly questioning her Black identity (she is

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Congratulations, Kelly Ortberg. You’ve just landed a job that is simultaneously the best and worst in Corporate America. Hear me out. As the next CEO of Boeing, Ortberg is taking over a once-mighty American institution that’s languishing in its dirtbag era, like a star high school

Analysis by Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — The assassination of the political leader of Hamas has plunged the Middle East into fresh crisis and dented already slim hopes of an end to the war between Israel and the militant group that rules Gaza anytime soon. Hamas on Wednesday said Israel killed its political leader, Ismail

CNN Analysis by Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — One of the few things working in Iran’s favor after the humiliating news that Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital overnight is that the regime controls most of the information the world gets to see. What Iran has said so far is that

Analysis by Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — One of the few things working in Iran’s favor after the humiliating news that Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital overnight is that the regime controls most of the information the world gets to see. What Iran has said so far is that Haniyeh

Opinion by Veronica Goodman (CNN) — Working a minimum wage job scooping ice cream or lifeguarding at the local pool is a summer rite of passage for many American kids. A growing number of mostly conservative officials and activists, however, have a different idea about what constitutes age-appropriate employment for minors. Across the country, some officials

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — On the surface, it looks like Americans are laying off the Big Macs, booze and even — gasp! — Starbucks. Earnings season for major food and beverage companies began just this week, but already we’re seeing how American spending habits are evolving in this era of

Analysis by Rafael Romo, CNN (CNN) — It happened in Caracas on June 9, 2016, when I was there to cover a series of violent protests that had broken out in Venezuela. That sunny day, as our CNN team was walking towards the building that houses the National Assembly for interviews, we noticed a group

Analysis by Tamara Qiblawi, CNN (CNN) — Israel says it has killed Hezbollah’s most senior military official, Fu’ad Shukr, in a drone strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a populous neighborhood that is also the Iran-backed group’s stronghold. If true, Shukr would be the most high-ranking Hezbollah official to have been assassinated since 2016

Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — The Federal Reserve is all but certain to hold interest rates steady at its meeting this week. But a growing crowd of economists — among them, former Fed Vice Chair Alan Blinder and Nobel prize-winner Paul Krugman — are urging central bankers to cut now rather

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — One major lesson from Vice President Kamala Harris’ sudden ascension to be the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee is that running mates matter. Backup quarterbacks need to be ready for big games, and vice presidents need to be ready for the Oval Office, as this election year has

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — The Marvel Cinematic Universe has roared back to life. After suffering a years-long dry spell that had fans and industry observers wondering whether the lucrative franchise was destined for irreversible decline, Marvel Studios showed that it still has plenty more gasoline left in the tank. “Deadpool & Wolverine” clawed through initial

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Money can’t buy happiness, of course. Of course. But it can really, really help. Here’s the deal: For years, there’s been a popular theory in behavioral science research that people hit a kind of “happiness plateau” around the $75,000 a year threshold (or around $100,000 adjusted

Analysis by Ronald Brownstein, CNN (CNN) — The quickest way for Kamala Harris to grow her support may be to consolidate the voters who agree with her on abortion. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has been a much more comfortable and cogent messenger on the issue than President Joe Biden, who wasn’t winning nearly as

Analysis by Flora Charner, CNN (CNN) — It’s a familiar scene that Venezuelans have witnessed too often over the past decade: strongman Nicolás Maduro standing on the balcony of Miraflores presidential palace in the heart of the capital Caracas declaring himself the winner of yet another election. “I can say in front of the people

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — It’s funny, really. In an election where the two leading presidential candidates are miles apart on weighty issues from abortion rights to border policy, for some reason both sides are talking about how Vice President Kamala Harris laughs and former President Donald Trump doesn’t. The sound of

CNN Analysis by Elliott Gotkine, CNN (CNN) — Back in May, Amos Hochstein, US President Joe Biden’s point-man for keeping a lid on tensions between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, spoke in a webinar. “What I worry about every single day,” he said, “is that a miscalculation or an accident… hits a bus full of children, or hits another kind of civilian target,