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Analysis by Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — When Donald Tusk first won power in Poland in 2007, the country’s media coined a tender moniker to describe his approach towards his political rivals: the “politics of love.” His second stint as the country’s prime minister is proving far less amorous. The returning veteran of Polish centrism,

Opinion by Ana Marie Cox (CNN) — The $83.3 million verdict handed down in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against former President Donald Trump on Friday is far more than a judgment against Trump. Crucially, it’s a vindication of Carroll — and a statement in favor of every survivor who ever questioned whether what happened to them was “bad enough” to count as sexual

Opinion by David Zurawik (CNN) — The drumbeat of layoffs, buyouts and downsizing in newsrooms has been all too steady and strong for the last two decades. But it seems to have grown louder and faster in recent days with news of layoffs at Business Insider, the Los Angeles Times, TIME Magazine and elsewhere. Having lived

Opinion By Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — Democrats should not make the mistake of underestimating former President Donald Trump. This is exactly what the party did in 2016, when former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was the Democratic nominee, and there are some who currently risk repeating the error. Following Trump’s strong showing in the

Opinion by Noah Berlatsky (CNN) — “I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.” Cigar-chomping Colonel Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) intones those classic lines of anticommunist paranoia in Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove, Or

Analysis by Nadeen Ebrahim and Abbas Al Lawati, CNN (CNN) — A historic ruling by the United Nations’ top court in a genocide case against Israel on Friday was welcomed by the three main parties it involved: Israel, South Africa and the Palestinians. But at the same time, no one got what they asked for.

Opinion by Peter Bergen and Erik German (CNN) — A former Pentagon official — driven, he says, by his duty to the truth — goes public with an explosive allegation. Facing a scrum of TV cameras and members of Congress, this official claims that the US government has been keeping crashed alien spaceships under wraps for decades. It sounds

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. Stocks of small US lenders are still in the

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. The Never Trump movement might be on life support, but one of the outlets that it gave birth to is flourishing.

CNN Analysis by Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — It’s been a rollercoaster week for stocks trading in mainland China and Hong Kong. Key market indexes plunged Monday, taking year-to-date losses to between 7% and 10% and extending a protracted $6 trillion-dollar rout that began in 2021. Then, following a series of unusual interventions and

Opinion by Hannah Ryan (CNN) — It’s Oscars season and “Barbie” is dominating the discourse. Since the nominations were announced on Tuesday, fans of Greta Gerwig’s pink-tinged fantasy have been taking to social media to make it clear that they’re not happy that Gerwig and star Margot Robbie didn’t bag nominations for their respective categories in best director and

Analysis by Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — It’s been a rollercoaster week for stocks trading in mainland China and Hong Kong. Key market indexes plunged Monday, taking year-to-date losses to between 7% and 10% and extending a protracted $6 trillion-dollar rout that began in 2021. Then, following a series of unusual interventions and announcement

Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — It happened again — the US economy defied yet another forecast in a big way. Economists were convinced the last quarter of 2023 had to be the one where economic growth slowed significantly after the prior quarter’s gangbuster 4.9% annualized growth rate. Gross domestic product, the

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is moving to assert total dominance over the Republican Party in a harbinger of the strongman rule he envisages for his possible second term, following his twin triumphs in Iowa and New Hampshire. The ex-president is trying to intimidate Nikki Haley into abandoning the GOP

WANF, CNN Opinion by Bruce A. Green (CNN) — Editor’s note: Bruce A. Green is the Louis Stein chair at Fordham Law School, where he directs the Stein Center for Law and Ethics. He is a former federal prosecutor in New York. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely his own. View more opinion on CNN.

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — It might surprise Americans to learn that high-level bipartisan talks have been underway to find a compromise solution to the crisis at the border. It should shock no one who has paid attention to US border policy over the past 30 years that the talks may soon

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — It might surprise Americans to learn that high-level bipartisan talks have been underway to find a compromise solution to the crisis at the border. It should shock no one who has paid attention to US border policy over the past 30 years that the talks may

Opinion by Narges Mohammadi (CNN) — The time has come to declare gender apartheid a crime. For decades, Iranian women have faced various forms of gender-based discrimination at the hands of the Islamic Republic. Systematically and purposefully, Iranian officials have advanced the subjugation of women, girls and others through the use of all instruments and

CNN Opinion by Narges Mohammadi (CNN) — The time has come to declare gender apartheid a crime. For decades, Iranian women have faced various forms of gender-based discrimination at the hands of the Islamic Republic. Systematically and purposefully, Iranian officials have advanced the subjugation of women, girls and others through the use of all instruments

Analysis by Elliott Gotkine, CNN (CNN) — As the Gaza war nears its fifth month, with more than 25,000 Palestinians – civilians and combatants – dead and Israel nowhere close to achieving its objective of destroying Hamas, no one seems to have come up with a concrete proposal that’s palatable to both parties to pause the conflict, let alone end it. But there are