House tries again on removing Confederate statues
Analysis by Lauren Dezenski, CNN Congress is trying again Tuesday on removing Confederate statues from the US Capitol. The House is expected to…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Lauren Dezenski, CNN Congress is trying again Tuesday on removing Confederate statues from the US Capitol. The House is expected to…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Jill Filipovic Republicans sure do have a bizarre definition of “patriotism.” Prominent members of the GOP are outraged that…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN There are more and more mixed messages on masks, even for those vaccinated against Covid-19. The World Health…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Fortuna Smukler My husband woke me up last Thursday morning at 6 a.m .to let me know that Champlain South had partly collapsed. I grew up,…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Luke McGee, CNN Westminster, the beating heart of British politics, is very worried about how safe the UK government’s most…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Ronald Brownstein By the standards Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have set for federal action on voting rights, the 14th…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Former President Donald Trump is facing a wall of accountability and truth as new revelations and investigations…
Continue ReadingOpinion by David A. Andelman Last week, Russian forces spied the British destroyer HMS Defender on routine patrol in the Black Sea. Specifically, a…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN Now you tell us. He suspected it was all “bullsh*t” all along, says Bill Barr, the former attorney…
Continue ReadingCNN’s John Avlon gives a reality check on former Attorney General Bill Barr distancing himself from former President Donald Trump’s claims that the…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Lauren Dezenski, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is pulling out all the stops to build a border wall between his state and Mexico, and a new…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Kent Sepkowitz Weeks after the US Food and Drug Administration authorized the Pfizer vaccine for adolescents, the United States hit a…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Sonia Pruitt Congress is now in recess, and only has a “framework” for a police reform bill from the Senate. Since early…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Peniel E. Joseph The man best known for popularizing the term “Black power” always answered the phone with the words,…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Elie Honig William Barr’s image rehabilitation tour has begun. Don’t buy it. Despite Barr’s belated, post-election…
Continue ReadingNASA Administrator Bill Nelson tells CNN’s Pamela Brown that he has read the classified version of the US intelligence report on the series of UFO…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN That Joe Biden’s cherished bipartisan infrastructure plan was nearly destroyed by a few of his own…
Continue ReadingUtah Sen. Mitt Romney tells CNN’s Jake Tapper that President Biden is a “man of honor” and “I do take the president at his…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson A new generation of US cold warriors just got some powerful validation. When Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Dean Obeidallah It must have been a dream come true for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. The Georgia Republican got a standing ovation as one…
Continue ReadingCNN’s Donie O’Sullivan was on the scene at former President Donald Trump’s rally in Wellington, Ohio, where he spoke with diehard supporters who…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson “China lied and Americans died.” With those words, Elise Stefanik, the number three Republican in the House…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Neelu Tummala “I’m sorry I’m late Dr. Tummala,” a patient tells me at the start of a recent clinic appointment.…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large On Friday evening the US intelligence community released something remarkable: An unclassified report…
Continue ReadingBy Richard Galant, CNN In 2008, Brian Sicknick reached out to Sandra Garza on a dating site. She responded quickly and when they decided to date,…
Continue ReadingOpinion by John Duffy I work with a remarkable teenager who is figuring out where she fits in the LGBTQ+ community. Meanwhile, her mother is…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Fatima Goss Graves and Sean Garvey Ever since the 10th grade, 26-year-old Briana Phillips has wanted a job in the trades. Since then, she…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Michael D’Antonio Former Vice President Mike Pence is seizing his chance. After four humiliating years playing the role of the…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Lisa Respers France, CNN Three words for you: summer box office. It’s that time of the year, and Hollywood is betting that folks…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Jeremy Diamond, CNN After four hours in this city on the US-Mexico border, Vice President Kamala Harris was all smiles as she walked…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Salma Abdelaziz, CNN Aima, 19, is one of Britain’s most prominent Black Lives Matter (BLM) activists, but at a protest in London…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN In President Joe Biden‘s America, there are shades of gray between red and blue. While Biden is preaching that…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Kobi Karp When sunrise paints the skyline of downtown Miami in hues of gold, blue, orange and pink, the light sliding across the…
Continue ReadingIn an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Chief Andy Alvarez became emotional telling families to have hope and spoke of his…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Lauren Dezenski, CNN The Republicans eyeing presidential bids in 2024 must strike a delicate balance: Attract President Donald…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Elliot Williams A chapter in American history closed Friday, with Derek Chauvin receiving a sentence of 270 months, or 22.5 years, for the…
Continue ReadingCNN’s Anderson Cooper talks with conservative lawyer George Conway about former President Trump’s longtime adviser Rudy Giuliani’s suspension from…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Nicole Hemmer The Supreme Court’s latest free-speech ruling involves a cheerleader, Snapchat and a string of four-letter words.…
Continue ReadingBy Paul Callan In a carefully reasoned and evidence-packed decision, a New York State appellate court suspended Rudy Giuliani’s law license…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Sarah Damaske An engaged mother of three, Vanessa worked as a certified nursing assistant, making just above minimum wage. She had no…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large There’s no more contentious issue in the already heated debate over election reform than the…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large On Thursday night, the impossibility of being Mike Pence came into sharp relief. Speaking to the…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Brian Lowry, CNN In the 13 years since “Taken,” Liam Neeson has worked practically nonstop, including a pair of sequels. Yet…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Imara Jones When I was 12 years old, I wore a pink shirt. Right before leaving the house, my stepfather stopped me at the door: “You…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Rob Picheta, CNN The flare-up between a Royal Navy warship and Russian forces near Crimea on Wednesday will have been watched far beyond…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN President Joe Biden is using words not heard in Washington for many a long year, like “trust,”…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Scott Jennings In life, he was a Bull Moose. Over one hundred years since his death, however, President Teddy Roosevelt is being bullied…
Continue ReadingOpinion by John Avlon New York City is often seen as the essence of big city liberalism. There’s no question that it’s a Democratic city…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Lanhee J. Chen After many failed efforts, it may finally be infrastructure week in America. A bipartisan group of US Senators has agreed…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, Jenni Marsh and Caitlin Hu, CNN Jimmy Lai fled mainland China more than 60 years ago, smuggling himself into Hong Kong…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN Most Americans can and will get vaccinated. Full stop. The stragglers will be key to stopping Covid, however, and…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large When Joe Biden would talk on the 2020 campaign trail about the need to rekindle bipartisanship in…
Continue ReadingWith a growing number of Covid-19 vaccinations administered in the US, many Americans have reemerged into public spaces after over a year of…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Frida Ghitis From the moment Joe Biden announced he would run for the White House, he made it clear the driving motivation behind his…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Brandon Tensley, CNN A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Race Deconstructed newsletter. To get it in your inbox every week,…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large Ask any national Republican who their best candidate is to beat freshman Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly (D)…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Tesla had a stellar 2020: The electric car maker was added to the S&P 500 and the stock surged an…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large The violent insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6 was a dark day in American history. The…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Jack Turban and Jules Gill-Peterson Not long ago, Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene — who opposes passing the Equality…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Brian Lowry, CNN Almost 30 years after becoming the “new guy” in late-night TV, Conan O’Brien is closing that chapter…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst The two top officials in Afghanistan are meeting Friday with President Joe Biden at a moment…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN President Joe Biden will validate a foundational pillar of his presidency on Thursday — a quest to court…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Nic Robertson, International Diplomatic Editor Earlier this week, a lone Taliban gunman with a red skull cap and a rifle sauntered up to…
Continue ReadingBritney Spears asked a court to end her conservatorship, calling it “abusive” and saying she’s been traumatized. CNN’s Stephanie Elam…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Kara Alaimo On Wednesday, Britney Spears told a judge she’s “traumatized” and “angry” because she…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Lincoln Mitchell As soon as the election returns started coming in Tuesday night in New York City, it was clear things had not gone well…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Ronald Zambrano Last month, Samuel Cassidy, a “disgruntled” employee, gunned down nine people at a San Jose Valley Transit…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large For the briefest of moments, Congress had what every middle schooler dreams of: rising popularity.…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN The post-reopening murder wave is about to become a major subject of conversation. Murders have gone up in 2021, and…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN Political Analyst Democrats are feeling the lure of “law and order.” President Joe Biden is set to deliver…
Continue ReadingOpinion by James Moore The state of Texas is lawsuit happy. Almost every time the White House or Congress institutes a law that Texas leadership…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Lisa Respers France, CNN When the world thinks “troubled” Britney Spears, the paparazzi captured images of her with a shaved…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Lisa Kaltenegger The news that we’ll soon have an unclassified report sent to Congress on “unidentified aerial…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large Even as Donald Trump continues to stoke insane conspiracy theories about how he will be…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large Here’s the paragraph you need to read today: “With each passing day away from Washington,…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Sandra Garza In late 2008, while on a popular dating site, I received a message in my inbox from a good-looking, dark-haired man with…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Luke McGee, CNN Britain was a very different place in 2006. Tony Blair was Prime Minister, the financial crisis that would go on to…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN If the expansive voting rights bill suffocated in the Senate on Tuesday was the most critical defense of American…
Continue ReadingSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer spoke on the Senate floor moments after Republicans voted in unison to not open debate on the Democrats’…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Michael D’Antonio Watch out, Holy Bible! Step aside, Don Quixote! Former President Donald Trump says he’s writing “the…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Heather Brandon-Smith and Diana Ohlbaum These days, getting Democrats and Republicans — Congress and the President — to agree…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN Efforts to update the way Americans vote in local elections were met in New York with some grousing, while efforts…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Barbara Arnwine, William J. Barber II, Penda Hair, Jesse Jackson Sr. Tuesday’s party-line vote in the US Senate to kill debate on…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large Donald Trump continues to openly discuss the possibility that he will be reinstated as president,…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Can anybody fly a plane? Everything is opening at the same time and people are desperate to travel. As concerts…
Continue ReadingBy Ruth Ben-Ghiat “It’s a fragile time for our democracy,” said US Rep. Eric Swalwell, disclosing earlier this month that the…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Luke McGee, CNN Lawmakers from the UK’s governing Conservative party are being accused of weaponizing inequalities in the…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Luiz Romero In 2000, when the internet in Brazil was still in its infancy, an email with an alarming message about the Amazon went viral.…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large Pro football is, by far, America’s favorite sport. The ratings for NFL games dominate the…
Continue ReadingJohnny Paycheck sang “Take this job and shove it” in 1977. Today, it may well be the mantra for the post-COVID…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large On Tuesday night, the “For the People” Act will fail. There is a 0% chance that the…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Keith Magee A short while ago, my little boy told me something that shattered my world. I had been preparing breakfast for him, watching…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Ronald Brownstein The huge voter turnout over the past three elections could scramble the usual dynamics of midterm voting —…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN America is heading into a best of times, worst of times summer as the longed-for promise of deliverance from…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Jill Filipovic As ranked-choice voting rolls out in New York City, there are some hiccups. While the process of ranked-choice voting is…
Continue ReadingSen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) got an earful from voters while attending a Juneteenth rally. Johnson told reporters that the boos were “not how you heal the…
Continue ReadingOpinion by Keith Boykin This week Democrats will try to advance a sweeping new voting rights bill in the US Senate. The legislation, which passed the…
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Pearlman If you’ve done this sports writing job long enough, you have stories. Stories about high school athletes being plucked from…
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large “Some men you just can’t reach.” That famous line from the movie “Cool Hand…
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