The consequences of powerful politicians refusing to let go
Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Most people don’t want to work into their 80s and 90s, but the powerful in Washington refuse to let…
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Opinion: Washington is quickly hurtling toward a debt crisis
Opinion by Brian Riedl (CNN) — On Monday, Moody’s announced that a government shutdown would threaten Washington’s AAA credit rating.…
Continue ReadingOpinion: It’s outrageous that Congress would be paid in a shutdown while most federal workers wouldn’t
Opinion by Rob Rosenthal (CNN) — It’s clear to everyone that a government shutdown would mean massive disruption to the country and…
Continue ReadingThe problem with Nobel’s ‘rule of three’
Analysis by Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating…
Continue ReadingFeinstein was part of a movement that led to record numbers of women in politics
Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein died Thursday, but her trailblazing legacy for women in politics has never been…
Continue ReadingOpinion: Dianne Feinstein leaves a pathbreaking and complicated legacy
Opinion by Jill Filipovic (CNN) — Trailblazing Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the longest-serving female senator in US history, died on Thursday…
Continue ReadingOpinion: The ultimate in helicopter parenting
Opinion by Joelle Renstrom (CNN) — Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported on concierge services emerging on college campuses around…
Continue ReadingOpinion: The chaos on the right is dangerous for Democrats too
Opinion by John Avlon, CNN (CNN) — The split screen between President Joe Biden in Tempe, Arizona, and House Republicans on Capitol Hill this…
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Dianne Feinstein, longest-serving female US senator in history, dies at 90
CNN, KRON, KCRA By Clare Foran and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Washington (CNN) — Dianne Feinstein, whose three decades in the Senate made her the…
Continue ReadingWarning signs suggest this year’s stock market rally is on shaky legs
Analysis by Krystal Hur, CNN (CNN) — Is this year’s market rally coming to an end? It’s too soon to tell, but there are alarm bells ringing…
Continue ReadingEvergrande’s chairman has been detained. The company will struggle to survive
Analysis by Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — After defaulting on its debt two years ago, Chinese real estate developer Evergrande was meant to…
Continue ReadingThe world needs cheap electric cars. That spells trouble for big carmakers
Analysis by Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — In 1913, Henry Ford’s moving assembly line transformed carmaking. Ford’s groundbreaking…
Continue ReadingWho could lead the United Nations next? This Caribbean climate leader makes diplomats ‘jump’ with excitement
Analysis by Stephanie Fillion United Nations (CNN) — Asked last week if she will run to become the United Nations’ next Secretary General,…
Continue ReadingRecent days have revealed a profound truth about the 2024 election
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The final days of September may come to be seen as the moment when the extraordinary implications of…
Continue ReadingRight-wing media fumes over Univision anchor’s debate questions
CNN Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Republicans are enraged that their safe space was punctured at the second GOP debate by a Univision…
Continue ReadingRight-wing media fumes over Univision anchor’s debate questions
Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Republicans are enraged that their safe space was punctured at the second GOP debate by a Univision…
Continue ReadingOpinion: Look who’s weaponizing the government now
Opinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are weaponizing the government yet again. While a faction of hard-right Republicans in…
Continue ReadingOpinion: Why Trump’s bid to get rid of Judge Chutkan was a lost cause
Opinion by Steven Lubet (CNN) — Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan got it exactly right when she declined on Wednesday to recuse herself from…
Continue ReadingOpinion: ‘The Golden Bachelor’ has a lot to teach us
Opinion by Deborah Carr (CNN) — As a sociologist who has spent more than two decades studying older adults’ romantic relationships, I…
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Opinion: The GOP debate’s biggest losers
CNN Opinion by CNN contributors (CNN) — CNN Opinion asked political contributors to weigh in on the second Republican presidential debate of…
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