Mideast crisis will test whether Biden can make experience an asset
CNN — The escalating confrontation between Israel and Hamas is offering President Joe Biden a crucial opportunity to begin flipping the script on one of his most glaring vulnerabilities in…
Analysis: House speaker crisis is a symptom of historic Republican divisions
CNN — You might have thought it was a Democrat who recently said that House Republicans were in the “same stupid clown car with a different driver.” And while I’m…
Republicans must overcome deep splits to choose a speaker as Israel crisis exposes failure to govern
CNN — House Republicans must mend gaping splits in their conference if they are to succeed in picking a new speaker – as dangerous global crises in Israel and Ukraine…
America’s political turmoil hampers its capacity to lead through yet another global crisis
CNN — A weekend of terror in Israel has sharpened already grave questions about the capacity of the politically fractured United States to lay out a unified and coherent response…
Pressure to fill House speaker vacancy builds as crisis unfolds in Israel
CNN — The House speakership drama enters a new week under increased urgency as Israel declared war Sunday following unprecedented surprise attacks by Hamas. Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster as speaker…
The last thing Europe needs: another Greek debt crisis
How’s this for déjà vu? Another debt crisis is brewing in Europe. Greece needs European creditors to release cash from a bailout agreed in 2015 so it can make debt…
Opioid Crisis Fast Facts | CNN
CNN — Here’s a look at the opioid crisis. Experts say the United States is in the throes of an opioid epidemic. An estimated 9.2 million Americans aged 12 and…