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Start your week smart: DOGE’s chaotic cuts, emergency summit, slowing the measles spread, Oscars preview, tariffs

Start your week smart: DOGE’s chaotic cuts, emergency summit, slowing the measles spread, Oscars preview, tariffs

Business|Political|Technology

Elon Musk wields chainsaw during CPAC appearance

During an appearance at CPAC, Elon Musk used a chainsaw as a prop to tout his efforts to shrink the federal workforce in the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency.

Crime|Entertainment|Health|Political|Sports|World

Start your week smart: Pope Francis, Pentagon purge, Federal firings, Hospital shooting, Gaza hostage release

Start your week smart: Pope Francis, Pentagon purge, Federal firings, Hospital shooting, Gaza hostage release

Crime|Political|US

Law professor on how rare it is to see multiple resignations in Mayor Adams’ case

A federal prosecutor assigned to the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams resigned in a blistering letter that accused top leaders at the Justice Department of looking for a “fool” to dismiss the criminal charges. The attorney, Hagan Scotten, is the seventh person to resign over the calamitous effort to dismiss charges against Adams. New York Law School professor of law Anna Cominsky joins CNN's Jake Tapper to discuss.

Law professor on how rare it is to see multiple resignations in Mayor Adams’ case
Crime|Entertainment|MidEast|Political|Sports|US|World

Start your week smart: Crisis at the DOJ, government firings, hostages released, school shooting plot, Ukraine’s future

Start your week smart: Crisis at the DOJ, government firings, hostages released, school shooting plot, Ukraine’s future

Economy|Entertainment|Political|Sports|Technology|US|World

Start your week smart: Winter storm, Musk’s DOGE, Israeli hostages, consumer watchdog, Alaska plane crash

Start your week smart: Winter storm, Musk’s DOGE, Israeli hostages, consumer watchdog, Alaska plane crash

Environment|US

CNN meteorologist breaks down the concern of back-to-back winter storms

Back-to-back winter storms are packing a dangerous combination of snow, sleet, and ice through the Midwest and parts of the Northeast. CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar has the details.

CNN meteorologist breaks down the concern of back-to-back winter storms
Business|Economy|Political|US

Former US treasury secretary has a theory on how Mexico and Canada might respond to Trump's tariffs

President Donald Trump announced extraordinary new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, signing the long-promised economic policy at his Mar-a-Lago club. Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers joins CNN’s Jessica Dean to discuss.

Business|Economy|Entertainment|MidEast|Political|Sports|US

Start your week smart: Trump tariffs, DC air collision, hostages released, medevac jet crash, FAA system outage

Start your week smart: Trump tariffs, DC air collision, hostages released, medevac jet crash, FAA system outage

Start your week smart: Trump tariffs, DC air collision, hostages released, medevac jet crash, FAA system outage
Economy|Entertainment|Political|Sports|US

Start your week smart: Hegseth confirmed, hostages released, South Korean president, FEMA’s future, religious charter schools

Start your week smart: Hegseth confirmed, hostages released, South Korean president, FEMA’s future, religious charter schools

Start your week smart: Hegseth confirmed, hostages released, South Korean president, FEMA’s future, religious charter schools
Election|Political|US

Manu Raju explains the significance of McConnell’s ‘no’ vote on Hegseth

CNN's Manu Raju says former Republican senate leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) voted "no" against Pete Hegseth's confirmation for Defense Secretary indicating McConnell may be a bit of a wild card in the Republican Senate caucus.

Manu Raju explains the significance of McConnell’s ‘no’ vote on Hegseth
Entertainment|Political|Sports|Technology|US|World

Start your week smart: TikTok ban kicks in, Gaza ceasefire begins, ERA ratified, new CNN poll, Senate seat filled

Start your week smart: TikTok ban kicks in, Gaza ceasefire begins, ERA ratified, new CNN poll, Senate seat filled

Start your week smart: TikTok ban kicks in, Gaza ceasefire begins, ERA ratified, new CNN poll, Senate seat filled
Business|Entertainment|Technology

Companies react to TikTok’s potential ban

Walmart, Wendy’s and Duolingo, among other companies, took to TikTok to bid farewell to the more than 170 million Americans who are on the brink of a potential nationwide ban of the app.

Companies react to TikTok’s potential ban
Business|News|US

Start your week smart: Democratic donors, Supreme Court ruling, Hurricane Beryl, car dealerships, Warren Buffett

Start your week smart: Democratic donors, Supreme Court ruling, Hurricane Beryl, car dealerships, Warren Buffett

Election|News|World

Start your week smart: Biden’s campaign, Tropical Storm Beryl, UK election, Iran’s new leader, amusement park merger

Start your week smart: Biden’s campaign, Tropical Storm Beryl, UK election, Iran’s new leader, amusement park merger

Crime|News|US

Start your week smart: Assassination attempt on Trump, suspect killed, witnesses describe chaos, reaction and analysis

Start your week smart: Assassination attempt on Trump, suspect killed, witnesses describe chaos, reaction and analysis

Crime|Election|Health|News|World

Start your week smart: Golan Heights attack, 100 days until election, cartel bust, Sonya Massey case, Alzheimer’s blood test

Start your week smart: Golan Heights attack, 100 days until election, cartel bust, Sonya Massey case, Alzheimer’s blood test

News|Travel|US

Start your week smart: VP choice, 9-11 plea deal, travel warning, Tropical Storm Debby, TikTok lawsuit

Start your week smart: VP choice, 9-11 plea deal, travel warning, Tropical Storm Debby, TikTok lawsuit

Crime|Election|News|Sports|US|World

Start your week smart: Gymnast stripped of medal, Brazil plane crash, Trump campaign hack, fighting inside Russia

Start your week smart: Gymnast stripped of medal, Brazil plane crash, Trump campaign hack, fighting inside Russia

Africa|Health|News|World

Finding solutions to sickle cell and its stigma

CNN Hero Lea Kilenga lost friends and family to sickle cell, a disease that she also suffers from. She returned to her home county in Kenya to connect people with care and fight the stigma. 

Election|News

James Carville: ‘Trump don’t taste the same’ since Harris entered presidential race

Democratic strategist James Carville and David Axelrod, former senior advisor to President Obama, explain to CNN's Micahel Smerconish why Kamala Harris' entry into the presidential race has upended former President Donald Trump.

James Carville: ‘Trump don’t taste the same’ since Harris entered presidential race
World

Start your week smart: DNC in Chicago, Russian volcano erupts, Gaza ceasefire talks, Ernesto hits Bermuda, Somerset House

Start your week smart: DNC in Chicago, Russian volcano erupts, Gaza ceasefire talks, Ernesto hits Bermuda, Somerset House

News|US

Start your week smart: Israel targets Hezbollah, Starliner astronauts, Hurricane Hone, German festival stabbing, Fed rate cut

Start your week smart: Israel targets Hezbollah, Starliner astronauts, Hurricane Hone, German festival stabbing, Fed rate cut

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