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In the case of Trump and Ukraine

What was Hunter Biden thinking when he associated himself, and his family's good name, with business dealings in a country so steeped in corruption? And why didn't his dad, then vice president, more forcefully advise him against it? Our view. 

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Is the ‘freedom dividend’ free?

In an era of massive income inequality, it would be hard to justify making anyone pay higher taxes so the federal government could send $12,000 a year to Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett and other billionaires. Our view. Opposing view.

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Why bury it?

A day after Americans read of a conversation between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — one in which Trump tried to enlist Zelensky's help in digging up dirt on political rival Joe Biden — they learned of the efforts to keep that conversation under wraps. Our view.

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Storm of his own making

Sharing with Congress an intelligence-agency whistleblower complaint that raised an “urgent concern” about President Donald Trump’s Ukraine dealings is a good step. Allowing that whistleblower to meet with congressional investigators should be next. Our view. Opposing view.

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Where’s the background checks law?

Evidently, President Donald Trump's previously impassioned desire not to see mass killing victims die in vain has given way to cold, hard political calculus. Our view. NRA view.

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Surprise medical bills

Out-of-network doctors are purposefully being used to prey on unsuspecting patients. It is bad enough that hospitals would resort to this scam, now private equity groups are getting into the action as well. Our view. Opposing view.

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The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (argument is) that the alleged target of the complaint — presumably Donald Trump himself — is not a member of the intelligence community, so the urgent-concern requirements for the whistleblower law are not applicable. That justification is painfully reminiscent of the legal gymnastics Robert Mueller employed.

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5 takeaways from attack on Saudi oil

When an airborne volley of what investigators now believe were cruise missiles and drones laid waste to Saudi oil processing centers Saturday, the price of crude jumped and tremors rippled through the global energy market.Whether it can definitively be established that Iran launched this brazen attack, and whether the United States will respond militarily, remain to be seen. But certain takeaways are already clear. Our view.

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A cyber-ops facility in Virginia, a fire station in South Carolina, the central heating facility at an Air Force Base in Alaska and a middle school in Kentucky. These are among 127 military construction projects whose $3.6 billion in funding will be raided to help pay for Trump’s wall.

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Gig economy

Rideshare companies used technology to disrupt a hidebound industry that was sorely in need of disrupting. But they have an obligation to ensure that their success doesn't come at the expense of either passengers' safety or workers' rights. Our view. Uber’s view.

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The Justice Department and its storied antitrust division have real power. That authority should not be used as the enforcement arm to reward the president’s friends and punish those who defy him.

Our view. DOJ Antitrust Division’s view.

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18 years after 9/11

Precipitous withdrawal — whether in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria or Vietnam — too often has been the perfect formula for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Whomever Donald Trump picks as his next national security adviser should understand this reality. Our view. Opposing view.

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Universal background checks could well have allowed a toddler to grow up with her face unmarred by a bullet wound, a mail carrier to finish her shift alive, a father to survive a traffic light, a son to live out a day with his parents and a truck driver to safely arrive home to his family over Labor Day weekend in Odessa, Texas.

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Unregulated vaping spawns new teenage nicotine addicts. And now adult vapers are dying. Where's the oversight?

Our view. View by HHS, FDA, CDC.

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Out of Luck

For an example of the red flags flapping for the NFL, look no further than the abrupt decision by Andrew Luck, the ailing star quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts, to retire before his 30th birthday. Our view. Opposing view.

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Protect capitalism from capitalists

The Business Roundtable should be commended for realizing that it can’t take America’s support for capitalism for granted. It has a lot more work to do, however, starting with an acknowledgment that Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and President Donald Trump aren't the biggest threats to capitalism. Capitalists are. Our view. Opposing view.