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File photo taken in 2017 shows Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg meeting with a group of entrepreneurs and innovators during a round-table discussion at Cortex Innovation Community technology hub in St. Louis, Mo.

Congress finally gets Mark Zuckerberg at the witness table. Don't spare him or Facebook.

Lawmakers must ask Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tough questions, extract pledges, threaten regulation, and press him to change his business model.

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President Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., on March 20, 2018.

Mental health crisis isn't about guns. It's about Trump & GOP gutting Medicaid: Kennedy
Donald Trump and Republicans are trying to gut Medicaid and its role covering treatment for mental illness. That's the real mental health crisis.

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Bill Maher, Robin Thede, Colin Jost, Michael Che on troops at the border in Best of Late Night
The president's latest riff has him sending National Guard troops to the border with Mexico. The comics find flaws in the move.

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Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 15, 2018.

Looking for 'solutions' to mass killings? Start with punishing failure.
Law enforcers might prevent more disasters like school shootings if they faced consequences for failure. Incompetence should be penalized.

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TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should re

Pardon offers? Trump Russia interference violates Constitution and his oath
In the Russia probe, Trump already has violated constitutional limits on interference for self-interest. Pardon offers would be another flagrant example.

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Warning: Vaping teens becoming a new generation of nicotine addicts
E-cigarettes might help adults quit smoking, but don't ignore that 'juuling' is going viral in high schools: Our view

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Amazon didn't kill Toys R Us, greedy Wall Street profiteers did it
Private equity obscures its role in the ruin of retail by hiding behind e-commerce. But Amazon didn't kill Toys R Us. Wall Street profiteers did it.

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Villanova Wildcats guard Donte DiVincenzo on April 2, 2018.

We all did embarrassing things as kids. Why punish adults for old social media posts?
Kids who express unfortunate thoughts on social media while still figuring things out are now being held to adult standards of appropriateness.

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Killing drug dealers won't protect children from the opioid crisis. They need safe homes.
Children of parents addicted to opioids need support and stability, in their own homes or in foster care. They should not pay the cost of this crisis.