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<div class="opa-article-info"> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/397555-diplomatic-niceties-can-blur-the-lines-of-personal-and-national" class="opa-title">Diplomatic niceties can blur the lines of personal and national interests</a> <div class="opa-meta"> <div class="opa-meta-publish"> <div>By Joseph Bosco, opinion contributor</div> 07/18/18 02:00 PM EDT </div> <div class="opa-meta-shares"> <span data-behavior="socialShareCount" class="social-share-count" data-href="http://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/397555-diplomatic-niceties-can-blur-the-lines-of-personal-and-national"> 0 </span> </div> </div> <span class="opa-category"> Opinion | National Security </span> <div class="opa-summary"> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A good one-on-one relationship with a foreign leader can become a bad thing if it distorts perceptions or enables manipulation by the foreign negotiator.</span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="opa-item"> <div 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<p>Instead of federal favoritism for some areas over others, policymakers should concentrate on making the whole nation an opportunity zone.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="opa-item"> <div class="opa-image"> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/397512-chairman-powell-strives-to-make-the-fed-boring-again"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180719073148im_/http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumb_opinion/public/powelljerome1_071618.jpg?itok=TY_xgTxQ" alt=""/> </a> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/finance" class="opa-image-label">Finance</a> </div> <div class="opa-article-info"> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/397512-chairman-powell-strives-to-make-the-fed-boring-again" class="opa-title">Fed Chair Powell's charm offensive touts a booming economy</a> <div class="opa-meta"> <div class="opa-meta-publish"> <div>By Gregory Daco, opinion contributor </div> 07/18/18 09:30 AM EDT </div> <div class="opa-meta-shares"> <span data-behavior="socialShareCount" class="social-share-count" data-href="http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/397512-chairman-powell-strives-to-make-the-fed-boring-again"> 0 </span> </div> </div> <span class="opa-category"> Opinion | Finance </span> <div class="opa-summary"> <p>It may be that the Fed is intentionally fleeing the limelight at a time of more intense scrutiny</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="opa-view-all"> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/finance">View all</a> </div> <div class="opa-load-more" id="channel-items-loader-47426"> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/channel-articles/47426/6/0/nojs" class="use-ajax" title="Load More">Load More</a> </div> </div> <div class="opa-news"> <div class="opa-header">International</div> <div class="opa-items" id="channel-articles-47429"> <div class="opa-item"> <div class="opa-image"> <a 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data-href="http://thehill.com/opinion/international/397622-congress-must-not-forget-role-in-shaping-american-foreign-policy"> 14 </span> </div> </div> <span class="opa-category"> Opinion | International </span> <div class="opa-summary"> <p>Our lawmakers can choose to play their part in global affairs or cave to politics and partisanship.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="opa-item"> <div class="opa-image"> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/international/397472-us-russia-can-look-north-to-the-arctic-to-find-common-ground"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180719073148im_/http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumb_opinion/public/russia_arctic.jpg?itok=SfLyAiWT" alt=""/> </a> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/international" class="opa-image-label">International</a> </div> <div class="opa-article-info"> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/international/397472-us-russia-can-look-north-to-the-arctic-to-find-common-ground" class="opa-title">US, Russia can look north to the Arctic to find common ground </a> <div class="opa-meta"> <div class="opa-meta-publish"> <div>By Mike Sfraga and Lawson Brigham, opinion contributor </div> 07/17/18 03:30 PM EDT </div> <div class="opa-meta-shares"> <span data-behavior="socialShareCount" class="social-share-count" data-href="http://thehill.com/opinion/international/397472-us-russia-can-look-north-to-the-arctic-to-find-common-ground"> 11 </span> </div> </div> <span class="opa-category"> Opinion | International </span> <div class="opa-summary"> <p>Other than the International Space Station, the Arctic is the only setting in which the U.S. and Russian cooperate today.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="opa-view-all"> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/international">View all</a> </div> <div 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href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/397305-with-new-immigration-policy-trump-administration-gutting-the-right-to" class="opa-title">With new immigration policy, Trump administration gutting the right to asylum</a> <div class="opa-meta"> <div class="opa-meta-publish"> <div>By Raul A. Reyes, opinion contributor</div> 07/18/18 09:00 AM EDT </div> <div class="opa-meta-shares"> <span data-behavior="socialShareCount" class="social-share-count" data-href="http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/397305-with-new-immigration-policy-trump-administration-gutting-the-right-to"> 89 </span> </div> </div> <span class="opa-category"> Opinion | Immigration </span> <div class="opa-summary"> <p>Raul A. Reyes says the Trump administration’s new restrictions on asylum are legally questionable, inhumane and wrong.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="opa-item"> <div class="opa-image"> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/397525-the-lasting-effects-of-separation"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180719073148im_/http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumb_opinion/public/immigration_family_062118getty.jpg?itok=5z6Ypnh8" alt=""/> </a> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration" class="opa-image-label">Immigration</a> </div> <div class="opa-article-info"> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/397525-the-lasting-effects-of-separation" class="opa-title">The lasting effects of separation</a> <div class="opa-meta"> <div class="opa-meta-publish"> <div>By Quinn C. Bradlee, opinion contributor</div> 07/18/18 08:00 AM EDT </div> <div class="opa-meta-shares"> <span data-behavior="socialShareCount" class="social-share-count" data-href="http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/397525-the-lasting-effects-of-separation"> 11 </span> </div> </div> <span class="opa-category"> Opinion | Immigration </span> <div class="opa-summary"> <p>I refuse to believe that this is what our country wants right now to be happening at the border.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="opa-view-all"> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration">View all</a> </div> <div class="opa-load-more" id="channel-items-loader-47428"> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/channel-articles/47428/6/0/nojs" class="use-ajax" title="Load More">Load More</a> </div> </div> <div class="opa-news"> <div class="opa-header">Healthcare</div> <div class="opa-items" id="channel-articles-47427"> <div class="opa-item"> <div class="opa-image"> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/397451-the-judiciary-strikes-a-blow-to-medicaid-reform"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180719073148im_/http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumb_opinion/public/supremecourt_06272018.jpg?itok=SCeTLLz7" alt=""/> </a> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare" class="opa-image-label">Healthcare</a> </div> <div class="opa-article-info"> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/397451-the-judiciary-strikes-a-blow-to-medicaid-reform" class="opa-title">The judiciary strikes a blow to Medicaid reform</a> <div class="opa-meta"> <div class="opa-meta-publish"> <div>By Charlie Katebi, opinion contributor</div> 07/18/18 08:30 AM EDT </div> <div class="opa-meta-shares"> <span data-behavior="socialShareCount" class="social-share-count" data-href="http://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/397451-the-judiciary-strikes-a-blow-to-medicaid-reform"> 9 </span> </div> </div> <span class="opa-category"> Opinion | Healthcare </span> <div class="opa-summary"> <p>It is critical that states and the Trump administration push back against misguided attempts to block Medicaid work requirements.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="opa-item"> <div class="opa-image"> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/397433-overcoming-health-care-challenges-by-moving-from-volume-to-value"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180719073148im_/http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumb_opinion/public/blogs/healthcare_020614thinkstock.jpg?itok=Radbn-8B" alt=""/> </a> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare" class="opa-image-label">Healthcare</a> </div> <div class="opa-article-info"> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/397433-overcoming-health-care-challenges-by-moving-from-volume-to-value" class="opa-title">Overcoming health-care challenges by moving from volume to value</a> <div class="opa-meta"> <div class="opa-meta-publish"> <div>By Kathleen Sebelius and Tommy G. Thompson, opinion contributors</div> 07/17/18 01:00 PM EDT </div> <div class="opa-meta-shares"> <span data-behavior="socialShareCount" class="social-share-count" data-href="http://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/397433-overcoming-health-care-challenges-by-moving-from-volume-to-value"> 11 </span> </div> </div> <span class="opa-category"> Opinion | Healthcare </span> <div class="opa-summary"> <p>Stark and anti-kickback laws are a remnant of the fee-for-service world and harm the very patients they are supposed to protect. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="opa-view-all"> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare">View all</a> </div> <div class="opa-load-more" id="channel-items-loader-47427"> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/channel-articles/47427/6/0/nojs" class="use-ajax" title="Load More">Load More</a> </div> </div> <div class="opa-news"> <div class="opa-header">Criminal Justice</div> <div class="opa-items" 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href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/396226-children-are-one-of-the-war-on-drugs-casualties" class="opa-title">Children are one of the 'War on Drugs' casualties</a> <div class="opa-meta"> <div class="opa-meta-publish"> <div>By Anthony Papa, opinion contributor</div> 07/10/18 06:30 AM EDT </div> <div class="opa-meta-shares"> <span data-behavior="socialShareCount" class="social-share-count" data-href="http://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/396226-children-are-one-of-the-war-on-drugs-casualties"> 137 </span> </div> </div> <span class="opa-category"> Opinion | Criminal Justice </span> <div class="opa-summary"> <p>Whether children are separated from their parents due to zero-tolerance immigration policies, or the war on drugs, we must think of the best interest of children.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="opa-view-all"> <a href="/web/20180719073148/http://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice">View all</a> </div> <div class="opa-load-more" 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