Wednesday's Headlines: Unsealed exhibits show pressure to sell opioid pills

Antitrust inquiry may heighten calls to break up tech giants; Democrats frustrated as House investigators struggle to find major revelations about Trump

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The Opioid Files Unsealed exhibits show pressure to sell opioid pills Documents unsealed in a landmark lawsuit reveal internal concerns as drug companies sent out a record amount of opioids at the height of the epidemic. By Sari Horwitz, Scott Higham, Aaron Davis and Steven Rich · Read more Antitrust inquiry may heighten calls to break up tech giants The Department of Justice announced it will open an unprecedented investigation of the tech industry. By Tony Romm, Elizabeth Dwoskin and Craig Timberg · Read more   Democrats frustrated as House investigators struggle to find major revelations about Trump The impatience is reflected in primary challenges to two committee chairmen: Judiciary's Jerrold Nadler and Ways and Means' Richard E. Neal. By Rachael Bade · Read more   Mueller's deputy to counsel him at hearing House Judiciary Committee Democrats agreed to allow the aide to sit beside the former special counsel and advise him. By Rachael Bade and Matt Zapotosky · Read more   The Fix | Analysis The important things Mueller could tell us — if he wants to The former special counsel won't say much. Here's what we still might learn. By Aaron Blake · Read more   Britain's next prime minister and Trump may be chums, but policy differences remain Disagreements between London and Washington include key issues such as Iran, Russia, climate change and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. By Anne Gearan and Laura Hughes · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions Bernie Sanders runs into socialist reality By Marc Thiessen · Read more Ilhan Omar, quintessentially American By Dana Milbank · Read more Mueller's greatest failing is Trump's greatest triumph By Harry Litman · Read more The administration's last-minute attempt to bully Mueller is offensive By Editorial Board · Read more We are again in a refugee crisis. We must stem the misery. By Walter F. Mondale · Read more Conservatives want to revive a one-time trick from more than 100 years ago By Megan McArdle · Read more   ADVERTISEMENT   More News GOP repeatedly lectured Democrats over spending and debt. Now it shows disregard for debt reduction. Republicans demanded deep spending cuts to raise the debt limit under President Obama, but are agreeing to lift the cap now and add hundreds of billions in new spending. The move has sparked cries of hypocrisy from Democrats. By Robert Costa and Mike DeBonis · Read more   The Fix | Analysis Trump falsely says the Constitution gives him 'the right to do whatever I want' The president was bemoaning the Mueller probe and discussing Article II of the Constitution at the Turning Point USA Teen Student Action Summit in Washington when he made the claim. By Michael Brice-Saddler · Read more   U.S. citizen freed after nearly a month in immigration custody, family says Francisco Erwin Galicia, 18, had presented his Texas birth certificate, Texas ID card and Social Security card, but Border Patrol agents believed the documents were fake, his attorney says. By Meagan Flynn · Read more   Trump at odds with Senate GOP over sanctioning Turkey for purchase of Russian missiles In a closed-door meeting with Republican senators, the president appeared to favor negotiations, instead of imposing mandatory sanctions on Turkey for purchasing the Russian-made weapons. By Karoun Demirjian, Seung Min Kim and Josh Dawsey · Read more   Spies, harassment, death threats: Catholic Church in Nicaragua says it's being targeted by the government President Daniel Ortega has responded to the nation's worst political unrest since the 1980s by banning protests and smothering dissent. The Catholic Church, one of the country's last venues for protest, finds itself besieged. By Mary Beth Sheridan · Read more   Two teens reported 'missing' in Canada are now suspects in the killings of traveling couple It is the latest twist in a tragic and confusing story about a slain couple, a burned-out car and a yet-unidentified body, the repercussions of which span multiple continents. By Morgan Krakow · Read more

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