The Wall Street Journal is reporting that its editorial board is urging the Food and Drug Administration to clear a multi-cancer blood test, arguing the screening method is proven to increase early detection that can save lives.
The Journal said its editorial board also contends that President Donald Trump has secured a good deal on Greenland, noting that non-NATO countries will not be able to have a base on the island. In a separate commentary piece, Alexander B. Gray wrote that the pact will secure the Arctic even if the territory becomes independent of Denmark.
The board said Chinese President Xi Jinping has so far spurned Trump's appeals to release Jimmy Lai, the imprisoned 78-year-old Hong Kong publisher.
On domestic policy, the Journal said its board highlighted a border billboard offering a federal tax credit for scholarships that Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is refusing. It said the board also argued that a new challenge in the Middle East requires Saudi Arabia to work with Abu Dhabi and Jerusalem against the Houthis and Iran.
In other commentary, the Journal said Jason Hsu wrote that a quiet summit should alarm Taiwan, warning that Trump is mistaken if he thinks the status quo in the Taiwan Strait can hold with Beijing on the march. Paul Alivisatos described the University of Chicago's revised core curriculum, which will require both analog and machine-assisted learning. David Williams wrote that Australia offers a solution to high U.S. meat prices.
The Journal said columnist Allysia Finley argued that liberal billionaires enable government fraud in California by backing tax hikes, while Andy Kessler wrote that the smart fix for the Treasury secretary is to dump tariffs and encourage free trade. Mary Anastasia O'Grady wrote that María Corina Machado's return to Venezuela is perilous, calling the country a police state.