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In a bold move to look like your cool uncle who sadly still rocks the mullet, Donald Trump has removed the Obamacare tax penalty for not carrying insurance by way of executive order. This was probably one of the more hated parts of a plan that was not at all the single payer (or even public option) platform Obama ran on in 2008. Despite holding a majority for two years in both houses, the ACA was what we got stuck with.
What’s next?
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U.S. GOVERNMENT FINES EXXON $2M OVER RUSSIA DEAL UNDER TILLERSON; EXXON SUES TO DISMISS
Exxon Mobil Corp sued the U.S. government on Thursday, blasting as “unlawful” and “capricious” a $2 million fine levied against it for a three-year-old oil joint venture with Russia’s Rosneft.
The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday morning slapped the world’s largest publicly traded oil producer with the fine for “reckless disregard” of U.S. sanctions in dealings with Russia in 2014 when Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was Exxon’s chief executive.
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ROBERT MUELLER EXPANDS RUSSIA PROBE INTO TRUMP’S PERSONAL FINANCES AFTER PRESIDENT WARNS HIM NOT TO
Bloomberg News is reporting that the Russia investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller is zeroing in on President Trump’s business transactions. The report quoted an anonymous source as saying that Trump’s financial ties to Russia are the focus: “FBI investigators and others are looking at Russian purchases of apartments in Trump buildings, Trump’s involvement in a controversial SoHo development with Russian associates, the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow and Trump’s sale of a Florida mansion to a Russian oligarch in 2008.” The Washington Post has not independently confirmed Bloomberg’s report.
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Closing Bell
– Thursday, July 20th
Markets See Flat Finish as Crude Dips
Big Insider Trades
– Zillow Group, Inc. (Z) CEO Spencer Rascoff Sells $1m
– International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (IFF) Stakeholder Winder Investment Buys Another $3.7m
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