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Retired Lieutenant General Michael (“Mike”) Flynn’s fall from grace has been precipitous. Flynn was once an admired Army Special Operations officer who went on to hold one of the most powerful jobs in the world as President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser. Source: CNN

A former business associate of ex-Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn who was indicted by the Justice Department on charges of trying to influence American politicians to seek the extradition of a Turkish cleric pleaded not guilty on Tuesday. Source: CNN

The Dow is down 7.8% and the S&P 500 is down 7.6% this month. That’s the worst December performance since 1931. Source: CNN

The US stock market sank deeper into the red following sluggish economic reports on Monday and bad news from a couple of blue chip giants. Source: CNN

Asos is having a nightmare holiday season. Source: CNN

Corporate America celebrated the first full year under the new tax law by rolling out a record-setting $1 trillion of stock buybacks. Source: CNN

Since Justice Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed in early October, the Supreme Court has stayed mostly above the fray, adjusting to a new colleague and hearing a docket of cases that lack the blockbuster status of previous terms. Source: CNN

California regulators no longer plan to tax text messages. Source: CNN

Late on Friday, a federal district judge in Texas, Reed O’Connor, dropped a bomb on the Affordable Care Act, and indeed on the entire American health care system. Source: CNN

Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins predicted Sunday that a Texas judge’s decision striking down Obamacare would likely be overturned. Source: CNN