## Federal judge reverses rule that removed medical debt from credit reports

Authored by denver7.com

A federal judge in Texas has reversed a Biden administration rule that wiped medical debt from credit reports, affecting nearly 15 million Americans.

The rule, which did not discharge debt but changed how credit scores could be calculated, would have removed $50 million of medical debt from credit reports. U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan, who was appointed by President Donald Trump during his first term, argued in his decision that the Fair Credit Reporting Act does not allow the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to remove medical debt from reports.

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The CFPB had made the changes in January before President Joe Biden left office.

The independent agency had calculated that the new credit reporting rules would result in an additional 22,000 mortgages every year and boost Americans’ credit scores by an average of 20 points.

Although the judge has prevented the advancement of these changes, he noted that the bureau can "encourage" creditors to use other categories of information.

This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. »

### Stellan Skarsgard Says He Accepted a Lower Salary on ‘Sentimental Value’ to Give the Crew Good Lunches: ‘Norway Is the Richest Country, but They Don’t Want to Spend Money on Food’

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“I lost eight kilos on ‘Insomnia.’ We would usually get a loaf of bread, that’s pre-sliced, and a plastic salami.

Norway, they’re the richest country, but they don’t want to spend money on food.”.

Skarsgård adds: “I went down, I think, half a million kroner in my salary to pay for this, for the food for everybody. »

### Trump’s 30% tariffs on Europe would effectively knock out transatlantic trade, says EU trade chief

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So, practically it prohibits the trade,” Maroš Šefčovič, the EU’s trade commissioner, said as he arrived ahead of an EU ministerial meeting in Brussels on Monday.

Yves Herman/Reuters EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic speaks to reporters ahead of an EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting to discuss EU-US trade relations, in Brussels, Belgium on July 14.

For months, EU trade officials have been negotiating with their US counterparts to avoid Trump’s tariffs, or to limit their damage. »

### Trump announces Patriots for Ukraine and threatens Putin with 100% tariffs

Authored by thetimes.com

“A couple of the countries that have Patriots are going to swap over and will replace the Patriots with the ones they have.”

Rutte said that the deal would mean that Ukraine received “really massive numbers of military equipment, both for air defence, but also missiles, ammunition”.

Trump said his dramatic shift in policy stemmed from frustration with Putin’s refusal to make compromises to end the war in Ukraine. »

### 'A game, once sold, belongs to the customer': Prominent EU politician stands up for Stop Killing Games

Authored by pcgamer.com

On July 12, Ștefănuță posted a video on his Instagram story announcing that he had signed the Stop Killing Games petition and plans to continue helping the movement.

While Ștefănuță can only do so much for the Stop Killing Games movement at the moment, his support could be crucial if (or, rather, when) Stop Killing Games reaches the Parliament floor.

Other EU politicians who may not have been paying attention to Stop Killing Games before will certainly have to take notice of it now, too. »

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