Happy Friday, MarketWatchers! Hope you are ready for a great weekend. Don’t forget to read today’s top personal finance stories.

Meet the smaller — but not necessarily easier — IRS 1040 income tax form

It’s the size of a postcard.

What is Exactis—and how could it have the data of nearly every American?

A security researcher alleges that 340 million records at the company may have been exposed.

Have a Citi credit card? You may be getting some money back

Citi settled with the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection over failure to adjust cardholders’ interest rates

Abortion could be banned in the U.S. within two years under new Supreme Court

The change would have major financial implications for women.

What the American Express Supreme Court victory means for you

It has an impact, whether you use credit cards or not.

Watch these soccer players in the World Cup — and how they cash in afterward

Soccer’s transfer market can be a financial bonanza for those who break out in the World Cup.

Bill Gates promises his summer book picks are (mostly) quick reads

The Microsoft co-founder has five reading recommendations, from books on da Vinci to modern science.

July 4 celebrations: Lots more fireworks, also more injuries (mostly men)

In 40 years, the amount of fireworks per American adult has exploded sixfold.

Try these strategies for getting rid of credit card debt

See which option is the best and most cost-effective for erasing your debt.

This DIY investor says there are 5 good reasons to hire a financial adviser

Chris Mamula thought everyone could and should be a DIY investor when he started writing about these topics. Now he admits he was wrong.

Elsewhere on MarketWatch It’s been decades since the White House has warned the Fed the way Kudlow just did

It’s been a long time - the early 1990s to be precise - that a White House has warned the Fed over interest rate hikes the way Trump advisor Larry Kudlow just did.

Who is AMLO? Meet Mexico’s presidential hopeful

Mexico heads to the polls to elect a new president on Sunday. Meet Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the left-wing candidate expected to cruise to victory.

This is how Larry Kudlow defines a falling deficit

President Donald Trump’s economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Friday that the U.S.’s budget deficit is “coming down rapidly” — something that’s not reflected in the latest data from the Treasury Department.

Trump Today: President celebrates tax law and says journalists should be not be attacked

President Donald Trump marked the six-month anniversary of his tax-cut law on Friday, as he also mourned victims of a shooting attack at a newspaper office in Maryland.

3 ways Trump undermines himself on trade

Donald Trump’s behavior on trade may quickly become counterproductive.

Yes, corporations have brought home cash after the tax cut, but they haven’t put it to work

The Trump White House is using meaningless statistics to falsely claim that its big corporate tax cut is working even better than hoped, writes Rex Nutting.

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