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Las Vegas gambler William "Billy" Walters leaves Manhattan federal court, in New York, Thursday, July 27, 2017. Walters, linked to golfer Phil Mickelson, was sentenced to five years in prison for his conviction on insider trading charges.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Las Vegas gambler William "Billy" Walters, right, accompanied by one of his attorneys, leaves Manhattan federal court, in New York, Thursday, July 27, 2017. Walters, linked to golfer Phil Mickelson, was sentenced to five years in prison for his conviction on insider trading charges.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2015 file photo a giant logo of the German car manufacturer Volkswagen is pictured on top of a company's factory building in Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen will announce its second-quarter earnings on Thursday, July 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)
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President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room accompanied by House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., Foxconn CEO and founder Terry Gou, and Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Trump said that electronics giant Foxconn will build a $10 billion factory in Wisconsin that's expected to create 3,000 jobs.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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FILE - This Wednesday, May 30, 2007, file photo shows a cable box on top of a television set in Philadelphia. Not that long ago, the clunky cable box looked like it was on its way out. The federal government was pressuring cable companies to open up their near-monopoly on boxes to more competition, and industry leader Comcast promised apps that could render some boxes obsolete. But today, the vast majority of customers still need to rent a box to get full service from cable providers, and those box-replacing apps remain elusive. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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American Paper Optics President and CEO John Jerit looks at a display of solar eclipse glasses in Bartlett, Tenn., on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Jerit said the company began preparing about two years ago for the August 2017 event. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)
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Illustration on the proposed taxation of advertising expenses by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Foxconn, a Taiwanese manufacturing giant that makes iPhone components, will build a factory in Wisconsin, President Trump announced Wednesday. The $10 billion deal will initially add 3,000 jobs to the economy with the potential for as many as 13,000 jobs in the future. (Associated Press)
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This June 27, 2017 photo shows an oil rig at sunset in Midland, Texas. In the first six months of this year, more than 1,000 people working or applying for jobs in the oil-producing business failed urine-based drug tests, double the pace of failures last year, according to Houston-based DISA Global Solutions, the largest provider of drug-testing policies to U.S. oil producers (Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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Chinese hacking against U.S. entities has declined significantly since the theft of some 22 million federal records from the Office of Personnel Management, according to a report from cybersecurity firm FireEye. (Associated Press/File)
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On Sept. 17, 2017, the New York Times reported that Rolling Stone is being put up for sale by founder and publisher Jann Wenner. Shown here in this file photo is the magazine's August 2017 cover that asks readers the following question of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: "Why can't he be our President?"
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters organizer Wamon Hock, right, helps lead a chant during a protest outside the McKesson Corp. shareholders meeting in Irving, Texas, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. McKesson Corp. is the largest U.S. distributor of prescription drugs. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Randy McLain, of Dallas, holds a sign with Teamsters as they protest outside the McKesson Corp. shareholders meeting in Irving, Texas, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. McKesson Corp. is the largest U.S. distributor of prescription drugs. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Teamsters hold a sign as they protest outside the McKesson Corp. shareholders meeting in Irving, Texas, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. McKesson Corp. is the largest U.S. distributor of prescription drugs. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Clint Powell, of Keller, Texas, marches with other Teamsters as they protest outside the McKesson Corp. shareholders meeting in Irving, Texas, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. McKesson Corp. is the largest U.S. distributor of prescription drugs. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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In this May 24, 2017, file photo, House Budget Committee member Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., questions Budget Director Mick Mulvaney on Capitol Hill in Washington during the committee's hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. Fellow committee member Rep. Susan DelBene, D-Wash. is at left. Wasserman Schultz fired IT staffer Irman Awan on July 25, 2017, following his arrest on a federal bank fraud charge. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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In this May 24, 2017, file photo, House Budget Committee member Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., questions Budget Director Mick Mulvaney on Capitol Hill in Washington during the committee's hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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In this Tuesday, April 25, 2017 photo, post doctoral fellow Leslie Mitchell, works at her bench at a New York University lab in the Alexandria Center for Life Sciences in New York, where researchers are attempting to create completely man-made, custom-built DNA. Mitchell says it took her a couple months to build her chromosome but longer to debug. "The tiniest change in the code can have dramatic effect on growth,” she said. “We are learning new rules about how cells operate by building from scratch." (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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FILE- In this June 19, 2017 file photo, former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO, Martin Shkreli, center, arrives at Brooklyn federal court in New York with members of his legal team. Jurors heard testimony from the government's last witness on Tuesday, July 25, 2017, a day after Shkreli's lawyer told the court his client won't take the witness stand during his securities fraud trial. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2016, file photo, former biotech CEO Martin Shkreli. Jurors heard testimony from the government's last witness on Tuesday, July 25, 2017, a day after Shkreli's lawyer told the court his client won't take the witness stand during his securities fraud trial. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
