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Yesterday — 6 April 2025Main stream

Small Businesses Face a ‘Tornado’ of Challenges: Cuts, Freezes and Now Tariffs

6 April 2025 at 17:01
President Trump vowed to aid entrepreneurs by reducing taxes and slicing red tape. But some owners say other policies have put them at a disadvantage.

© Rachel Woolf for The New York Times

Ben Coryell, owner of Golden Mountain Guides in Colorado, is concerned about how long his business can continue to offer climbing courses and mountaineering expeditions.
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How Guantánamo Bay Figures in the Trump Immigration Crackdown

5 April 2025 at 07:24
In two months, around 400 migrants have been held there, mostly Venezuelan and Nicaraguan citizens designated for deportation.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

The U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay has been staffed with 1,000 government workers, 900 of them members of the U.S. military and the rest immigration service agents or contractors. About 400 migrants have been held there over two months.

More Than 500 Law Firms Back Perkins Coie in Fight With Trump

5 April 2025 at 05:22
The firms signed a legal brief supporting Perkins Coie, calling the president’s actions a threat “to the rule of law.” The largest firms declined to sign.

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The brief was drafted by Donald B. Verrilli Jr., a solicitor general during President Barack Obama’s administration.

Trump Sidelines Justice Dept. Legal Office, Eroding Another Check on His Power

4 April 2025 at 19:42
As President Trump claims expansive and disputed powers, his administration has curbed the influential Office of Legal Counsel.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

President Trump’s administration has undercut the power of the Office of Legal Counsel, speeding up Mr. Trump’s ability to act but creating mounting difficulties for Justice Department lawyers.

How Trump Has Tuned Out a Key Justice Dept. Legal Office

4 April 2025 at 19:40
The Office of Legal Counsel issues opinions that are supposed to bind the executive branch. The Trump administration has taken steps and made claims in tension with several of them.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

Several of President Trump’s executive orders have come into conflict with precedents set by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel.

Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Legal Rationale for Tariffs on China

By: Tony Romm
4 April 2025 at 09:25
A nonprofit group said the president misapplied a law in imposing those levies and portrayed its filing as the first lawsuit to challenge the Trump administration over its tariffs.
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