Small-business owners race to protect their companies from Trump’s proposed tariffs
Economists broadly dislike tariffs, saying they tend to increase prices for consumers — a likelihood that many company executives are already warning of. Small-business owners who weathered Trump’s first round of levies told NBC News last month that they’d struggled to adapt, with many describing limited options for absorbing cost hikes compared with larger rivals. […]
Texas could bus migrants to directly to ICE for deportation instead of sanctuary cities under proposed plan
Texas could implement a plan to bus migrants directly to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in an effort to get them processed for deportation, according to media reports. The move would be a departure from the state’s program, part of Operation Lone Star, that has bussed thousands of migrants to sanctuary cities, a source […]