Two Big Law Firms Said to Be Doing Free Work for Trump Administration

After making deals with the president to avoid punitive executive orders, Paul Weiss and Kirkland & Ellis are helping the Commerce Department.

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Trump May Further Redefine U.S. Capitalism With an Intel Move

The White House’s deliberations about taking a stake in Intel could upend the technology sector — and further redefine how Washington deals with business.

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Law Firms That Settled With Trump Are Pressed to Help on Trade Deals

Boris Epshteyn, a personal lawyer for President Trump, connected two firms — Kirkland & Ellis and Skadden Arps — to the Commerce Department.

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Harvard Nears a Deal With the Trump Administration to Restore Funding

A potential $500 million settlement would end a monthslong battle that pitted the nation’s wealthiest school against the Trump administration’s extraordinary crackdown on higher education.

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Trump Officials Press Case Against Harvard, and Add New Investigation

The administration doubled down against Harvard, asserting that rising violent crime on campus meant the school should not host international students. It will also review the school’s patents.

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Trump Demands New U.S. Census That Excludes Undocumented Immigrants

The push comes as the president and his allies are pressing Republican-led states to redraw their congressional maps to benefit their party.

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U.S. Imports Slid in June on Higher Tariffs

Imports from other countries fell around 4 percent from the previous month as President Trump’s steep tariffs discouraged businesses from ordering goods.

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Key Inflation Measure Rose in June, Adding to Pressure on Fed

The price index was the latest indication that President Trump’s tariffs are beginning to show up in consumer prices.

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Trump’s A.I. Challenge: Focus on Weapon Concerns or Woke-ism?

In the Biden era, the government feared AI models would guide the spread of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. President Trump signed an order on “Preventing Woke A.I. in the Federal Government.”

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Investment Fund Seals Trade Deal for Japan and Expands Trump’s Influence

President Trump will get to decide where to invest Japanese money and the United States will keep 90 percent of the profits, the White House said.

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