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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a legal challenge to President Donald Trump's tariffs. The hearing comes as the tariffs take a heavy toll on many small businesses across Texas.

More than 230 Texas-based small business owners traveled to Washington D.C. last week as part of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Summit to tell Texas lawmakers about how uncertainty tied to the tariffs and the ongoing federal government shutdown is driving up their costs of doing business.

Amber Ferrell-Steele is the owner and founder of Timeless Spirits and Drinks, based in Iowa Colony, south of Houston. Much of her business depends on not only the export of vodka and rum, but on the import of liquids and dry goods. She said the tariffs have driven up the

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