The governors of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands both requested emergency disaster declarations on Friday.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Oct. 2026
Importers must determine which products are covered, calculate the financial implications, and ensure their customs declarations reflect the applicable requirements.
Called Motor Decide, the tool is designed to help industries evaluate electric motor technologies and make informed decisions under uncertain market conditions.
Their options include deploying lawyers to federal and state court to seek injunctions and using local law enforcement to make arrests under state law.
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Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Oct. 2026
The injunctions request the existing agreements remain in place and that any disputes be resolved via mandatory arbitration.
Although a United Nations panel investigating the Myanmar military referred to genocidal intent, the United Nations does not make official determinations of genocide.
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New York Times,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2026
The government expects states to rely increasingly on third-party data — on things such as workers’ compensation claims or prescription information — to help make determinations.
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