Tech & Cybersecurity: A Guam tech conference heard that AI-driven threats and supply-chain attacks mean businesses can’t treat cybersecurity, AI, and infrastructure as separate problems. Power Restoration: CUC says new transformers, poles, and other materials arrived to keep restoring NMI power after Super Typhoon Bavi, with Saipan still seeing longer outages in heavily damaged villages and Rota remaining the toughest. Mobile Service Recovery: IT&E and Docomo Pacific report most mobile sites back up on Saipan and Tinian, while Rota still struggles due to damaged towers, fuel limits, and waiting on commercial power. Regional Travel Push: Guam-CNMI leaders launched a Visa Waiver Working Group aimed at adding the Philippines, citing strong two-way travel demand and the need for security and admin frameworks. Tourism Policy: CNMI business groups and hotels say a Senate move blocking repeal of EVS-TAP keeps tourism screening intact and protects a fragile recovery. Citizenship Fight: Guam and CNMI leaders oppose a congressional birthright citizenship termination proposal, warning it could create statelessness and Covenant conflicts. Disaster Aid Access: The American Red Cross opened resource centers for Bavi survivors, and NMI disaster response updates continue across shelters, ports/airports, and utilities. Local Business Support: Saipan Chamber sponsors and partners (AP Group, Joeten Motors, Triple J Motors) are backing scholarship golf prizes as the tournament nears. Drug Antitrust: AGs announced a $29.6M Glenmark settlement over generic drug price-fixing, with states pursuing further litigation. Workforce Certainty: CNMI Delegate King-Hinds introduced the Labor Stabilization Act to extend and modernize the Commonwealth’s labor framework through 2039. H-1B Update: USCIS says the FY2027 H-1B cap has been reached, with CNMI and Guam workers potentially exempt from the annual cap.