<h1>Import tariffs on Japan and South Korea escalate, prompting trade shifts and concurrent administrative and legal challenges.</h1> The president announced unilateral 25% tariffs on imports from Japan and South Korea effective August 1, conveyed via letters on a social platform, changing import taxation rates and prompting trade and regulatory effects. A national health provider filed suit against a recent statute suspending Medicaid payments to abortion providers for one year, challenging funding conditions and anticipated service disruptions. An administrative revocation of a terrorism designation for a Syrian group was scheduled for Federal Register publication, altering the group's legal status under federal sanctions and enforcement regimes.