Verified brief — 12 October 2026

Thanksgiving Monday; the House of Commons is not sitting. U.S. border officials propose making railways send every cross-border passenger’s details an hour before departure. The Forest Service shortens the public’s windows to comment on and object to national-forest projects. The Kremlin says Russia is willing to supply oil products to the U.S., but gives no volumes.

Published Oct 12, 2026, 7:10 a.m. EDT

Item 1
CBP proposed rule (FR Doc. 2026-20884), due in the Federal Register on 13 October: rail carriers would have to send each passenger’s and crew member’s identity, travel-document, itinerary, U.S. address, seat and contact details at least 60 minutes before any train leaves for or from the U.S., including trains to and from Canada, plus a train notice 24 hours ahead.
Read the article →FR Doc. 2026-20884 (public inspection)
Item 2
CBP would vet the data and could recommend that a carrier not board a flagged traveller; the carrier keeps the decision. Sharing has been voluntary since 2005 and one carrier does it now. CBP estimates about 232,000 manifested passengers a year and a half-hour shorter border wait.
Read the article →FR Doc. 2026-20884, sections IV and VI
Item 3
Comments go to docket USCBP-2026-0992 until 14 December, the date set in the notice as published on 13 October (corrected from 12 December). The proposal sets no data-retention period and says privacy notices will follow a final rule.
Read the article →FR Doc. 2026-20884, DATES and Privacy Act section
Item 4
USDA final rule (FR Doc. 2026-20890), publishing 13 October and effective 30 days later: comment periods on national-forest projects fall to 15 days for environmental assessments and 30 for impact statements, from 30 and 45. Objections must be filed within 10 or 20 days, down from 45 for most projects.
Read the article →FR Doc. 2026-20890; 36 CFR 218.25–218.26 (eCFR)
Item 5
The official who made the decision will now review objections to it, instead of a higher-level reviewing officer, in a response of no more than five pages. Legal notices move from newspapers to USDA websites. Objecting is generally required before suing. About 2,270 comments were filed, and USDA lengthened its proposed 10- and 20-day comment periods.
Read the article →FR Doc. 2026-20890, response to comments and §218.12
Item 6
Russian diesel: a 9 October Kremlin statement says Russia “confirmed its willingness to supply oil and petroleum products to the US market and global markets.” It gives no volumes. The tonnages come only from President Trump’s posts. His 11 October “energy ceasefire” announcement had no Kremlin confirmation as of this morning. OFAC General License 135 is unchanged.
Read the article →kremlin.ru, 9 Oct; OFAC recent actions (checked 12 Oct)
Item 7
U.S. dyed-diesel order (EO 14435): as of this morning, the IRS news-release list still ends at IR-2026-120 (7 October), and Treasury’s press releases have nothing on diesel relief. The 7508A deferral decision and dyed-fuel penalty waiver are now two days past the order’s roughly five-day window.
Read the article →IRS newsroom; Treasury press releases (checked 12 Oct)
Item 8
DHS/EOIR final rule on civil fines for failure to depart and unlawful entry (FR Doc. 2026-21024) is still due in the Federal Register on Wednesday, 14 October, and takes effect that day.
Read the article →FR public inspection (checked 12 Oct)
Item 9
Trump v. Kingdom (26A416): still no Supreme Court order on the government’s stay application. The last docket entry is the Solicitor General’s 9 October reply.
Read the article →SCOTUS docket 26A416 (checked 12 Oct)
Item 10
2026 ABCA 320: no federal appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada has been announced. Ottawa’s last word, via Minister Dabrusin’s office, is that it is “reviewing the decision and considering next steps.”
Read the article →The Canadian Press, 9 Oct; no SCC filing found
Item 11
When MPs return, the House sits until midnight on 19 October, Alberta referendum day, and takes up the C-38 fuel-excise pause at 6:30 p.m. The PBO puts its 2026-27 cost at $4.943 billion.
Read the article →PBO ES-2627-004-S; Journals No. 148