Across the country; in CA, the Second Amendment Foundation filed a federal reply brief challenging California’s restrictions on firearm purchases by adults aged 18–20, arguing the state failed to meet the Supreme Court’s Bruen historical-tradition test. On a national level, the Department of Justice released multiple rolling batches of Jeffrey Epstein–related files under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, issued a formal fact sheet defending redactions as legally required for victim privacy, denied protecting public figures, and faced bipartisan criticism over transparency, while the files also implicated 10 coconspirators that could be charged as other files made claims that indicated Trump, and many other major actors, were taking part in wrongdoings. Also, internal FBI emails disclosed doubts about probable cause prior to seeking the Mar-a-Lago search warrant. Globally, oil markets remained oversupplied with elevated inventories and weak demand growth, limiting price increases despite U.S. actions targeting Venezuelan oil exports, with ample onshore, offshore, and strategic storage continuing to act as the dominant constraint on crude and fuel prices.

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