ANTHROPIC to offer Claude local inference services in India.

Iraq's State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO) asked term buyers to book August loadings of Basra crude.

Semafor reports Senators Collins and Murray circulated a continuing resolution that would fund the U.S. government through Dec. 11 and blocks an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed rule that would allow the administration to rescind federal grants to states, including so-called blue states. Collins said the bill "prevents the OMB proposed rule on federal financial assistance from taking effect." Murray said the CR "prevents implementation of this corrupt new OMB grants rule during the continuing resolution," adding the proposal would systemically politicize federal funds and allow Trump administration officials to cancel grants "at any time for any reason."