The Department of Justice has escalated its enforcement against admissions practices at elite institutions, formally accusing Duke University School of Law of maintaining discriminatory systems that favor specific demographics in violation of recent Supreme Court affirmative action rulings, echoing similar scrutiny recently applied to Yale School of Medicine. On the geopolitical front, President Trump unveiled a $2 billion investment strategy aimed at bolstering domestic mining production to compete with China, while the Middle East faces further friction as Iran and Israel dismiss Saudi Arabia’s new mutual defense pact with Pakistan and Turkey as a "paper tiger" agreement, publicly questioning the kingdom’s military viability without external reliance. In the technology sector, researchers identified systemic vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure, specifically an 18-year-old "SCTPhantom" flaw in the Linux kernel and a privacy-eroding issue in Apple’s iCloud Private Relay, both of which highlight persistent risks in foundational code and services. Meanwhile, capital markets experienced a burst of volatility-related trading halts affecting several issuers—including Tenon Medical, Onfolio Holdings, and others—amidst a heavy volume of routine executive trading filings from firms such as TPG, SentinelOne, and Ingersoll Rand.