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Democrats convening on AI action is the kind of headline that moves policy risk from abstract to real. Bloomberg reports Democrats meeting on steps for AI oversight while OpenAI delayed its initial public offering (IPO), Oracle founder Larry Ellison walked back a plan to sell up to $7.5 billion of stock, and SpaceX gained a Nasdaq 100 weighting boost after a rebalance. Meanwhile U.S. diesel topping $6 a gallon and Iran’s planned Hormuz deal add a geopolitical oil angle that investors will price into both tech and energy sectors.