( January 15, 2026, 12:30 PM EST) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The U.S. government on Jan. 14 sued the state of California in California federal court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, arguing that a state law that restricts oil and gas drilling “effectively nullifies vested federal lease rights” and is invalid because it constitutes an obstruction that is “contrary to the Constitution and laws of the United States.”...