• 👆 SpaceX launched its Fram2 mission carrying four private passengers; they’ll be the first people to orbit directly above Earth’s North and South poles over the next several days; they’ll also carry out several experiments. (Dive deeper: Shrooming in space.)

BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 📝 It’s “Liberation Day”; here’s what to expect. | 📈 Newsmax shares rose another 179% yesterday; they increased 700% on Monday following the conservative news channel's IPO; the company now has a higher market cap than Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox.
• 💳 Affirm is reporting pay-in-four-installments loans to the credit bureau Experian; will start showing up on credit reports.
• 💉 Eli Lilly is suing two pharmacies for compounding Zepbound and Mounjaro. | 🍗 Hooters filed for bankruptcy. | 🤖 Joelle Pineau, Meta’s head of AI research, is resigning.

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

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• 🏈 NFL owners voted on a series of proposed rule changes, but postponed their decision on whether to ban the tush push until next month at the earliest.
• 👶 Jennifer Lawrence welcomed her second baby with husband Cooke Maroney.
• 🇬🇧 The Beatles Movies—a planned series of four films, each from one band member’s perspective—have officially cast their “Fab Four.” | 🕸️ Tom Holland’s fourth Spider-Man film received an official title: “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”; it starts filming this summer. | 👆 Both announcements came at CinemaCon 2025 this week in Las Vegas; see the latest updates.

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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• 🤖 Amazon unveiled Nova Act, a new AI agent that can take control of a web browser and independently perform some simple actions.
• 🩸 A new blood test can diagnose Alzheimer’s disease and track its progression with 92% accuracy, per a new study.
• 🦠 Scientists resurrected 7,000-year-old phytoplankton found at the bottom of the Baltic Sea; it’s one of the oldest organisms ever revived.

MISCELLANEOUS

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• 🎓 Princeton University had dozens of government grants halted by the Trump admin this week; the school is among dozens facing federal investigations into allegations of antisemitism.
• 🗳️ US Elections: Two Trump-backed Republican candidates won special elections in Florida to replace outgoing GOP House members; voting in Wisconsin’s hotly-contested Supreme Court election—the most expensive US judicial race ever—took place yesterday.
• 💥 Israel’s military aims to recapture ~25% of Gaza over the next 2-3 weeks as part of a campaign seeking to pressure Hamas to release more Israeli hostages, per officials. | 🇸🇻 The Trump admin accidentally deported a Maryland man to a high-security prison in El Salvador despite his protected legal status, in what it calls an “administrative error”; US officials claim the man is a MS-13 gang member (which he denies), and say they can’t order his return now that he’s in El Salvador’s custody. (From the Left | From the Center | From the Right)

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