• 👆 Millions of Americans, by organizers' count, reportedly attended a combined 1,200+ "Hands Off!" demonstrations across all 50 states on Saturday to protest the Trump admin.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 💼 The US added 228,000 jobs in March, above analysts' projections of ~140,000; the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2%.
• 🛢️ US crude oil dropped below $60/barrel on Sunday; it marks its lowest price since April 2021.
• 📱The TikTok ban, set to take effect this past Saturday, was delayed for another 75 days by President Trump.

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

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• 🚔 UK actor Russell Brand was charged with multiple counts of rape, indecent assault, and sexual assault by London’s Metropolitan Police.
• 🏒 Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin passed Wayne Gretzky to become the NHL’s all-time leading goals scorer.
• 📚 Amazon announced Kindle Recap; the feature uses AI to recall plot points and character arcs in popular series for readers. | 🎮 30 new games are coming to Xbox next week. See them all here.

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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• 🤖 Meta released the first Llama 4 AI models; they’re now integrated across apps including Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. | 🎮 Microsoft unveiled a fully AI-generated demo of the classic ’90s video game Quake II.
• 🙏 A second child died from measles-related complications in Texas as part of an ongoing outbreak that features 500+ cases and has spread to other states; both children who died weren’t vaccinated.
• 🛰️ Miso, a popular Japanese dish featuring fermented soybean paste, has a different taste when prepared in space, according to a new study involving ISS astronauts.

US, WORLD & POLITICS

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• 🌧️ An ongoing storm system that’s brought heavy rain and flooding across the South and Midwest US has killed at least 18 people, per official tallies yesterday evening.
• 🇸🇻 A Maryland resident who was deported to El Salvador due to an "administrative error" must be returned to the US by the Trump admin by midnight tonight, a federal judge ordered. | 🧑‍⚖️ Four Texas gov’t whistleblowers who were fired after reporting Texas AG Ken Paxton to the FBI were awarded ~$6.6 million by a federal judge.
• 🎖️ President Trump fired Gen. Timothy Haugh as NSA director and head of US Cyber Command; it’s part of a wider purge of top security officials that started after far-right activist Laura Loomer visited Trump and reportedly pressed him to fire specific security staffers. | 🎓 The Trump admin is reportedly planning to freeze $510 million in grants to Brown University over antisemitism concerns; Trump officials also ordered Harvard to make several changes to maintain $9 billion in federal funding, including eliminating its DEI program.

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