• 👆 You’re looking at some of the winners from the International Pet Photography Awards, which drew 3,000+ entries from 41 countries.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

• ✈️ Ted Christie, CEO of Spirit Airlines, stepped down from his role effective yesterday.
• 🏭 President Trump ordered a new national security review of Nippon Steel’s acquisition of US Steel; the ~$14 billion deal was blocked by former President Joe Biden. | 🍏 Apple plans to source more iPhones from India as a potential tariff fix, according to The Wall Street Journal.
• 🤖 Shopify won’t make new hires unless managers can prove AI isn’t capable of doing the job, per a new memo from CEO Tobi Lütke.

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

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• 🌴 The White Lotus Season 3 finale attracted 6.2 million US viewers, marking the third consecutive week of record-highs for the series; it surpassed last week's total by 30%.
• 🪽 Blondie drummer Clem Burke passed away at 70.
• 🏆 Florida defeated Houston 65-63 on a last-second defensive stop to win the third men’s CBB national title in school history. | 🏀 2025 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class: Carmelo Anthony, Sue Bird, Dwight Howard, Maya Moore, and the 2008 USA Men's Olympic Team (the “Redeem Team") headline the list of inductees. (More)

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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• 🏆 The 2025 Breakthrough Prizes—aka the “Oscars of Science”—were awarded to six laureates across Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics, and Mathematics; each winner received $3 million.
• 🪐 A day on Uranus is longer than scientists previously thought, per new findings from the Hubble Telescope.
• 🛰️ The NOAA’s newest weather satellite is now operational, providing critical new data to forecasters ahead of hurricane season.

US, WORLD & POLITICS

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• 🎓 Harvard University plans to borrow $750 million from Wall Street as part of contingency preparations following the Trump admin’s threat to eliminate ~$9 billion in federal grants and contracts over antisemitism allegations.
• 🇺🇸🇮🇷 President Trump said the US will hold direct, high-level talks with Iran about its nuclear program this Saturday.
• ⚖️ The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Trump admin can continue to use a wartime law (the 1798 Alien Enemies Act) to carry out mass deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador, but ruled that migrants must get a court hearing before they’re deported. | 🧑‍⚖️ Chief Justice John Roberts paused a deadline of midnight Monday for the Trump admin to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador.

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CLICKBAIT

• 🚨 YouTuber arrested after visiting isolated Indian tribe.