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  • ☝️You’re looking at the most expensive home for sale in NYC, which hit the market earlier this month; the 11,480-square-foot listing features five bedrooms, six bathrooms, a 618-square-foot terrace with panoramic views of Central Park and both Manhattan rivers—and an asking price of $110 million.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

  • 📝 President Trump is reportedly considering reducing tariffs on Chinese imports to de-escalate trade tensions. | US markets rose across the board (S&P: +1.7%; Dow: +1.1%; Nasdaq: +2.5%).
  • ⚖️ Apple and Meta were both issued fines by the European Commission (~$570 million and ~$230 million, respectively); it marks the first two penalties for breaching the EU's Digital Markets Act.
  • 🌯 Chipotle's Q1 same-store sales declined for the first time since 2020; execs cited a slowdown in consumer spending and adverse weather.

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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

  • 🌁 Nearly half of Americans (~156 million people) are living in areas with unhealthy air pollution levels, per the American Lung Association; that’s 25 million more people than last year.
  • 🪐 MIT astronomers discovered a rapidly disintegrating planet that produces a comet-like tail; the Mercury-sized planet loses a Mount Everest-sized amount of material every 30 hours.
  • ⚠️ The FDA published a warning about side effects from popular hair-loss drugs that major telehealth companies—like Hims, Keeps, and Ro—aren’t required by law to report in their ads.

US, WORLD & POLITICS

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  • 🏛️ Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), 80, the second-highest ranking Democrat in the Senate, said he won’t seek reelection in 2026. | Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) lost her retrial of a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.
  • 🇺🇦🇷🇺 The White House has reportedly offered a Russia-Ukraine peace deal that allows Russia to keep control of nearly all occupied Ukrainian territory, and includes US recognition of Crimea as part of Russia.
  • 🩸 Eight artificial dyes will be eliminated from US food and medications by the end of 2026, Health Secretary RFK Jr. announced. (Dive deeper: Support for food dye is dying across the US)

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