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From memeorandum: White House mulls using Defense Production Act in Spirit Airlines takeover (Olivia Rinaldi/CBS News)

From memeorandum: Trump Aide Called GOP Candidates 'Fat Jewish Zionist F*cks' in Leaked Group Chat: Report (Kathryn Wilkens/Mediaite)

From memeorandum: Maine Governor Mills Vetoes Statewide Data Center Moratorium (Greg Ryan/Bloomberg)

From Techmeme: S-1 excerpts: SpaceX warns multiple investigations into sexually abusive AI imagery created with xAI's Grok may hurt the company's global market access (Reuters)

From Techmeme: Q&A with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian on building infrastructure for AI agents, balancing internal needs and the demands of customers like Anthropic, and more (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

From Techmeme: Trump threatens to "put a big tariff on the UK" if it does not drop its digital services tax, which he views as unfairly targeting US tech companies (Connor Stringer/Telegraph)

From Techmeme: SAP reports Q1 revenue up 6% YoY to €9.56B, vs. €9.53B est., non-IFRS operating profit up 17% to €2.87B, cloud revenue up 19% to €5.96B; SAP up 10%+ after hours (Reuters)

From Techmeme: Sources: AI coding firm Cognition is in early talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at a $25B valuation, up from $10.2B announced in September 2025 (Bloomberg)

From Techmeme: Sources: the US DOJ arrested a soldier involved in the capture of Nicolás Maduro for allegedly making $400K+ on Polymarket by betting on his removal from office (ABC News)

From memeorandum: Cotton: Change to marijuana drug classification 'a step in the wrong direction' (Sarah Davis/The Hill)

From memeorandum: Trump's war has backfired spectacularly: Iran is now more influential than ever (Fawaz Gerges/The Guardian)

From memeorandum: Disapproval of Trump Hits Highest Level of His Second Term (Ruth Igielnik/New York Times)

From memeorandum: Iran War Complicates Contingency Plans to Defend Taiwan, Some U.S. Officials Say (Wall Street Journal)

From memeorandum: Fertilizer crunch prompts Trump admin to consider Biden-era program (Marcia Brown/Politico)

From memeorandum: Misunderstanding the Law of the Clean Power Plan Ruling (Divided Argument)

From memeorandum: The 'Make America Healthy Again' Movement Is Cooling on Trump and Republicans (Sheryl Gay Stolberg/New York Times)

From memeorandum: Mike Johnson tries again to extend contested spy law (Politico)

From memeorandum: House GOP leaders scramble to sell Senate's slimmed-down budget with promises of 'Reconciliation 3.0' (Politico)

From memeorandum: Justice Department watchdog probes compliance with Epstein Act (Ryan J. Reilly/NBC News)