Google has acquired data center developer Intersect for $4.75 billion to bolster its AI infrastructure capacity (Financial Times). The Pentagon issued a memo halting gender-affirming healthcare for transgender troops as part of broader efforts to remove them from military service (Associated Press). Sean 'Diddy' Combs's federal sex trafficking trial has commenced in New York (Reuters).

The Dallas Mavericks won the NBA draft lottery, securing the top pick to select Duke phenom Cooper Flagg (ESPN). Qatar reportedly gifted a luxury Boeing 747 to Donald Trump, raising security and ethics concerns (WIRED).