Here are the news items:

• SpaceX has launched more objects into space (measured by mass) in the first quarter of 2021 than all its competitors combined. The goal: beam internet to remote parts of the globe.
• Controversial new research suggests that the COVID-19 virus’s genes can integrate with human DNA.
• House Minority Speaker Keven McCarthy (R-CA) endorsed Rep Elise Stefanik (R-NY) to replace Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) as the Republican Conference chair – John breaks down McCarthy’s misguided motivations. 
• Exchange traded funds, also known as ETFs, have (probably) surpassed index-tracking mutual funds in terms of global assets under management. Rebecca explains why, and makes a few bold predictions about the future of the ETF industry.
• The Scottish National Party has won 64 seats in the country’s parliament. That leaves the party one seat short of a majority and makes it more difficult for the SNP to forge ahead with a referendum on Scottish independence.

PLUS: John interviews Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, about COVID-19 in India and the history and reasoning behind America’s "strategic ambiguity" policy in Taiwan.

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