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Good evening. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

1. Prosecutors argued that the airman accused of leaking documents online should remain in detention, citing violent and “racist” remarks.

In a hearing this afternoon in Massachusetts, Justice Department lawyers argued that Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of posting classified documents online, should be detained indefinitely. Prosecutors said that his online comments and his attempts to obstruct their investigation made him a “serious flight risk” and a continuing threat to national security.

In a memo released before the hearing, the Justice Department disclosed that Teixeira was suspended from high school in 2018 for alarming comments about the use of Molotov cocktails, and that he trawled the internet for information about mass shootings. He was also prone to making “racial threats,” prosecutors said.

The judge did not immediately rule on the government’s motion, and Teixeira will remain in detention while the judge considers the new evidence.

The government’s findings are certain to raise questions about how Teixeira obtained a top-secret security clearance that gave him access to some of the country’s most sensitive intelligence reports.

2. The U.S. economy continues to grow, albeit at a slower rate.

Gross domestic product rose at a 1.1 percent annual rate in the first three months of this year, adjusted for inflation, according to new government data. That’s down from a 2.6 percent rate at the end of 2022 but nonetheless represented a third straight quarter of growth after last year’s declines.

The cooling was, in part, a reflection of the Fed’s effort to tamp down inflation. The housing sector shrank for the eighth consecutive quarter, and business investment in equipment fell — two areas of the economy that are heavily influenced by interest rates.

In other economic news, inflation is still abnormally high, but it’s no longer being driven by supply issues. These days, price increases for services are at the center of the inflation story.

3. President Biden faces his first big decision on the debt limit.

Biden has long maintained that Republicans must vote to raise the nation’s borrowing limit without conditions. But now that the House has passed a bill coupling spending cuts with an agreement to raise the debt limit, some business groups and congressional Democrats are calling on Biden to begin working in earnest toward a deal.

The president will not sign the Republican legislation, but White House officials concede that Biden will have to convene negotiations with congressional leaders over spending and debt — before the government runs out of money to pay its bills.

In other news from Washington, former Vice President Mike Pence appeared today before the grand jury hearing evidence about Donald Trump’s efforts to cling to power after he lost the 2020 election, a person briefed on the matter said.

5. In Malawi, climate adaptation is a matter of survival.

Farmers in Malawi, a largely agrarian society, rely on the weather to feed themselves. But 150 years of greenhouse gas emissions produced mainly by industrialized countries have upended the global climate. Malawi’s main source of calories, maize, is now in trouble, and intense storms have wiped out other crops.

To survive, farmers there are experimenting with a range of different throw-everything-at-the-wall innovations. They are diversifying their crops, changing their diets and building different kinds of ridges to save orchards.

“Giving up means you don’t have food,” said Chikondi Chabvuta, the granddaughter of farmers, who is now an aid worker. “You just have to adapt.”

6. Watch an A.I. bot learn to write by reading nothing but Shakespeare.

Artificial intelligence programs like ChatGPT have generated intense interest over the past several months, yet many people don’t quite understand how they work.

To help explain, we built an A.I. of our own and fed it only works by Shakespeare. (We also have versions that read nothing but Jane Austen, “Harry Potter” or “Star Trek.”) At first, what it produces is gibberish, but after about a minute it learns what letters and words are. Over time, you can watch as the bot learns to write full sentences, moving closer and closer to Shakespearean prose.

In related news, Elon Musk has ramped up his efforts to compete with OpenAI, the ChatGPT developer, while arguing publicly about the hazards of the technology.

7. What is the line between stolen and original music?

This week, Ed Sheeran went to court to defend his Grammy-winning song “Thinking Out Loud.” He is accused of swiping passages from Marvin Gaye’s 1973 hit “Let’s Get It On,” and could be forced to pay millions in damages.

Other big-name musicians, like Michael Bolton, Robin Thicke, Led Zeppelin and Katy Perry, have faced similar copyright infringement lawsuits. But what makes an artist liable? We put together a list of tracks that have been involved in lawsuits. See if you can distinguish between songs that courts deemed stolen and those that were declared original.

10. And finally, a peacock spent a night on the loose after it escaped the Bronx Zoo.

The bird was first spotted yesterday evening a few blocks from the zoo. Word of its escape spread quickly: By early morning, as it perched in a cottonwood tree, crowds had gathered nearby, documenting its every head bob on television and social media livestreams.

After several hours of nonstop attention, the peacock — nicknamed Raul by the locals — spread its wings and began soaring back to the zoo, drawing gasps and applause from its new fans.

“He’s a celebrity now,” said Starr Davila, who streamed the event on TikTok. “He’s gotta get celebrity treatment.”

Have a soaring night.

Brent Lewis compiled photos for this briefing.

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