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Good afternoon. Here’s what you should know today, June 2:
| - Manhattan's DA could find himself battling Trump for years.
- Elon Musk and Jamie Dimon are making peace.
- Pickleball's "ultimate ambassador" is at the center of a scandal.
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What to Watch
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1. The first prosecutor to charge a former president now must weigh seeking to imprison one.
| Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg won the biggest bet of his career last week when a jury convicted Donald Trump. He now has the option of making sentencing recommendations to the judge (read for free), but the choice comes with a risk of blowback: He could feel pressure from some of his Democratic constituents who see it as a rare shot to hold Trump accountable, while seeking a tough sentence could inflame his critics who believe Bragg targeted the presumptive Republican nominee for political reasons. |
| Voters Weigh In on Trump Conviction (Read) Trump Joins TikTok Years After Trying to Ban the App (Read)  After the Guilty Verdict, What Comes Next? (Listen)
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2. Elon Musk and Jamie Dimon have been patching things up.
| Musk and Dimon, who have had a contentious relationship since 2016, are showing signs of reconciliation. The fallout began when Dimon's JPMorgan Chase declined to underwrite leases for Tesla's electric vehicles, leading Musk to withdraw Tesla's business from the bank. Then, three years ago, JPMorgan sued over $162 million that it says Tesla should pay for a series of trades, kicking off a continuing legal battle. But recent events hint at a thaw. Following a trickle of compliments exchanged over the past year, Musk attended a JPMorgan tech conference in March. He and Dimon spoke first on stage and then in private, opening the door to their working together again. |
| Musk’s Latest Dust-Up: What Does ‘Science’ Even Mean? (Read) |
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3. The U.S. is pushing on twin diplomatic tracks in Gaza.
| American officials are seeking to stop the war through a cease-fire proposal backed by President Biden, while also joining talks this weekend to reopen the Rafah crossing, a crucial aid route into the enclave from Egypt. Even if those talks prove successful, hurdles would remain to getting aid flowing through the crossing, including fighting and lack of security in the area. The cease-fire efforts also face significant headwinds, with Hamas militants likely to demand guarantees of their survival as leaders in Gaza and far-right members of Israel's ruling coalition threatening to withdraw from the government if a deal comes before Hamas's elimination. |
| How Israel Avoided Biden’s Red Line (Read) |
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4. Russia aims to make life unlivable in Ukraine’s second city.
| Ukrainian forces have halted Russia’s advance north of Kharkiv, but the city remains in Moscow’s crosshairs. Ukrainian and Western officials say Russia appears to be planning a grinding war of attrition to empty it of its population. Moscow tried to foment a revolt in the predominantly Russian-speaking city in 2014 and reached its outskirts in 2022. Now, with the war in its third year, Russia is targeting Kharkiv’s energy infrastructure and battering the city with missiles and guided bombs while trying to push its artillery back in range. |
| Zelensky Says China Is Helping Russia Undermine a Peace Summit on Ukraine (Read) |
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5. Mexico is set to make history by electing its first female president amid a public-security crisis.
| Voters will choose between Claudia Sheinbaum, a former mayor of Mexico City from the ruling Morena party, and Xóchitl Gálvez, a senator with indigenous roots representing the opposition. Both candidates aim to tackle crime and continue social programs, but they differ on economic policies. Security is a top concern for most Mexican voters, as the growing power of criminal gangs is blamed for making this the most violent election in the country’s modern history. |
| The Most Dangerous Job in Mexican Politics: Running for Mayor (Read) |
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Follow coverage of detained WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich
| The WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich is being wrongfully detained in Russia after he was arrested while on a reporting trip and accused of espionage—a charge the Journal and the U.S. government vehemently deny. Follow the latest coverage, sign up for an email alert, and learn how you can use social media to support Evan. |
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The Numbers
| 10% | The rise in Delta Air Lines’ revenue from premium travel in the first quarter from a year earlier, while ticket sales in its main cabin grew just 4%. Airlines say the strategy of upselling is working, and they are shifting their business models and changing the layouts of their planes to take more advantage of these premium leisure seekers. |
| 2.7% | The unemployment rate in the Miami metro area, among the lowest in the country. But inflation was higher than in any other major metro area in April, and housing costs have doubled in just six years. Wages have been rising—but not enough to keep up with prices. |
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1,000 Words
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A landslide buried a village at 3 a.m. Could it have been predicted?
| After a landslide hit Papua New Guinea’s highlands in the middle of the night last month, locals used spades, sticks and their bare hands to clear debris that authorities say buried people while they slept. Half a world away, Dan Shugar, an associate professor at the University of Calgary who studies landslides, wondered whether scientific methods could have detected the impending disaster and helped to prevent the loss of life. Looking at historical satellite imagery, Shugar found evidence of what appeared to be a small landslide in the same location in January 2022, and then an even smaller one in the days before the catastrophic collapse. Minor landslides are common in mountainous areas and don’t always lead to disaster. But two small landslides over the previous couple of years, Shugar said, is “a warning that maybe something bigger was going to happen.” |
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Quoted
“Even if it was debunked as a fake image, the subject would still get bullied and made fun of.”
| — A student in Eldorado, Ill., in a survey conducted by the Human Factor, a conflict-resolution strategy firm. Fake nude photos—created with artificial-intelligence apps that merge a classmate’s face with a naked body—are rippling through schools. For the people depicted in those images, often young women, the pictures set in motion feelings of shame, fear and a loss of control. Their parents are often totally unaware. |
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Catch Up
| - Dr Pepper Ties Pepsi as America’s No. 2 Soda (Read)
- China’s Defense Chief Turns Down Temperature on Tensions With U.S. (Read)
- The Fed Might Soon Have to Worry About More Than Just Inflation (Read)
- The Champions League Winning Coach Whose Plan Is to Have No Plan (Read)
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Live Better
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The easy bathroom upgrade you didn’t know you needed.
| Stop relegating your toilet to second-class status, Sarah Karnasiewicz writes. On the spectrum of bathroom renovations, swapping a standard seat for a designer cover is utterly low-risk—but can have an outsize impact on the look of your loo. |
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Weekend Reads
| - ‘She Hooked Me’: How an Online Scam Cost a Senior Citizen His Life’s Savings (Read)
- The Brady Bunch Breaks Down: Estate Fights Tear Stepfamilies Apart (Read)
- The AI Revolution Is Already Losing Steam (Read)
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Take a Break
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| There's a multimillion-dollar scandal rocking pickleball. Hundreds of retirees and other creditors across the U.S. say a man known as “Rocket” owes them nearly $50 million. |
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