Wednesday, June 4th

⏳ SPEED READ

🚨NATION

• Trump’s promised steel and aluminum tariffs go into effect (AP)

• Elon Musk warns excessive spending will plunge US 'into debt slavery' (FOX)

• Education Department threatens Columbia University’s accreditation over campus antisemitism concerns (CNN)

• New Orleans jail escapee posts social media video, appeals to President Trump (MO NEWS)

• Man arrested for scaling Mar-A-Lago wall looking to ‘marry’ Trump’s granddaughter (MO NEWS)

• Man charged after allegedly supplying chemicals in Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing (NBC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

• Putin tells Trump he'll hit Ukraine back for surprise drone attack (AXIOS)

• Cologne, Germany evacuates 20,000 so WW2-era bombs can be defused (BBC)

• Vietnam scraps 2-child policy as aging threatens economic growth (ABC)

• Muslims from around the world prepare to take part in Hajj, facing extreme temperatures (AP)

• Hungry elephant caught on CCTV visiting convenience store (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

• CDC official overseeing agency recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines resigns (CNN)

• Report says over half of top 100 mental health TikTok videos contain misinformation (FOX)

• Massive planet discovered orbiting tiny star, leaving scientists stumped (CBS)

• Measles vaccination rates drop after COVID-19 pandemic in counties across the US (AP)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

• ‘Diddy’ trial: woman testifies Combs dangled her from 17th-floor balcony (NBC)

• Jessie J reveals early breast cancer diagnosis (BBC)

• Edmund White, who broke ground in gay literature, has died at 85 (NPR)

• Michael J Fox appeals for help in finding lost guitar played by Marty McFly in Back To The Future (SKY NEWS)