Alex Ossola

We're also reporting that a number of Arab states in the Gulf, specifically Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar, are privately lobbying the White House to not strike Iran.

Why don't they want that?

That was WSJ National Security Reporter Alex Ward.

Thanks, Alex.

And separately, the leader of Greenland said that if his people were asked to choose, they would remain a Danish territory rather than join the U.S.

The foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland are meeting a White House delegation led by Vice President J.D.

Vance tomorrow.

Today, the U.S.

Supreme Court seemed inclined to uphold state laws banning transgender women and girls from competing in female sports events.

The court heard more than three hours of arguments in cases challenging such laws in Idaho and West Virginia.

Justices in the court's conservative majority were skeptical that the laws discriminate against transgender athletes.

And Justice Brett Kavanaugh highlighted the lack of consensus among states.

The justices are expected to rule by early July.

And South Korean prosecutors have sought the death penalty for the country's former president Yoon Seok-yeol, who briefly imposed martial law in December 2024.

Yoon, who was charged with insurrection, has denied wrongdoing.

A verdict is expected next month, but legal proceedings could stretch on for years.

South Korea hasn't carried out any executions since 1997.

And that's what's news for this Tuesday afternoon.

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Today's show is produced by Pierre Bien-Aimé with supervising producer Tali Arbel.