🎯 Axios PM: Airport drama

Plus: Iran promises restraint | Friday, April 12, 2024

Open in app View in browser   Presented By JPMorgan Chase   Axios PM By Mike Allen · Apr 12, 2024 Good afternoon. Today's newsletter, edited by Sam Baker, is 473 words, a 2-min. read. Thanks to Sheryl Miller for copy editing.     1 big thing: Israel braces for Iranian strike Israeli forces raid a camp of Palestinian refugees in the occupied West Bank today. Photo: Zain Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images Iran is expected to strike Israel in the next few days, but it has signaled that it doesn't want to escalate the war or provoke a direct conflict with the U.S. Catch up quick: The U.S. expects Iran to strike Israel in retaliation for an Israeli bombing last week that killed a top Iranian general — prompting fears of a wider war in the Middle East. Iran has threatened to attack American troops in the region if the U.S. gets involved in its fight with Israel — while also signaling that its strike will be limited and that it does not want to provoke a wider war, Axios' Barak Ravid reports. "The Iranian message was, we will attack the forces that attack us, so don't f--k with us and we won't f--k with you," one U.S. official said. Both American and Iranian officials told The New York Times that the forthcoming strike would avoid American targets. And Iran's foreign minister has directly sought to reassure the U.S. that it would not act too quickly, because it does not want to escalate the war, per Reuters.     2. 🛬 Battle of the Bay Area airports Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios   Pay close attention next time you're booking a flight to San Francisco — are you landing at San Francisco International Airport or the soon-to-be-renamed San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport? Officials in San Francisco are decidedly unhappy about Oakland's plans to add "San Francisco Bay" to the name of its airport, The Wall Street Journal reports. Oakland officials say the change will make it more obvious to travelers that Oakland is part of the Bay Area, while San Franciscans say the change will just confuse fliers. 📍 The Oakland airport is actually closer to parts of San Francisco than SFO, when traveling by train.     A message from JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase supports the 'waiting workforce'     38 paper statues stand tall in Philadelphia to raise awareness of the economic opportunity Clean Slate legislation provides to people with criminal backgrounds. The statues represent the number of states with a chance to enact legislation — and the paperwork required to expunge records. Learn more.     3. Catch me up Photo: Ted Soqui/Sygma via Getty Images 🏦 O.J. Simpson never paid the lion's share of the $33.5 million he owed to the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. They may be able to collect some of it from his estate. Go deeper. 🇨🇳 China is helping Russia build bombs and drones for its war in Ukraine, Bloomberg reports. 📺 576,000 Roku accounts were compromised in a newly discovered security breach. Go deeper.     4. 🎥 "Civil War" set to open big Cailee Spaeny and Wagner Moura in "Civil War." Photo: A24 Films "Civil War" is on track for a big opening weekend — maybe the best opening weekend its studio, A24, has ever had, Variety reports. It pulled in about $3 million in preview showings yesterday, putting it on track for somewhere between $15 million and $24 million this weekend. 🎬 The film is set in the near future, where "rooftop snipers, suicide bombers and wild-eyed randos are in the fight while an opposition faction ... is leading the charge against what remains of the federal government," NYT film critic Manohla Dargis writes in her favorable review.     A message from JPMorgan Chase Inside an expungement clinic     JPMorgan Chase runs expungement clinics at its bank branches in several communities to help people clear their records. How it works: Company attorneys offer their services pro bono. "[People are] often blown away to learn that JPMorgan is engaged in this type of work," a bank manager says. Learn more.   Are you a fan of this email format? Your essential communications — to staff, clients and other stakeholders — can have the same style. Axios HQ, a powerful platform, will help you do it.   Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Axios, 3100 Clarendon B‌lvd, Arlington VA 22201   You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios. To stop receiving this newsletter, unsubscribe or manage your email preferences.   Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get Axios in your inbox.   Follow Axios on social media: