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NYTIMES (The New York Times) - U.S. Gas Prices Climb Further as Effects of Iran War Reverberate

The national average price of a gallon of gasoline hit $4.23, following oil prices upward as supplies from the Middle East remain disrupted.

WASHINGTONPOST (Perry Stein, Salvador Rizzo, Jeremy Roebuck) - Comey expected to surrender to authorities amid charges of threatening Trump

The former FBI director denied that a photo he posted of seashells spelling “86 47” was intended to threaten the president. He has vowed to fight the case.

WASHINGTONPOST (Justin Jouvenal, Patrick Marley) - Supreme Court limits key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act

The decision could touch off a scramble by Republicans to redraw minority-majority congressional districts, especially in the South, that could cost many Black Democrats their seats.

NPR (Andrea Hsu) - Senior citizens join the immigration fight to protect caregivers

As the Supreme Court weighs the Trump administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians, seniors are advocating for protections for their immigrant caregivers.

NPR (NPR Washington Desk) - Supreme Court calls Louisiana's House map an 'unconstitutional racial gerrymander'

Although the court kept Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act intact, Wednesday's decision all but guts the landmark law that came out of the Civil Rights Movement and protected the collective voting power of racial minorities when political maps are redrawn.

AXIOS (Josephine Walker) - Supreme Court narrows key voting rights law

The Supreme Court ruled limited a key provision of the Voting Rights Act Wednesday, handing a loss to civil rights groups. Why it matters: The ruling could reshape voting all across the South and could boost the Republican majority in the House by an additional 19 seats when compared to 2024 maps. - The Louisiana v. Callais ruling does not erase Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, but it effectively neuters it. The court rewrote the test used to apply Section 2 in such a way that it can only take effect as long as protected seats don't infringe on the right of state lawmakers to draw partisan gerrymanders. Driving the news: In a majority opinion , Justice Samuel Alito said that "because the Voting Rights Act did not require Louisiana to…