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NPR (Nina Totenberg) - A day after Alito's testy response to Sotomayor's dissent, court says it was a 'misunderstanding'

During Supreme Court opinions Thursday, Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the majority opinion in an asylum case, appeared to rebut Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who wrote the dissent. The move was highly unusual — and on Friday there was a coda.

AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - U.S. strikes Iranian targets near strait after Iran fires at ships

The U.S. military conducted strikes against Iranian targets around the Strait of Hormuz , U.S. Central Command said in a statement. Why it matters: These are the first U.S. strikes against Iranian targets since the signing last week of the memorandum of understanding, which declared an end to the war. Driving the news: The U.S. strikes came after Iran on Thursday launched drones against several commercial ships that crossed through the Strait of Hormuz. - One drone hit a Singapore-flagged cargo ship, "Ever Lovely," while it was exiting the strait along the Omani coast, CENTCOM said, describing the U.S. attacks as a "powerful response." - President Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday that the Iranian attack was "a foolish violation of…

NYTIMES (Tim Balk) - Centrist Democrats Rebuke Party’s Left Wing: ‘We Are Capitalist, Not Socialist’

Following high-profile primary victories by democratic socialists, some moderate Democrats are advocating a different course, highlighting tensions in the party.

NYTIMES (Ana Ley, Wesley Parnell and Miles G. Cohen) - On the Streets of New York’s Little Haiti, Panic After Court Ruling

Residents in the Caribbean enclave in Brooklyn worried about returning to a crime-ravaged country after President Trump was allowed a path to deport them.

ABCNEWS - Newsom proposes national 'billionaires' tax' after opposing state's initiative

Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing a national billionaires' tax, which comes a day after the state wealth tax measure he opposes qualified for the November ballot.