What’s next for the SCOTUS conflict-of-interest controversy

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<p><a href="https://apple.news/Aidm2LnmlTd-D8XV1xa74AA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a> poses six questions about Justice Clarence Thomas, Ginni Thomas, and Supreme Court conflict of interest, and also looks at <a href="https://apple.news/AY15noSR2ToONaLH512iFtA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">what Democrats might do next</a>.</p> <p>Some politicians want to enact gas-tax holidays to make gas cheaper for drivers. The <a href="https://apple.news/AmfhLvgMcSlmdaaS3h4w4-Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> looks at how the debate cuts across the usual political divides. And <a href="https://apple.news/Anzv0-CfhQ26Ch9VPaZ0CDg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vice</a> talks to an economist who says such moves have a mixed record when it comes to actually saving people money.</p> <p>Many Black neighborhoods have been left out of the current real-estate boom. The <a href="https://apple.news/AmvhYMeGJQD2jP8RaaDBtKg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports on how the appraisal process may be part of the reason why.</p> <p>Astronomers have found the most distant star ever seen. <a href="https://apple.news/AO75sHp5RR_2k13e_owqDKA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">National Geographic</a> explains why it might hold the key to understanding the origin of the universe.</p>