NPR News: 06-06-2026 3AM EDT

Dwali Saikotao· Host0:01

Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dwali Saikotao. The US military says Iran launched ballistic missiles and drones toward the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf Arab allies. In response, Central Command says US forces intercepted at least six of seven missiles, saying the attack drones posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard claims it attacked, quote, "enemy bases in the region," apparently hitting them with aerospace missiles. President Trump says he wants new acting Director of National Intelligence, Bill Pulte, to cut the office.

Donald Trump· Soundbite0:44

I wouldn't mind ever. That's way too high for way too long. Yeah, I wouldn't mind. If he cut, I wouldn't mind that.

Dwali Saikotao· Host0:50

That's the president speaking on board Air Force One earlier while traveling to Wisconsin for an agricultural visit. A new Marquette poll finds that the public is evenly divided as to whether the Supreme Court justices are motivated by law or politics, with a small majority believing that the answer is politics. But as NPR's Nina Totenberg reports, the numbers on term limits indicate that the court has a problem.

Nina Totenberg1:18

The results of the poll show that the public is split fifty-fifty on whether Congress should enlarge the court, something it could do with legislation only. But when asked how they feel