Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. U.S. officials say Iran launched multiple missiles,

drones, and small boats at three American warships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

Central Command says it destroyed the threat and targeted Iranian military facilities,

including launch sites and command locations. Meanwhile, Iran has created a government agency to try to control and tax vessels passing through the straight.

The effort raises new concerns as hundreds of commercial ships remain bottled up in the Persian Gulf,

unable to reach the open sea.

The mayor of New York City and the head of one of the nation's largest hedge fund firms

are trading sharp

opinions over taxing the wealthy. NPR's Windsor Johnston reports the debate is raising broader

questions about how tax policy influences where companies choose to expand. Citadel CEO Ken Griffin

criticized Mayor Zohran Mamdani's proposal to tax luxury properties owned by wealthy part-time residents.

Mamdani argues the city's tax system favors the ultra-wealthy, while critics say New York is already near a tipping point on taxes for high earners.

Jared Walzak is with the center-right think tank, the Tax Foundation.

He says the state depends heavily on top earners for revenue.

New York State gets about 40% of its income tax revenue from the top 1%.

You lose some of those people.

You lose a lot of tax revenue.

Walsack says the proposal itself is relatively narrow,

but says concerns over future tax increases could be a deterrent for some

companies. Windsor Johnston and PR News. The Postal Service is considering a rule change that

would allow anyone to send handguns through the mail for the first time in nearly 100 years.

A 1927 law prohibits the shipment of handguns through the USPS unless they're from licensed retailers.

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