Justice Samuel Alito is at the center of a new Supreme Court ethics controversy:

• Alito's home in Alexandria, Va., displayed an upside-down American flag — a symbol of the pro-Trump "Stop the Steal" movement — shortly after the Capitol attack of Jan. 6, 2021, The New York Times' Jodi Kantor reports after speaking with a half-dozen neighbors.

Why it matters: Public trust in the court has cratered in recent years. Alito is facing calls to recuse himself from seismic cases this term involving the 2020 election and Jan. 6 insurrection.

• The cases — which include whether former President Trump is immune from prosecution — will impact the 2024 election, Trump's courtroom calendar and the future of presidential power.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said today that the flag "clearly creates the appearance of bias," and called for Alito's recusal.

Zoom in: Alito told The Times and "Fox News Sunday" anchor Shannon Bream that his wife, Martha-Ann Alito, hung the flag upside down.

• Alito, who denied involvement, said his wife had been in an altercation with a neighbor who put a "F--k Trump" sign near a school-bus stop. The neighbor then blamed her for the Jan. 6 attack, he said.

Between the lines: Justice Clarence Thomas has declined calls to recuse himself from Jan 6. cases after his wife, Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, backed Trump's efforts to overturn the election.

• Read the NYT story (gift link — no paywall).

Scottie Scheffler, No. 1 golfer in the world, was charged with felony assault of a police officer and three misdemeanors this morning after he was arrested near the site of the PGA Championship in Louisville.

• Traffic had been stopped outside the golf course after a fatal incident involving a pedestrian.

ESPN's Jeff Darlington, who was right there when it happened, reported Scheffler tried driving around the crash scene on a median, and continued doing so after he was instructed to stop.

• An officer directing traffic was hospitalized after he was dragged by Scheffler's vehicle, per an arrest citation.

On his Instagram story, Scheffler wrote that he had been "proceeding as directed by police officers" amid a chaotic scene.

• "There was a big misunderstanding of what I thought I was being asked to do," he wrote. "I never intended to disregard any of the instructions."

Go deeper ... Video of the arrest.

1. 🎓 Above: Former President Trump attends his son Barron Trump's high school graduation in Florida. He'll head to Minnesota to campaign tonight on the day off from his criminal hush money trial in New York. Go deeper.
2. 🔥 A "dumpster fire" House committee hearing last night has attracted bipartisan cringe. It featured members insulting each other's appearances, constant heckling and drinking allegations, Axios' Andrew Solender and Juliegrace Brufke report.
3. 🚨 Israel has retrieved the bodies of three hostages who were held by Hamas in Gaza, Axios' Barak Ravid reports.
4. ⚖️ The intruder convicted of attacking former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, at their San Francisco home was sentenced to 30 years in prison, Axios' Jacob Knutson reports.

France is determined to shake its clichéd reputation for rudeness to welcome more than 1 million Summer Olympics visitors set to inject $12 billion into the economy, Axios' Ivana Saric reports.

• 🤝 More than 1,600 Parisian businesses signed a hospitality charter with various commitments to simplify travelers' experiences and promote sustainability.

📜 Participating businesses will clearly display the languages spoken by staff, and offer menus and information in multiple languages.

• Workers are being trained by the city to answer tourists' questions, The Washington Post reported.

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