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The fighting appears to be increasing in the Middle East with new strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.
An Iranian missile attack on a military base in Saudi Arabia wounded at least 12 U.S.
service members and damaged several refueling planes.
And Israel says Yemen launched a missile that was intercepted.
It was the first missile launched by Yemen since the fighting began.
The U.S., meanwhile, says about one-third of Iran's missile arsenal has been destroyed, NPR's Greg Myrie reports.
The House of Representatives approved late Friday a temporary funding measure for Homeland Security.
The bill would have mostly ended the partial government shutdown.
The measure will now go to the Senate, where its fate is uncertain.
President Trump, meanwhile, signed an executive action Friday that orders the government to pay TSA workers.
They've been without pay since soon after the start of the latest government shutdown.
Air travel has been compromised, with long lines at security checkpoints and many larger airports.
Homeland Security officials say paychecks could arrive as early as Monday.
It's not clear where that money will be coming from.
Protests against President Trump are expected across the country later today.
Bruce Kahnweiser reports from New York that organizers of the No Kings movement expect more than 3,000 rallies to be held nationwide.
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Officials in Mississippi say five people were killed Friday night when a passenger van was hit by a train.
The Canadian Pacific-Kansas City freight train hit the van while it was in a crossing.