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Two U.S.

Air Force combat planes were shot down today.

That's according to an official not authorized to discuss the incident.

A plane went down near the Strait of Hormuz.

It had one crew member who has been rescued by U.S.

forces.

One crew member has been rescued from the other plane in southwestern Iran, but the search continues for the second crew member.

NPR's Jeff Brumfield reports.

President Trump is expected to sign an order to pay all DHS employees as Congress remains deadlocked over funding that agency.

NPR's Windsor Johnston reports it adds uncertainty to airport security lines over the weekend.

A group of roughly two dozen states filed a lawsuit today to block President Trump's latest executive order on voting.

NPR's Miles Parks reports.

Wall Street had the day off Friday for the Good Friday holiday.

The markets will reopen on Monday.

And from Washington, you're listening to NPR News.

The U.S.

economy added 178,000 jobs in the month of March, a stronger than expected number than most economists had been expecting.