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The White House is asking Congress for $1.5 trillion in defense spending.

It's the largest increase ever in modern history.

That's 40 percent more than what was requested last year.

President Trump is also asking lawmakers to cut $73 billion in domestic spending.

The White House released a budget summary today.

In remarks to religious leaders earlier this week, Trump said that the country is fighting wars and, quote,

We can't take care of daycare.

He says that should be up to the states.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, there's a kind of fish that can scale a 50-foot rock wall behind a waterfall.

Researchers say it's the first time this behavior has been documented in Africa.

Reporter Ari Daniel tells us more.

Again, Wall Street is closed today in observance of Good Friday.

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Iran is suggesting it could charge ships that sail through the Strait of Hormuz.

NPR's Fatima al-Kassab reports British officials held a multinational meeting yesterday to discuss ways to reopen it.

NPR's Fatima al-Kassab reporting.

President Trump says Pam Bondi is out as U.S.