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Terry Schultz reports the government believes the ship is part of a fleet Russia uses to circumvent sanctions on its oil exports.

New Jersey Democratic Governor Mikey Sherrill and her family will move into Drumthwacket, the state's official governor's mansion.

She'll be the first governor to live in Drumthwacket full-time in more than 20 years.

For those curious, Drumthwacket is a Scots Gaelic phrase meaning wooded hill.

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Two US Air Force combat planes were shot down today.

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

Two crew members have been rescued, but the search continues for a third.

This comes despite the Trump administration saying it has destroyed Iran's anti-aircraft capabilities, as NPR's Tom Bowman explains.

NPR's Tom Bowman reporting, a French cargo ship has become the first Western tanker to pass through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the Iran war.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports a fifth of the world's oil used to pass through the Strait and has now been nearly entirely choked off.

The Trump administration wants to begin privatizing airport security operations that are currently handled by the TSA.

NPR's Joel Rose reports that proposal is part of the 2027 budget released today by the White House.

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employers added a surprisingly strong 178,000 new jobs last month, rebounding from a dismal February.

The unemployment rate dipped to 4.3 percent.

The job gains were about three times what economists had forecast.

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