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service members were wounded in an Iranian missile strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia today.
That's according to an official not authorized to speak publicly.
Some aircraft were possibly damaged as well.
The Wall Street Journal first reported on the strike, saying 10 service members were wounded, with two considered seriously wounded.
Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries haven't joined the U.S.
G7 nations meeting in France have agreed to help secure the passage of ships in the Strait of Hormuz, but only once hostilities end.
NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports it's not the full-throated support President Trump was looking for, but U.S.
allies refuse to be drawn into the conflict.
President Trump has signed an order to temporarily pay TSA agents who've worked without pay during the government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
Meanwhile, House Republicans have rejected a bill that passed the Senate to fund most of DHS through September.
The funding lapse is in its 42nd day and created long lines at many airports.
Republicans are angry that the Senate bill would not fund ICE and Border Patrol.
Democrats say they won't fund those departments without changes to immigration enforcement.
House Speaker Mike Johnson says the House will instead vote tonight on a resolution to fund DHS at current levels until May, as NPR's Barbara Sprunt explains.
NPR's Barbara Sprunt reporting.
More than 7 million student loan borrowers who have been enrolled in a Biden-era repayment plan will receive notices with instructions to seek a new plan to repay their debt.