Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Developments in the Iranian War today, President Trump is again threatening Iran, saying
“on social media, "It has 48 hours left to open the street of Hormuz, or, quote, "all”
hell will rain down, glory be to God." This is the U.S. and Israel continue to pound Iran. Meanwhile, U.S. rescue teams are still searching for a U.S. airman from one of two planes shot down yesterday in Iran, and Pierce Greg Myri has more. The U.S. military has flown thousands of missions over Iran during five weeks of war, and
until Friday, not one was shot down. But an F-15 fighter jet with two crew members was struck over Western Iran, according to a U.S. official, who's not authorized to speak publicly. One crew member was rescued, the fate of the other, is not yet known. Reuters reported that two U.S. helicopters taking part in the rescue were also hit, but
managed to return to their base. This has not been confirmed.
“In addition, a U.S. 18 Warthawk was also hit by Iranian fire.”
The lone pilot ejected and was safely rescued. Greg Myri, MPR News, Washington. A group of roughly two dozen states has filed a lawsuit to block President Trump's latest executive order on voting. In Pierce Myri's Parks reports, Trump's move attempts to add new restrictions to mail
in voting.
This suit, filed by a group of democratic states, is the third to be filed challenging
the executive order. After the Democratic Party sued on Wednesday, and a coalition of voting rights groups sued on Thursday, the Constitution is explicit in delegating power to run voting to the states, although Congress can step in to set national rules for federal elections as well. In a statement, New York Attorney General, Latisha James referenced all that, saying "no president
“has the power to rewrite the rules on his own."”
Numerous legal experts said they expect court to swiftly block this order, as they did with Trump's order last March, which tried to add new restrictions to vote a registration. Miles Parks and PR News, Washington. The government's monthly jobs report shows 178,000 jobs were added last month, higher than
economists were expecting, but revisions to February show a bigger loss than first reported
of 132,000 jobs. Economists say people are getting frustrated because there's been virtually no hiring since last April, except in healthcare, making it a jobless growth economy. Heather Long is chief economist with Navy Federal Credit Union. She says it's called the K-shaped economy, where people in the top 20% are okay.
People earning $170,000 are more. They're doing really well. Generally speaking, they are benefiting from the AI investments, which have really driven big stock market gains. I know the stock market had a little bit of a correction in the last few weeks.
But by and large, it's been a great couple of years for it. Speaking there on NPR's weekend edition, you're listening to NPR News. So they should depends on the Gulf States for most of its fuel needs and Iran's blockade of fuel ships in the state of Hormuz, has caused an unprecedented crisis for the region of 2 billion people.
NPR's on-car can-to-car has more. Gasoline prices in Pakistan have nearly doubled in the last two months, after the government withdrew subsidies, saying that they couldn't afford them anymore. In the east, Bangladesh has got office hours from 9-4 pm instead of 9-5 pm, and ordered shops, markets and shopping malls to close by 6 pm to save energy.
And in India, a cooking gas supply crisis has shut many restaurants and factories. Local media reports, it has prompted several migrant workers to return to their villages. Authorities have now eased restrictions on the use of polluting fuels like kerosine for cooking, and ramped up the use of coal for power generation. Omkar Khandeka NPR News Mumbai
NASA says the Artemis to lunar mission is on schedule, and that the astronauts will enter the lunar gravitational pull tomorrow, then they'll be setting up cameras for close observations of the moon's craters. NASA says around 20% of the moon's surface will be illuminated for them on the far side, that's when they'll be testing the communication system by connecting to the deep space
network to see if it all works. The three Americans in one Canadian astronaut will do a lunar fly-by on the far side of the moon. I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
