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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. Both the United States and Iran are searching for a missing American fighter pilot whose F15E was shot down Friday in a mountainous region in southwestern Iran. The other pilot on the plane was rescued. NPR's Lauren Frayer is in Beirut, Lebanon, with more.
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Iran shot down those two planes over southwestern Iran. That's near the Strait of Hormuz, the Wall Waterway controlled by Iran, through which much of the world's oil supply passes. You know, fighting there has led to really a spike in energy prices. These are the first US Planes downed in this war, and it could mark a turning point. One pilot was rescued. Another crew member is still missing. So the US Is looking for that service member, and so is Iran. Iran is asking residents to turn that person in and offering a reward.
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Also on Friday, a single pilot, a 10 plane known as a Warthog, also went down. The pilot was rescued. It's not clear if the aircraft crashed or was shot down and if if Iran was involved. Security staffing at airports across the country, they're beginning to improve, but NPR's Windsor Johnston reports the wait times remain uncertain.
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Hundreds of TSA workers resigned during the recent pay disruption, and experts say it can take months to hire and train replacements. That means staffing levels can vary by airport and even by the time of day, creating unpredictable wait times for travelers. Aviation analyst Henry Hartfeldt says the progress so far is uneven.
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Some of the airports where we saw the worst lines, such as at Houston, Bush Intercontinental Atlanta, Hartsfield Jackson International, are performing much better. But this is a day to day situation.
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President Trump signed an executive order on Friday to pay all DHS workers as Congress remains deadlocked over how to fund the agency. Windsor Johnston, NPR News, Washington.
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The Artemis II astronauts are now closer to the moon than they are Earth. As NPR's Nell Greenfield Boyce reports, the spacecraft is more than 178,000 miles away.
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Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen said he was struck by seeing the Earth wax and wane as they traveled through space and their view of the planet changed.
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It was a half Earth, then it was a full Earth, and then it was no Earth.
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What's more, Commander Reid Wiseman said they've started to catch glimpses of the craters on the side of the moon that is never visible from Earth.
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As four humans who have looked at the moon our entire lives, it just looked different out the window, and that is wild. It just really put our place in
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the universe in perspective.
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The astronauts are now watching the moon grow bigger. Their closest approach comes on Monday. They'll be several thousand miles from the surface as they fly around the far side. Nell Greenfield boyce, NPR News, UConn will
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play Michigan Monday night in the men's basketball finals. You're listening to NPR News. Senegal has imposed travel restrictions on senior government officials in the West African nation following a rise in global oil prices as the Iranian war continues. Michael Kaloki reports.
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Senegal's Prime Minister Osman Sonko has banned government ministers from non essential foreign official travel. The ban also extends to other senior officials, with Sonko adding that he had canceled a number of his own planned trips. The prime minister warned of, quote, extremely difficult times ahead as the Iran war continues to affect oil costs, noting that current prices are almost double the estimates indicated in Senegal's current budget. Several African countries have put in place measures to try and mitigate the impact of increased oil prices, including reducing fuel taxes and increasing subsidies. For NPR newser Michael Kaloki in Nairobi,
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President Trump's new proposed 2027 budget is calling for more passenger screening at airports to be done by private companies instead of TSA agents, as is the case now, the White House wants smaller airports enrolled in the TSA Screening Partnership program, under which the TSA pays for the private screeners. Supporters of the idea say it would ensure screeners continue to get paid during a government shutdown, and the White House says it will save the federal government money and that privately operated screeners are efficient. However, the TSA's union, the American Federation of Government Employees, warns privatization could cut employee pay and introduce security risks into the system. This is NPR News from Washington.
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