2 U.S. planes hit in Iran, search on for missing crew member

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Iranian forces shot down a U.S. F-15E fighter jet on Friday. As U.S. rescuers closed in, another aircraft also took fire and crashed. Charlie D’Agata reports and Aaron MacLean has analysis.

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Soaring Jet-Fuel Prices Are Leading to Cancelled Flights From Asia to the U.K.

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The travel industry is feeling the effects of the war in Iran.

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‘India is going to face a food crisis’: Farmers panic over fertiliser shortages amid Iran war

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Ripple effects of oil and fertiliser shortage felt by farmers in India and Sri Lanka despite governments saying there is enough stock to go roundGurvinder Singh never thought the war in Iran would touch his quiet corner of Punjab.Yet looking out over his smallholding, where he alternates between wheat and rice crops in the state…

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4/3: The Takeout with Major Garrett

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One crew member rescued from U.S. fighter jet downed in Iran; NASA unveils first images of Earth from Artemis II.

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Trump’s prime-time Iran address, Bondi’s departure and more: Recapping the week in politics

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Jeff Mason, Washington correspondent for Bloomberg, and Tia Mitchell, Washington bureau chief of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, join “The Takeout” to unpack some of the week’s biggest political moments.

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U.S. plane damaged during search and rescue for downed jet in Iran, officials say

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American forces rescued one crew member after a U.S. fighter jet went down in Western Iran on Friday, and U.S. special forces are searching for the missing second crew member. A second plane, an American A-10 Warthog, took fire and was damaged during the search-and-rescue mission, two U.S. officials told CBS News. The Warthog’s pilot…

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, who served in Afghanistan War, says Iran conflict is “very similar”

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore told CBS News that he believes the U.S. is heading toward “another forever war” in Iran, paid for by Americans. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe, who conducted the interview, joins “The Takeout” to unpack the governor’s remarks.

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Palestinians in occupied West Bank face growing violence from Israeli settlers

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Human rights groups say a new Israeli law that expands the death penalty for killings classified as terrorism is expected to apply exclusively to Palestinian prisoners in the occupied West Bank. As Israel and the U.S. wage war in Iran, there has been a surge of violence there, mostly by Israeli settlers against Palestinians. Nick…

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News Wrap: Trump seeking $1.5 trillion for military spending in new budget

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In our news wrap Friday, President Trump is asking for $1.5 trillion in defense spending for the upcoming financial year, March was a strong month for the jobs market even as soaring energy prices from the war in Iran had many Americans on edge and Ukrainian officials say that Russian airstrikes killed at least eight…

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What young Republicans are saying about Trump’s handling of the Iran war

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The U.S. and Israeli war with Iran has caused a rare rift among conservatives, with several influential figures on the right condemning the war. A recent poll shows that while most Republicans support the war, young Republicans appear to be an outlier. White House correspondent Liz Landers spoke to some of them at a Turning…

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