Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. Two U.S. Air Force combat planes were shot down today.

That's according to an official not authorized to discuss the incidents. A plane that went down near the Strait of Hormuz had one crew member who has been rescued by U.S. forces.

One crew member has been rescued from the other plane crashed in southwestern Iran, but the search continues for its second crew member.

The White House is asking Congress for the largest defense budget in modern U.S. history, one and a half trillion dollars.

The boost comes amid more than the month-long war with Iran. NPRs at Danielle Kurtzleben reports.

This spending boost would be paired with a requested

$73 billion in cuts to domestic spending, according to a budget summary from the White House.

The annual budget request represents a blueprint of the executive branch's priorities, though

Congress ultimately sets spending levels. Trump outlined his priorities during a closed press

lunch this week with religious leaders. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare. Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual

things. They can do it on a state basis. You can't do it on a federal. We have to take care of one

thing. Military protection. We have to guard the country. The White House posted a video of the

event before deleting it. Danielle Kurtzleben and PR News, the White House posted a video of the event before deleting it.

Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News, the White House.

A group of 24 states filed a lawsuit today to block President Trump's latest executive order on voting.

NPR's Miles Parks reports the order 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 group 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 Letitia James referenced all that, saying, quote, no president has the power to rewrite the rules on his own.

Numerous legal experts said they expect courts to swiftly block this order, as they did with

Trump's order last March, which tried to add new restrictions to voter registration. Miles Parks,

NPR News, Washington.

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