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4:00 PM ET, April 2, 2026

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Fox News:
Pam Bondi already fired as attorney general, Cabinet official teed up as replacement: sources  —  EPA Director Lee Zeldin is reportedly being considered as Bondi's replacement after a White House meeting Tuesday  —  President Donald Trump reportedly has already fired Attorney General Pam Bondi …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump polled advisers about replacing Tulsi Gabbard as intelligence chief  —  Exclusive: Pressure intensifies for Gabbard after president's displeasure with Iran war testimony  —  Donald Trump has privately asked cabinet officials in recent weeks whether he should replace his director …
Eric Cortellessa / Time:
Inside Trump's Search for a Way Out of the Iran War  —  Donald Trump was in the Oval Office during the third week of the Iran war when a group of his most trusted advisers came to deliver some unwelcome news.  —  His longtime pollster, Tony Fabrizio, had conducted surveys that indicated …
New York Times:
Trump Fires Pam Bondi as Attorney General  —  Todd Blanche, Ms. Bondi's deputy, will be the acting attorney general, the president announced on Thursday.  —  President Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday, removing the nation's top law enforcement officer as his frustration with her job performance deepened.
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Trump ousts Bondi from atop the Justice Department  —  The News  —  President Donald Trump has removed Pam Bondi as attorney general, ending her tumultuous 14 months at the helm of the Justice Department.  —  Trump told Bondi on Wednesday that her time in the job was nearing an end …
CNN:
Trump talked with Bondi about the possibility she'd be replaced as attorney general, sources say  —  President Donald Trump talked to Attorney General Pam Bondi Wednesday about the possibility she would be replaced, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
NBC News:
Trump fires Pam Bondi as attorney general, sources say  —  Trump has been increasingly frustrated with Bondi in recent days, sources told NBC News.  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi has been fired, a senior administration official and a source familiar with the matter told NBC News.
Daily Mail:
Pam Bondi begged Trump not to fire her during dramatic White House showdown as insider reveals his final straw  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi begged Donald Trump not to fire her in an explosive showdown at the White House after he accused her of an unforgivable offense.
Al Weaver / NOTUS:
Thune Says He Gave Trump a ‘Dosage of Reality’ on Shutdown, Warns of Iran Fallout  —  In an exclusive interview with NOTUS, the Senate Majority Leader gave an inside look at the Senate's spending deliberations with the White House and the political road ahead for Republicans
New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Bondi Fired as Attorney General  —  Here's What We're Covering Today  —  Bondi's firing ends a turbulent 14-month term atop the Justice Department.  —  President Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday, removing the nation's top law enforcement officer …
Politico:
Bye bye Bondi  —  BULLETIN: Pam Bondi is out as attorney general, President Donald Trump announced just after 1 p.m.  —  Bondi's dismissal marks the second ouster from Trump's beleaguered Cabinet ranks in as many months.  Todd Blanche will step in to serve as acting AG, Trump said.
Associated Press:
Trump has privately discussed possibility of firing Bondi, replacing her with Zeldin, AP sources say
Politico:
‘What the hell did he just say?’  GOP Iran worries build after Trump speech. … “What the hell did he just say?” one GOP strategist in a battleground state wrote in a text to POLITICO after the president's address, granted anonymity to speak candidly.  “A quick recap and a path forward would've been helpful.
Discussion: NBC News and Raw Story
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Associated Press:
Read the complete transcript of Trump's address to the nation  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's address to the nation on the war against Iran, delivered Wednesday, April 1, 2026, as transcribed by The Associated Press:  —  ___  —  My fellow Americans, good evening.
Paul Krugman:
Trump Doesn't Even Have the Courage to Run Away  —  A short video rather than my usual morning post  —  Donald Trump doesn't even have the courage to run away.  —  Hi, I'm Paul Krugman.  I'm not going to do a regular post today — it's Thursday morning — because I wanted to wait …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Maybe Trump Should Not Have Given This Speech
Ramesh Ponnuru / Washington Post:
Trump's hall-of-mirrors speech
Associated Press:
FACT FOCUS: False claims Trump made as he addressed the nation about Iran
Discussion: MS NOW
Yeganeh Torbati / New York Times:
Iran Says It Will Oversee Strait of Hormuz Traffic, Even in Peacetime  —  The United States says Iran's claims to control the strait are illegal, but Tehran has made escalating assertions of authority over the vital waterway.  —  Iran signaled on Thursday that it intended to continue …
Discussion: CNBC
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Reuters:
Britain says 40 countries discuss reopening Strait of Hormuz after Iran blockade
David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Opening of Trump's Box
Discussion: The Atlantic
Scott Horsley / NPR:
Have Trump's tariffs worked?  This is where things stand a year after ‘Liberation Day’  —  A year ago, President Trump ordered double-digit tariffs on virtually everything the U.S. imports.  —  In a ceremony at the White House, he promised that jobs and factories would come “roaring back” …
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Politico:
A year later, here's where things stand on Trump's manufacturing revival
Discussion: New York Times
Bloomberg:
Trump Budget to Focus Midterms Messaging on Defense Boost
NBC News:
Colorado court throws out election denier Tina Peters' 9-year sentence for tampering with election equipment  —  The state appeals court is asking the trial court to resentence Peters.  —  The Colorado Court of Appeals has thrown out election denier Tina Peter's nine-year prison sentence …
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Associated Press:
Colorado appeals court orders resentencing for election conspiracist Tina Peters
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
The Constitution Is Clear on Birthright Citizenship.  The Question Is Whether the Court Will Be.  —  Sometimes showing up is a mistake.  —  Donald Trump made that mistake today, becoming the first president to sit in on an oral argument before the United States Supreme Court …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
April 1, 2026  —  Today, for the first time in U.S. history, a sitting president attended oral arguments …
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Amy Coney Barrett Unraveled the Case Against Birthright Citizenship With One Question
Wired:
Unmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump's Violent Immigration Crackdown  —  A WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history.
Politico:
Why Republicans aren't rushing to save Trump's ballroom … Lexi Hamel, a spokesperson for Rep. Mike Simpson, said in a statement Wednesday the Idaho Republican “believes the ruling is stupid” and that “nobody raised hell when Roosevelt or Truman renovated the White House (at taxpayer expense).”
Discussion: NBC News, Bloomberg and Raw Story
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Vivian Yee / New York Times:
Supporters of Household Voting Believe U.S. Would Be Better Off Without Women's Vote  —  Adherents to biblical patriarchy support household voting: One household, one vote — the husband's.  They say the idea is catching on.  —  When they prayed on the Sunday after Valentine's Day …
NBC News:
Trump says it's ‘not possible’ for the U.S. to pay for Medicaid, Medicare and daycare: 'We're fighting wars'  —  Trump urged states to fund benefits programs instead because “we have to take care of one thing: military protection.”  —  President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it's …
Sebastian Vandermeersch / Bellingcat:
The War You're Not Allowed to See: How the UAE Rewrites the Story of Iranian Strikes  —  Bellingcat has identified several high-profile incidents where authorities in the United Arab Emirates have downplayed damage, mischaracterised interceptions and in some instances not acknowledged successful Iranian drone strikes on the country.
NBC News:
Justice Department says Trump does not have to turn over presidential records  —  In an opinion released Thursday, the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel found the the 1978 Presidential Records Act is was unconstitutional.  But the office only offers guidance to the president, it doesn't make law.
Alexander Kustov / The Atlantic:
How the Left Accidentally Bolstered the Nativist Right  —  By dismissing the distinction between legal and illegal immigration as bogus, advocates signaled that they would not defend it.  —  On march 12, the Heritage Foundation posted six words on X: “We have a legal immigration problem.”
Discussion: WBUR
Fox News:
Vance anti-fraud task force suspends 221 California hospice and healthcare providers so far  —  FIRST ON FOX: The anti-fraud task force led by Vice President JD Vance revealed a staggering increase in California hospice and healthcare providers that were suspended as a result of the task force's crackdown on fraud.
 
 
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Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
Inspection finds dozens of violations of detention standards at a major immigration camp in Texas
Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
Company backed by Trump sons looks to sell drone interceptors to Gulf states being attacked by Iran
Discussion: Bloomberg
Agence France-Presse:
Iran War Live Updates: Macron Voices European Frustration With Trump for Criticizing NATO
Chris Sommerfeldt / Politico:
Feds raided homes of NYC Councilmember Farah Louis and her sister, mother says
Discussion: Washington Examiner, IJR and Mediaite
New York Times:
Trump Officials Try to Fight Foreign Disinformation They Once Dismissed
NOTUS:
Democrats' Probe Into Noem, Lewandowski, Hones in on Pro-Trump Donor's Contracts
Discussion: Mediaite
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Trump Betrayed His Own National Security Strategy
Caitlin McCormack / New York Post:
Florida Democratic Party vice chair found dead in home, husband arrested
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
DOJ payout to Mike Flynn has J6-ers lining up at the trough
NPR:
Trump's VA killed a home loan program. Vets are now losing their homes because of it
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Georgia's GOP Senate primary is a mess. Republicans are blaming each other.
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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