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5:30 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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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.
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.
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 …
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.
New York Times:
Trump Fires Pam Bondi as Attorney General  —  In a social media post, President Trump said he was replacing Ms. Bondi with Todd Blanche, her deputy, on an interim basis.  —  President Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday, removing the nation's top law enforcement officer …
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Trump ousts Bondi from atop the Justice Department
HuffPost:
Pam Bondi Out As Attorney General After Repeated Epstein Blunders
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Pam Bondi fails Trump's loyalty test
Discussion: The Hill and New York Times
Politico:
Bye bye Bondi
Alan Feuer / New York Times:   Blanche, Trump's Former Defense Lawyer, Steps In as Interim Attorney General
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Hegseth ousts Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to step down and take immediate retirement, sources familiar with the decision told CBS News.  —  One of the sources …
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Washington Post:
Hegseth forces out Army's top general  —  Gen. Randy George's ouster is the latest in a series of clashes between the Pentagon chief and the service's senior leadership, and comes amid the war in Iran.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday asked the Army's top officer to step down and retire …
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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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 …
Discussion: Mediaite, RedState and The White House
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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 …
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.
Jennifer Yachnin / Politico:
Trump's ballroom design gets final OK from planning commission … Commission Chair William Scharf dismissed complaints of the expansion itself, comparing it to a series of headlines condemning past White House construction projects, while also taking aim at “negative comments” …
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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: CBS News and CNBC
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Opening of Trump's Box
Discussion: Washington Post and The Atlantic
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 …
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump backs off campaign promises to protect Medicare, help with child care
Discussion: New York Times
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 …
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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
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
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
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.
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 …
Discussion: The Guardian, The Nation and Raw Story
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CNBC:
Brent oil spot price for actual cargo soars to $141, highest level since 2008 financial crisis … The spot price for current physical cargoes of Brent crude oil soared Thursday to $141.36, the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis, according to S&P Global, which tracks the data.
Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
Company backed by Trump sons looks to sell drone interceptors to Gulf states being attacked by Iran  —  A drone maker backed by President Donald Trump's two oldest sons is trying to sell to Gulf countries while they are under attack by Iran and dependent on the U.S. military led by their father.
The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Strengthens Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum, and Copper Imports  —  BOLSTERING DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING OF STRATEGIC METALS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation to strengthen tariffs imposed on imported steel, aluminum …
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
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.
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.
 
 
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Natalie Hausmann / Democracy Docket:
WATCH: Former DOJ civil rights chief slams ‘decimation’ of department's voting rights work
Max Rego / The Hill:
Chicago authorities warn of possible measles exposure at O'Hare
Discussion: WJBK-TV
Max Rego / The Hill:
CDC pauses diagnostic testing for rabies, other infectious diseases
Discussion: Gay City News, The Guardian and STAT
 Earlier Items: 
Luke Barr / ABC News:
DHS inspector general probing contracts handled by ex-Secretary Kristi Noem
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Trump's Cuts Have Eviscerated Once-Bipartisan Foreign Aid Programs
Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
Inspection finds dozens of violations of detention standards at a major immigration camp in Texas
Fox News:
Vance anti-fraud task force suspends 221 California hospice and healthcare providers so far
New York Times:
ActBlue May Have Misled Congress on Vetting Foreign Donations, Its Lawyers Warned
NPR:
Trump's VA killed a home loan program. Vets are now losing their homes because of it
Discussion: Raw Story
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Supporters of Household Voting Believe U.S. Would Be Better Off Without Women's Vote
 

 
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