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5:15 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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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.
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.
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 …
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 …
HuffPost:
Pam Bondi Out As Attorney General After Repeated Epstein Blunders
Alan Feuer / New York Times:   Blanche, Trump's Former Defense Lawyer, Steps In as Interim Attorney General
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
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 …
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 …
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.
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Associated Press:
FACT FOCUS: False claims Trump made as he addressed the nation about Iran
Discussion: MS NOW
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Maybe Trump Should Not Have Given This Speech
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: The Atlantic
Washington Post:
Oil prices jump after Trump demands others ‘take the lead’ on Strait of Hormuz
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:
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
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
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).”
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Washington Post:
Panel led by Trump allies approves White House ballroom amid legal battle
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.
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 …
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.
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
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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Politico:
Europe up for policing Hormuz — but only if the fighting stops
Discussion: Politico
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
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
 Earlier Items: 
Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
Inspection finds dozens of violations of detention standards at a major immigration camp in Texas
New York Times:
Trump Officials Try to Fight Foreign Disinformation They Once Dismissed
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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