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8:30 AM ET, April 3, 2026

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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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NBC News:
Hegseth has intervened in military promotions for more than a dozen senior officers  —  The defense secretary's efforts to block or delay promotions to general or admiral for some officers has raised concerns that he may be targeting them because of race, gender or affiliation with the Biden administration, sources say.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
New York Times:
Hegseth Fires Army Chief Amid Battle With Its Leaders  —  Senior Army officers reacted with anger and frustration to news of Gen. Randy George's dismissal, characterizing it as the latest blow to the service.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Gen. Randy George, the Army's chief of staff …
Discussion: The Atlantic
Washington Post:
Hegseth forces out Army's top general, two other senior officers  —  Gen. Randy George's ouster is the latest clash between the Pentagon chief and the service's senior leadership, and comes during the war in Iran.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked the Army's top officer to step down and retire …
Konstantin Toropin / Associated Press:
Hegseth asks the Army's top uniformed officer to step down while US wages war against Iran  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked the Army's top uniformed officer to step down, the Pentagon said Thursday without giving a reason for the departure as the United States wages a war against Iran.
New York Times:
Pam Bondi Wanted a Graceful Exit.  But Trump Wanted Her Gone.  —  Pam Bondi had a feeling her days as attorney general were numbered.  But she didn't expect President Trump to drop the curtain quite so soon.  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi had a pretty good idea her days were numbered.
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Dasha Burns / Politico:
Trump weighs more Cabinet changes after Bondi ouster … No final decisions have been made on Chavez-DeRemer and Lutnick — and Trump has contemplated firing people and then backed off before.  —  Should Trump proceed with a larger set of Cabinet changes, it could represent a major attempted reset …
Wall Street Journal:
'I Think It's Time': The Inside Story of Pam Bondi's Ouster  —  The attorney general was always on the ropes but thought she was finally on safer footing.  She wasn't.  —  WASHINGTON—On Wednesday morning, Attorney General Pam Bondi descended the sun-splashed steps of the White House with President Trump …
The Atlantic:
Trump's Purge May Be Just Beginning  —  After Pam Bondi's ouster today, which followed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's firing last month, Cabinet secretaries and other senior administration officials were anxiously eyeing their phones, wondering whether they'd be next.
Daily Mail:
Pam Bondi begged Trump not to fire her during dramatic White House showdown as insider reveals his final straw
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Pam Bondi fails Trump's loyalty test
Discussion: Bloomberg, New York Times and The Hill
CNN:
Trump talked with Bondi about the possibility she'd be replaced as attorney general, sources say
New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Bondi Fired as Attorney General
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Lawmakers vow to force Pam Bondi to testify despite ouster
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 …
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Trump offers murky path forward for Republicans as Iran war clouds midterm elections  —  This is not the run up to the midterm elections that Republicans wanted.  A year and a half after winning the White House by promising to lower costs and end wars, Donald Trump is a wartime president …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Says He'll End the Iran War in Weeks. What If He Can't?
CNN:
Exclusive: US intelligence assesses Iran maintains significant missile launching capability, sources say  —  Roughly half of Iran's missile launchers are still intact and thousands of one-way attack drones remain in Iran's arsenal despite the daily pounding by US and Israeli strikes …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. bombs Iran's civilian infrastructure for first time after “Stone Ages” threat
New York Times:
Trump Hails Strike on Iranian Bridge, Warning ‘More to Follow’
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. says the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional  —  The DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel said the law exceeds Congress's powers and impedes on the autonomy of the executive branch.  —  The Justice Department has concluded that a federal law requiring the preservation …
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
Johnson Wavers on Ending the Shutdown, Reflecting His Weak Hold on Power
Discussion: MS NOW and New York Magazine
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Trump signs order imposing 100 percent tariff on brand name drugs  —  President Trump signed an executive order Thursday targeting imported brand name drugs with a 100 percent tariff, citing the U.S.'s “import reliance” as reason for the decision.  —  “I have determined that it is necessary …
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The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Bolsters National Security and Strengthens U.S. Supply Chains by Imposing Tariffs on Patented Pharmaceutical Products
Nicole Charky-Chami / Raw Story:
Tiger Woods called Trump between car flip and DUI arrest: report  —  Golf legend Tiger Woods called President Donald Trump after he flipped his Land Rover, according to body camera footage released by authorities in Jupiter Island, Florida, on Thursday.  —  In the video, a deputy …
Discussion: Page Six
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Jamie Smyth / Financial Times:
Oil cargo prices surge as fears of supply shortage grip market  —  Address by Trump signalling possible escalation of Iran conflict raises prospect of prolonged closure of Strait of Hormuz  —  The price of crude cargoes for immediate delivery has soared to its highest level since 2008 …
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CNBC:
Brent oil spot price for actual cargo soars to $141, highest level since 2008 financial crisis
Discussion: Robin J Brooks
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, MS NOW and CBS News
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Always Stuck in the 1950s, Trump Courts His Own Suez
The City:
Drive-by Detention: 800 New Yorkers Swept Up in ‘Collateral’ ICE Arrests  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have arrested 811 immigrants in New York City since August who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Of these “collateral” arrests — as the agency calls them …
Paul Krugman:
In Batteries We Trust  —  A break for some good news  —  The war goes on, and so does the global energy crisis.  In fact, I believe that prices of oil futures remain too low given how much spot prices will need to rise to resolve the shortages that will hit once oil supplies that were shipped …
 
 
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Bobby Allyn / NPR:
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Madeleine Ngo / New York Times:
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Discussion: Associated Press
Sophie Brams / The Hill:
Border officials violated warrantless arrests order: Judge
Discussion: CalMatters and NewsMax.com
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Jennifer Yachnin / Politico:
Trump's ballroom design gets final OK from planning commission
Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
Company backed by Trump sons looks to sell drone interceptors to Gulf states being attacked by Iran
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