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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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Matthew Adams / Stars & Stripes:
Hegseth asks Army chief of staff to step down
Hegseth asks Army chief of staff to step down
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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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 …
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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 …
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Fox News:
Pam Bondi already fired as attorney general, Cabinet official teed up as replacement: sources
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Pam Bondi fails Trump's loyalty test
Pam Bondi fails Trump's loyalty test
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New York Times, The Hill and New York Post
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Lawmakers vow to force Pam Bondi to testify despite ouster
Lawmakers vow to force Pam Bondi to testify despite ouster
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New York Times:
Trump Fires Pam Bondi as Attorney General
Trump Fires Pam Bondi as Attorney General
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Pam Bondi's ouster makes Trump's Justice Department even more dangerous
Pam Bondi's ouster makes Trump's Justice Department even more dangerous
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HuffPost:
Pam Bondi Out As Attorney General After Repeated Epstein Blunders
Pam Bondi Out As Attorney General After Repeated Epstein Blunders
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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 …
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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 — The U.S. military on Thursday attacked major civilian infrastructure in Iran for the first time, hours after President Trump threatened in a prime-time address to bomb the country “back to the Stone Ages.”
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Says He'll End the Iran War in Weeks. What If He Can't?
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Washington Post
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
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Bolsters National Security and Strengthens U.S. Supply Chains by Imposing Tariffs on Patented Pharmaceutical Products
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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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Annabella Rosciglione / The Daily Beast:
White House Scrambles to Wipe Trump Meltdown Footage
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Michael Steele / MS NOW:
Trump is turning the White House into another tacky development
Trump is turning the White House into another tacky development
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Puck, New York Post and Media Matters for America
Michael Gold / New York Times:
Johnson Wavers on Ending the Shutdown, Reflecting His Weak Hold on Power — The House speaker first panned, then endorsed, then punted on, then pitched and now is delaying a bill to reopen the Homeland Security Department, showing his vulnerability in the face of party rifts.
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Mike Johnson will wait on holding a vote to fund DHS
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Al Weaver / NOTUS:
Thune Says He Gave Trump a ‘Dosage of Reality’ on Shutdown, Warns of Iran Fallout
Thune Says He Gave Trump a ‘Dosage of Reality’ on Shutdown, Warns of Iran Fallout
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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 …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Always Stuck in the 1950s, Trump Courts His Own Suez
Always Stuck in the 1950s, Trump Courts His Own Suez
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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.
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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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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.
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Truthout
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 …
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Mercury News
Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Hegseth lifts ban on service members carrying personal firearms on base — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that he was lifting a ban on service members' ability to carry personal firearms on U.S. military bases. — “Our warfighters defend the rights to carry.
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