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Spring cleaning has begun astatine nan White House.
Donald Trump connected Thursday fired Pam Bondi, nan US lawyer general, dismissing a loyalist who reshaped nan justness section but still grounded to please a president fixated connected prosecuting governmental enemies and disappointment pinch nan politically explosive merchandise of nan Jeffrey Epstein files.
“We emotion Pam,” Trump wrote successful a station connected Truth Social, “and she will beryllium transitioning to a overmuch needed and important caller occupation successful nan backstage sector, to beryllium announced astatine a day successful nan adjacent future.”
The president added that Todd Blanche, nan lawman lawyer general, would service arsenic acting lawyer general. Lee Zeldin, a erstwhile New York congressman who now leads nan Environmental Protection Agency, is said to beryllium a apical contender to switch Bondi.
Bondi will beryllium possibly champion remembered for complying pinch Trump’s nationalist request past twelvemonth that national prosecutors bring criminal charges against his individual enemies, including James Comey, a erstwhile FBI director, Letitia James, nan New York lawyer general, and John Bolton, Trump’s erstwhile nationalist information adviser. The Department of Justice has continued to analyse different Trump foes.
Trump fires Pam Bondi, a loyalist and ally, arsenic lawyer general
During her 14 months arsenic lawyer general, Bondi presided complete a awesome purging of profession justness section staff, shifted attraction distant from criminal prosecutions toward migration cases and spearheaded nan defense of Trump’s towering stack of executive orders arsenic they faced ineligible challenges.
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Trump polled advisers astir replacing Tulsi Gabbard arsenic intelligence chief
Exclusive: Donald Trump has privately asked furniture officials successful caller weeks whether he should switch Tulsi Gabbard, his head of nationalist intelligence, venting vexation that she shielded a erstwhile lawman who undercut his rationale for warfare pinch Iran, according to 2 group briefed connected nan discussions.
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Rationale for Iran warfare questioned aft Trump says ‘I don’t care’ astir uranium stockpiles
Donald Trump has said he does not attraction astir Iran’s banal of highly enriched uranium (HEU), arguing it was heavy underground and could beryllium monitored by satellite, raising questions astir 1 of nan key US justifications for nan war.
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Trump’s White House ballroom wins support of readying authorities
Donald Trump’s White House ballroom task received nan support of Washington’s readying authorities connected Thursday, 2 days aft a judge ruled work cannot proceed without Congress’s approval.
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Republican senators break pinch Trump connected Nato withdrawal arsenic tensions rise
A 2nd Republican legislator said retired successful defense of Nato connected Thursday, joining Mitch McConnell and the Democrats, aft Donald Trump said that he was “absolutely” considering withdrawing from nan confederation aft it refused to return portion successful nan associated battle pinch Israel against Iran.
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Trump warns Tehran ‘more to follow’ aft onslaught destroys Iran’s largest bridge
Donald Trump claimed work for destroying Iran’s largest bridge, a time aft he threatened to explosive nan state “back to nan chromatic ages” if a woody to extremity nan five-week-long warfare he started was not reached.
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Oil value jumps and markets descent aft Trump informing to Iran
Oil prices soared and stocks sank aft Donald Trump vowed successful a televised reside to deed Iran “extremely hard” complete nan coming weeks, knocking hopes of a near-term extremity to nan conflict successful nan Middle East.
Brent crude prices jumped by 8% connected Thursday greeting to walk $109 (£82) a barrel, reversing Wednesday’s drop erstwhile hopes of a de-escalation successful nan Iran warfare pushed nan world benchmark beneath nan $100-a-barrel people astatine 1 point.
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What other happened today:
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The US has lifted sanctions connected Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, in nan latest measurement towards normalising relations betwixt nan 2 countries aft US forces abducted her predecessor, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife.
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A conjugation of civilian authorities groups sued nan Trump management connected Thursday, saying that a caller executive order to limit mail-in voting was unconstitutional.
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The Costa Rican authorities has agreed to person up to 25 deported migrants a week from nan US, nan latest woody successful nan Trump administration’s unprecedented efforts to deport scores of group to “third countries”.
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The US House of Representatives connected Thursday took nary action connected a discuss measurement that would extremity nan partial shutdown of nan Department of Homeland Security (DHS), raising questions astir really overmuch longer nan record-long backing lapse will persist.
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Donald Trump is threatening 100% tariffs connected pharmaceutical companies that person not struck deals to little US supplier prices. The caller tariff would only use to branded drugs and their progressive ingredients.
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Randy George, nan US army’s apical officer, is stepping down from his role aft Pete Hegseth, nan defense secretary, reportedly requested that he discontinue immediately. The Pentagon confirmed connected Thursday that George, who had been serving arsenic nan army’s 41st main of staff, was retiring.
Catching up? Here’s what happened Wednesday 1 April.
