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Trump Fires His Attorney General

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April 2, 2026,

5:39 p.m. ET

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After souring on her for months, President Trump

fired Attorney General Pam Bondi

today. The president had privately complained about Bondi’s handling of the Epstein files, her shortcomings as a TV surrogate and her failed efforts to prosecute his political enemies.

“We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector,” Trump posted on social media.

Bondi, Trump said, will be replaced by Todd Blanche, her deputy, on an interim basis. Her departure — the second cabinet member ousted in a month — ends

a turbulent 14-month tenure

in which she tried desperately to appease a boss who demanded unimpeded control of the Justice Department.

My colleague Tyler Pager reported that Bondi spent much of the last day making her case to stay. But her team could sense that her time was likely over after Trump offered only

a lukewarm statement

yesterday in response to reporting that she was about to be fired.

In other Trump administration news:

The

House decided to wait

before taking up a bill that would reopen the Department of Homeland Security, as lawmakers vented about Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to bring it up.

Trump’s White House ballroom project cleared a planning board,

but legal roadblocks remain

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