2026-04-03
15 分钟Good morning.
Trump ousts Pam Bondi, Semaphore explains why,
and looks at how the former attorney general upended the Justice Department.
She has really been a staunch defender of the administration,
despite that sort of separation that is supposed to exist between the DOJ and the White House.
It wasn't the only firing of the day, as the defense secretary removes one of his top generals.
And how one Nobel laureate helped deliver a 400% pay bump for the WNBA.
It's Friday, April 3rd.
I'm Cecilia Lay, and this is Apple News Today.
She became one of Trump's loudest backers in the press and on the Hill.
President Trump has made America safe again, and that's what he's doing.
I find it interesting that she keeps going after President Trump, the greatest president in American history.
You sit here and you attack the president, and I am not going to have it.
I'm not going to put up with it.
But after a tumultuous 14 months in her post, Trump ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi yesterday.
On social media, Trump heaped praise on his loyalist AG even as he dismissed her.
He said she was, quote, a great American patriot and did a tremendous job.
But according to The Washington Post, Trump had privately become frustrated with her performance and was unmoved
when she argued for more time on Wednesday.
In a short period, Bondi became one of Trump's most prominent cabinet members and oversaw dramatic changes