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at the Justice Department after just 14 months on the job.
“President Trump announced the shake up in a post on social media and appears Ryan Lucas”
reports. In a post online, Trump called Bondi a great American patriot and loyal friend who oversaw what he called a massive crackdown on crime. But Bondi had come under bipartisan criticism for a handling of the files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
He's also been pressed by Trump to aggressively go after the President's perceived political enemies. And under Bondi's leadership, the Justice Department has investigated and even prosecuted some of Trump's critics. But those cases have foundered in court or before-grandjuries.
Now, Bondi is out and Trump says Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch, a former personal lawyer
for Trump, will take over leading the department for now on an acting basis. Ryan Lucas and PR news, Washington.
“Iran fired more missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states today that comes even as President”
Trump claims the threat from the country has been nearly eliminated. Iran's strikes and control of the state of Hormuz have disrupted the world's energy supplies. Britain held a call today with nearly three dozen countries but not the U.S. about how to reopen the state once the fighting is over. A drone maker backed by President Trump's two oldest sons is trying to win contracts
with U.S. allies under threat by Iran. The company "powerless" is holding demonstrations in several Gulf countries of how its drone interceptors could help them ward off the attacks. Power is recently struck a deal that will bring on the Trump brothers, Eric, and Donald Jr. as stakeholders.
The Trump's have expanded their business interests rapidly beyond hotels and golf courses in a little over a year since their father took office again. The Teamsters Union is celebrating a win against Amazon.
“The National Labor Relations Board has ordered the e-commerce giant to recognize its”
Union at a statin island warehouse and begin contract negotiations. And Pierre's Andrea Xu has more. This order comes four years after workers had an Amazon warehouse on statin island ran a grassroots campaign to unionize and shocked corporate America when they won. But Amazon fought back by challenging the results of the Union election and refusing to
sit down for contract negotiations. Now the National Labor Relations Board, with its two new Trump appointees, has found that Amazon violated federal law by refusing to recognize and bargain with the Union. Still the board has no power to force Amazon to start bargaining. If Amazon does not comply with the order, the board's general counsel must ask a federal
court to intervene and reassue and PR news. Stocks overcame early losses to close mixed today, the S&P 500 rows of fraction that dow dropped at 10th of a percent. The stock market will be closed tomorrow for good Friday. It's NPR.
Brazilian banks are now required to check if a property is listed in government satellite data for potential illegal deforestation when applying for credit. British can challenge flagged properties by providing legal documents or restoration plans. The finance ministry says the new rule alliance rural credit with conservation policies. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of an illicit drug that's increasingly
found alongside fentanyl in some parts of the country as NPR's ping-hoong reports it's causing dangerous withdrawal symptoms. Dr. Michael Lynch is an ER physician based in Pittsburgh. He started seeing overdoses involving metatomidine some two years ago.
The powerful sedative is often mixed with fentanyl that fentanyl overdose drugs don't work
on it. "So people would start breathing again, but they wouldn't wake up. Even after people got in the lock zone or Narcan." Patients also came in delirious, agitated with very high heart rates and not responding to typical medications.
"So what we're seeing is 10 fold increases and people needing ICU care for withdrawal." According to the CDC, the drug is most prevalent in the Northeast US, though it's also showing it more in the Midwest and the South. Ping-hoong and PR news. U.S. Egg prices have fallen 60% from last year's record highs, making it easier for consumers
to fill their Easter baskets and pass over Sator plates, retail prices average $2.50 per dozen in February compared to $6.23 per dozen in March of 2025. Bird flu was to blame for last year's spike farmers have replenished poultry flocks they lost. Enter listening to NPR News from Washington.
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