Good evening. I'm Amna Nawaz. Jeff Bennett is away. On the news hour tonight, President Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi following her turbulent tenure at the Justice Department, including her handling of the Epstein files.

Congressional Republicans announce a plan to end the partial government shutdown

and fund most of homeland security, but the political battles continue. And Russian soldiers face

torture and extortion from their own superiors as the invasion of Ukraine grinds on.

The people are saying that literally we paid everything to have our father, brother, husband not to be killed.

Welcome to the NewsHour.

President Donald Trump has ousted the second member of his cabinet in less than a month.

Attorney General Pam Bondi will be leaving her role after just 14 months on the job.

In a post on his social media platform, the president said Bondi would be, quote, transitioning

to a much-needed and important new job in the private sector.

He did not specify the reason for her dismissal.

Our justice correspondent, Ali Rogan, has more on Bondi's firing and what comes next

for the Department of Justice.

After the announcement, Bondi called her time as AG the honor of a lifetime and said

it was easily the most consequential first year of the Department of Justice in American history.

During her tenure, Bondi has faced bipartisan criticism for her handling of the department's

investigation into late convicted

sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

And the president himself has expressed frustration over her lack of prosecutions of his perceived

political enemies.

But Bondi was also a vocal ally of President Trump who frequently attacked members of Congress

on his behalf, including at a combative

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