Bondi's out — are more Cabinet shakeups coming?

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🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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President Donald Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi, kicking off what sources say could be a broader round of cabinet shakeups as frustration builds inside the White House. Dasha Burns reports on who could be next. She also shares insights from her sit-down with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and his aggressive new moon-to-Mars push. Co-host Adam Wren previews a key gathering of 2028 Democratic hopefuls in New York.

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0:28.7	Today on the Playbook podcast, President Donald Trump relieves Attorney General Pam Bondi, and more cabinet
0:35.4	shakeups could be on the way. NASA administrator Jared
0:38.7	Isaacman sits down with Playbook and The Conversation, and 2028 hopefuls are headed to New York
0:44.6	City next week. I'm Adam Wren. And I'm Dasha Burns. It is Friday, April 3rd. Good morning,
0:52.4	Dasha. It's been a wild week.
0:54.4	It's been a week. It's killing me. This week has kicked my butt.
0:57.7	How many different states have you been in?
1:00.7	That's a good question. Honestly, as of this morning, I can't, like, my brain is in too many states to even figure that out.
1:07.8	But one of them was Florida, and I will tell you guys all about that.
1:11.7	I can't wait to hear more. But for now, we'll start in Washington, D.C., where Attorney General
1:17.4	Pam Bondi is winding down her duties at the Department of Justice. Dasha, this was a not entirely
1:24.5	unexpected exit, but still pretty remarkable because it's been the second
1:30.0	cabinet shakeup in almost this many weeks. What do you make of this departure?
1:34.8	Yeah, and it's a big contrast with the first year of this second term, where it was a remarkably
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