Pam Bondi Fired, New Fuel Fees & Moon Mascot - Friday, April 3, 2026
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Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 3 April 2026
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The news to know for Friday, April 3, 2026!
What to know about President Trump firing Attorney General Pam Bondi, including what she'll reportedly do next and who is replacing her.
And she wasn't the only top official fired yesterday, and even more firings could be coming. We'll explain.
Also: the impact of rising oil prices beyond the gas pump — from airlines to Amazon.
Plus, a warning about certain frozen chicken nuggets, a big development in a lawsuit that pits two Hollywood stars against each other, and an introduction to the special (stuffed) passenger on NASA's mission to the moon.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, April 3rd. What to know about President Trump firing Attorney General Pam Bondi, |
| 0:05.3 | including what she'll reportedly do next and who is replacing her. And she wasn't the only top |
| 0:10.2 | official fired yesterday, and even more firings could be coming. We'll explain. Also, the impact of |
| 0:15.3 | rising oil prices beyond the gas pump from airlines to Amazon. Plus, a warning about certain frozen chicken nuggets, a big |
| 0:22.2 | development in a lawsuit that pits two Hollywood stars against each other, and an introduction to the |
| 0:27.0 | special stuffed passenger on NASA's mission to the moon. Those stories and even more news coming up. |
| 0:34.3 | Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in less than 15 minutes. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. Let's do this. |
| 0:44.4 | The nation's top law enforcement official and one of President Trump's most loyal allies has now been fired. |
| 0:51.1 | The president ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi yesterday. In a social media post, |
| 0:55.7 | Trump did not seem to have any hard feelings toward her saying, quote, we love Pam and she'll be |
| 1:00.3 | transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector. But reports say privately, |
| 1:05.9 | he has had some frustrations, specifically with how she handled the Epstein files. Plus, Trump has reportedly |
| 1:11.8 | been pushing her to prosecute his perceived political enemies, but she hasn't been able to secure |
| 1:16.3 | any major successful indictments. That said, Bondi has done a lot to reshape the Justice Department. |
| 1:22.5 | In her time at the helm, thousands of DOJ employees have left, both through resignations and |
| 1:27.3 | firings. The agency also started |
| 1:29.4 | focusing less on investigating public corruption, as well as corporate and environmental crime, |
| 1:34.5 | and instead focused more on illegal immigration and violent crime. Bondi promised to support |
| 1:39.5 | the transition for her deputy, Todd Blanche, to take over for her on an interim basis. Before this, Blant was Trump's |
| 1:46.0 | personal lawyer, defending him in cases related to the 2020 election, his handling of classified |
| 1:50.9 | documents, and alleged hush money payments. He can serve in the acting role for more than 200 |
| 1:55.7 | days while the Senate considers whoever Trump ends up nominating to be the next confirmed attorney |
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