Trump Fires Attorney General Pam Bondi

WSJ What’s News

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🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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P.M. Edition for April 2. Bondi’s ouster caps a tumultuous tenure as head of the Justice Department. Journal reporter Ryan Barber discusses why she’s been pushed out, and who will replace her. Plus, Blue Owl—the poster child for private credit—is the latest fund to limit redemptions as investors seek to pull their money. We hear from WSJ credit reporter Matt Wirz about what this means for investors in the long and short term. And despite positive recent sales numbers from Tesla and Rivian, EV sales in the U.S. more broadly aren’t rising. As big U.S. automakers have scrapped their more ambitious EV plans, dozens of EV-parts factories are sitting empty or barely used. Journal autos reporter Sharon Terlep recently visited one of these factories and tells us about what amounts to a whole new Rust Belt. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.9	Attorney General Pam Bondi, the second cabinet secretary, let go in recent weeks.
0:40.0	Plus, Blue Owl, the poster child for private credit, is the latest fund to have investors try to pull billions.
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0:59.9	It's Thursday, April 2nd.
1:01.8	I'm Alex Osloaf for the Wall Street Journal.
1:04.2	This is the PM edition of What's News,
1:06.7	the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.
1:16.6	Thank you. the top headlines and business stories that move the world today. Pam Bondi is out as Attorney General.
1:19.2	It's an end to her year-long tenure atop the Justice Department,
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