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Washington Today (4-2-26): AG Bondi ousted; WH ballroom approved; UN Sec Gen warns of 'wider war'

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President Donald Trump says Attorney General Pam Bondi will be leaving the Justice Department to take a position in the private sector, and will be replaced on an interim basis by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.

A day after President Trump's primetime speech on the war with Iran, during which he said the U.S. & Israel will "hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks….We’re going to bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong,” United Nations Secretary General Antonio Gutteres warns the world is “on the edge of a wider war.”

We will talk about where the war with Iran stands with Elise Labott, founder of 'Cosmopolitics' Substack Founder. (16)

Senate passes an agreement to end the Homeland Security Department shutdown, but the House does not, so the partial government shutdown will extend into next week.

National Capital Planning Commission gives final approval to his plans to build a 1,000 seat White House ballroom where the East Wing used to be.

Labor Department publishes a rule to implement the President's proposal to allow 401(k) retirement plans to contain alternative assets, like cryptocurrency and private equity. We will talk with Brett Samuels, Bloomberg Law retirement benefits reporter. (44)

Health & Human Services Department puts microplastics and pharmaceuticals on the draft list of drinking water contaminants kept by the Environmental Protection Agency.

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