Todd Blanche takes over justice department after Pam Bondi sacking – US politics live
Trump announced deputy attorney general, who was his former personal attorney, would act up until permanent replacement is confirmed Donald Trump last night posted another threat against Iran’s transport and energy infrastructure , saying the US military “hasn’t even started destroying what’s left in Iran. Bridges next, then Electric Power Plants! New Regime leadership knows what has to be done, and has to be done, FAST!” Iran later said that a second US F-35 fighter jet had been shot down over
President also requests additional $63bn in DHS funds and proposes privatizing TSA security screening
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This includes Donald Trump’s recent comments on Truth Social that “with a little more time” he could open strait of Hormuz. The president added that reopening the vital passageway would allow the US to “TAKE THE OIL, & MAKE A FORTUNE. IT WOULD BE A ‘GUSHER’ FOR THE WORLD.”
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- Todd Blanche takes over justice department after Pam Bondi sacking – US politics liveGuardian - World · Shrai Popat (now) and Fran Lawther (earlier) · Apr 3, 2026, 1:31 PM
- Trump seeks $1.5tn for defense department in budget request to Congress – US politics liveGuardian - World · Shrai Popat (now); Lucy Campbell and Fran Lawther (earlier) · Apr 3, 2026, 5:51 PM
- Democrats vow to fight Trump’s ‘morally bankrupt’ request for billions in additional defense and DHS spending– liveGuardian - World · Nick Robins-Early (now); Shrai Popat, Lucy Campbell and Fran Lawther (earlier) · Apr 4, 2026, 12:36 AM
- Democrats vow to fight Trump’s ‘morally bankrupt’ request for billions in additional defense and DHS spending– as it happened
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