More White House firings could be coming – reports
Donald Trump is said to be considering removing other officials in his cabinet after forcing Pam Bondi from her role as attorney general.
The president is unhappy with the performance of Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the labor secretary, and commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, Politico reported.
“He’s very angry and he’s going to be moving people,” an unnamed official with the administration told the outlet.
Trump also polled advisers about replacing Tulsi Gabbard as intelligence chief, the Guardian reported.
Meanwhile, significant staffing changes are underway at the Pentagon where defense secretary Pete Hegseth ousted the army’s top officer and two other high ranking officials on Thursday.
This blog is winding down. Here’s a look at today’s developments:
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- Donald Trump has fired Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, dismissing a loyalist who reshaped the justice department. In a post on social media, the president announced that Bondi would transition to “a much needed and important new job in the private sector”. He added that Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, would serve as acting attorney general.
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- The president is said to be considering removing other officials in his cabinet, according to media reports, and is unhappy with the performance of Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the labor secretary, and commerce secretary Howard Lutnick.
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- The Pentagon confirmed that Randy George, a general and the US army chief of staff, stepped down after he was asked to take early retirement. Defense secretary Pete Hegseth is reportedly moving ahead with multiple firings within the Pentagon, including David Hodne, the commanding general of the US army transformation and training command, and Maj Gen William Green Jr, the army’s chief of chaplains.
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- The US Department of the Interior said it would further reduce its staff with a deferred resignation program and offers of voluntary early retirement.
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- Hegseth also announced that service members will be allowed to carry personal firearms on military installations in the US, effectively overhauling a 1992 rule that barred civilians and off-duty military personnel from carrying guns on bases.
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- Donald Trump lavished praise on the National Capital Planning Commission on Thursday afternoon, describing the body as “hardworking” after authorities approved his $400m ballroom project.
Donald Trump is said to be considering removing other officials in his cabinet after forcing Pam Bondi from her role as attorney general.
The president is unhappy with the performance of Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the labor secretary, and commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, Politico reported.
“He’s very angry and he’s going to be moving people,” an unnamed official with the administration told the outlet.
