How Pam Bondi Got Fired, and a Flood of Deadly New Drugs

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Pam Bondi Wanted a Graceful Exit. But Trump Wanted Her Gone., by Glenn Thrush and Tyler Pager

Hegseth Fires Army Chief Amid Battle With Its Leaders, by Greg Jaffe, Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt

House Punts on Homeland Security Funding, Prolonging Shutdown, by Carl Hulse and Michael Gold

Trump Faces a Tough Fight With His New Budget, by Tony Romm

How the Internet Became the ‘Cookbook’ of the Drug Trade, by Matt Richtel

Hershey’s Promises to Use Only Real Chocolate After Backlash, by Alice Callahan

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