Pam Bondi Fired as Attorney General

Reports that Attorney General Pam Bondi was on thin ice with President Trump turned out to be correct. Trump announced Thursday that Bondi's time as AG has come to an end and that Deputy AG Todd Blanche will serve as her replacement. "Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year," Trump said in a Truth Social post.

• Pam did a tremendous job overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our Country, with Murders plummeting to their lowest level since 1900," Trump added. "We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future, and our Deputy Attorney General, and a very talented and respected Legal Mind, Todd Blanche, will step in to serve as Acting Attorney General."

Sources tell NBC News that Trump had become "more and more" frustrated with Bondi in recent days, feeling she hadn't "executed on his vision" in the way he wanted. According to Fox News' sources, Trump informed Bondi that her time was up on Wednesday in a meeting before his speech on Iran. She is the second Cabinet-level official to be fired in Trump's second administration. Kristi Noem was fired as Homeland Security secretary early last month.