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Trump signed a 100% tariff on pharmaceuticals.
Here's what's open and closed today for Good Friday.
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Bondi is out, Blanche is in (for now)
Deputy Attorney GeneralTodd Blanche, Trump's former personal lawyer, will lead the Justice Department in the interim following the ousting of Pam Bondi after barely a year on the job.
While Trump has kept his reasons for Bondi's firing opaque in his public remarks, Bondi was no stranger to criticism during her tenure. She has facedmultiple impeachment effortsaccusing her ofpoliticizing the Justice Departmentandfailing the victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Now, ashowdown to replace Bondilooms in Congress. Tamping down frustration over the DOJ's handling of the Epstein Files will be a crucial variable in determining how much support her successor gleans in the GOP-controlled Senate.
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"Talking to the president." Body camera footage released Thursday by the Martin County (Florida) Sheriff's office shows Tiger Woods talking on the phone as he was approached by police in the wake of a rollover crash that led to his arrest last week. After he got off the phone, he told an officer he was "just talking to the president."
Where is Artemis II right now? The Artemis II lunar mission has completed a pivotal engine burn and are now on a lunar path on Friday. NASA shared images of Earth from Artemis II's Orion, where the astronauts have little elbow room. Track the mission's progress.
Tax Day is closing in. And if you're doing a mad dash to assemble the necessary forms by April 15, here's how to not get overwhelmed by all those numbers and letters like W-2, W-9 and 1099. And if you're wishing for a bigger tax return, avoid disappointment.
Zendaya's 'something blue'
Zendaya stunned at the premiere of "The Drama," in which she and Robert Pattinson play a couple coping with moral chaos when an unfortunate truth comes out the week of their wedding.It's a dark marriage plot with a heck of a twist.
March Madness
Final Four is here
The 2026 NCAA Tournament is wrapping up! The women's tough Final Four fieldtips off on Fridaywith South Carolina vs. UConn at 7 p.m. ET followed by UCLA vs. Texas at 9:30 p.m. ET. The men'sstacked Final Fourbegins on Saturday as UConn, Illinois, Michigan and Arizonabattle for a spotin Monday night's national championship game.
Before you go
Most of Blake Lively's claims against Justin Baldoni were dismissed.
CVS is going "apothecary-style."
There's no end in sight for NFL expansion.
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