Trump accused of running ‘misogynistic administration’ after Bondi dismissal | First Thing
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“Donald Trump has been accused of running a 'misogynistic administration' after Pam Bondi became the second woman to be fired from a cabinet already dominated by men.”
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“The US president dismissed the attorney general yesterday amid mounting frustration with her performance, especially over the release of files relating to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.”
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“The move came less than a month after Trump ousted the homeland security secretary Kristi Noem after criticism of her management of the department and immigration enforcement.”
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“Todd Blanche, her deputy, would serve as acting attorney general.”
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“Lee Zeldin, a former New York congressman who now leads the Environmental Protection Agency, is said to be a top contender to replace Bondi.”
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“Donald Trump claimed responsibility for destroying Iran’s largest bridge, a day after he threatened to bomb the country 'back to the stone ages' if a deal to end the five-week-long war he started was not reached.”
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“The US president shared footage of part of the newly built $400m B1 suspension bridge between Tehran and Karaj collapsing on to the causeway below amid a rising plume of black smoke.”
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“Eight people were killed and 95 wounded, according to Iran’s state media. The middle of the 446ft-high bridge was struck twice. Later imagery showed a clear gap at the heart of what had been one of Iran’s premier infrastructure projects.”
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“How badly has Iran been affected? At least 1,900 people have been killed and 20,000 injured in Iran since the start of the war, according to a rough estimate by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.”
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“The four Artemis astronauts have fired up their spacecraft’s engine to break away from Earth’s orbit and zoomed towards the moon, a milestone that commits Nasa to the first crewed lunar flyby in more than half a century.”
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“With enough thrust to accelerate a stationary car to highway-driving speed in less than three seconds, the Orion capsule engine blasted on Thursday the astronauts on their trajectory towards the moon, which they now will loop as part of the 10-day Artemis 2 mission.”
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“The burn lasting just under six minutes propelled them on their three-day voyage towards moon, a journey taking humans out of the Earth’s orbit for the first time since 1972.”
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“The astronauts spent their first hours in space performing checks and troubleshooting minor problems on the spacecraft that has never carried humans before, including a communications issue and a malfunctioning toilet.”
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“A federal judge has thrown out the majority of Blake Lively’s claims against Justin Baldoni. In a court ruling yesterday, Judge Lewis Liman dismissed 10 of the 13 claims in her lawsuit against her co-star and director of the domestic violence film It Ends With Us.”
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“A Canadian woman and her seven-year-old daughter, who were held for nearly three weeks in a notorious detention center by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), were released yesterday evening after posting a bond of $9,500.”
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“An investigation by Canada’s national broadcaster has found that a big Quebec producer has been diluting its maple syrup with cane sugar and selling the product to grocery chains.”
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“A Maryland man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of defrauding pet owners through his fake crematorium business, returning rocks and sand to grieving victims instead of ashes.”
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“Male octopuses use a specialised arm to mate, scientists find”
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