Pam Bondi, President Donald Trump's attorney general said Sunday the president would "probably" leave the White House after his second term is completed.
But she left the door slightly open toward him serving another four years, telling "Fox News Sunday," "I think he's going to be finished probably after this term," and saying it would be a "heavy lift" to change the Constitution to allow Trump to serve another four years.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Saturday that he was revoking all visas to South Sudanese passport holders "due to the failure of South Sudan's transitional government to accept the return of its repatriated citizens in a timely manner."
Laura Loomer thanks Trump for being 'receptive' to 'disloyal people' she reported to him
While President Trump is claiming Laura Loomer was not involved in the NSC firings, overnight Loomer appeared to confirm that she played a role, including the latest at the NSA involving General Timothy Haugh.
"NSA Director Tim Haugh and his deputy Wendy Noble have been disloyal to President Trump. That is why they have been fired," Loomer posted on X.
She went on to thank the president for "being receptive" to vetting materials she gave him.
"Thank you President Trump for being receptive to the vetting materials provided to you and thank you for firing these Biden holdovers."
In a separate post last night, Loomer said she reported names to Trump of "disloyal people" in the NSC.
-ABC News' Justin Gomez
Apr 04, 2025, 4:29 AM EDT
Judge blocks attempt to cut $11 billion in public health funding
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from terminating billions of dollars in public health funding.
U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy -- a Trump appointee -- issued a temporary restraining order that bars the Department of Health and Human Services from cutting off $11 billion in COVID-19 related funds.
President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One as he arrives at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on April 3, 2025.
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The order came after a coalition of 23 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to challenge the cuts, which they alleged would upend public health public programs that tracked infectious diseases, provided substance abuse services, and supported access to immunizations.
"The result of these massive, unexpected funding terminations is serious harm to public health, leaving Plaintiff States at greater risk for future pandemics and the spread of otherwise preventable disease and cutting off vital public health services," they alleged.
Judge McElroy's order blocking the funding cuts applies for two weeks and she will consider issuing a longer-term injunction later this month. The Democratic officials who brought the lawsuit celebrated the ruling on social media, saying it would temporarily allow funding to continue to their states.
"We're going to continue our lawsuit and fight to ensure states can provide the medical services Americans need," New York Attorney General Letitia James said.
The ruling marks the latest legal setback for the Trump administration, which has fended off more than a hundred lawsuits challenging the president's policies.
-ABC News' Peter Charalambous
Apr 03, 2025, 11:35 PM EDT
National Security Agency chief and deputy director dismissed
Gen. Timothy Haugh, who is the director of the National Security Agency and also heads United States Cyber Command, and his civilian Deputy Director Wendy Noble, were both removed from their positions, a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News.
National Security Agency Director General Timothy Haugh speaks during a Senate Committee on Intelligence Hearing on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes, who is the ranking Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, requested an explanation as to why Haugh has been removed. “I am deeply disturbed by the decision to remove General Haugh as Director of the National Security Agency. I have known General Haugh to be an honest and forthright leader who followed the law and put national security first—I fear those are precisely the qualities that could lead to his firing in this Administration,"he said.
“The Intelligence Committee and the American people need an immediate explanation for this decision, which makes all of us less safe,” Himes said Thursday evening.
The Washington Post was the first to report the removals of both Haugh and Noble.
-ABC News' Luis Martinez
Apr 03, 2025, 9:40 PM EDT
HHS layoffs include entire staff at labs studying STDs and hepatitis: Sources
Entire CDC labs studying outbreaks of sexually transmitted diseases and hepatitis were shuttered this week as part of the sweeping layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services, two people familiar with the cuts told ABC News.
The lab studying STDs, with about 30 full-time employees and several fellows, led a high-impact program monitoring drug resistance to gonorrhea, a disease notorious for its resistance to many antibiotics, according to someone with knowledge of the lab’s work.
The lab collaborates with state and local labs across the country in its surveillance of STD outbreaks.
“The rest of this operation can’t operate without the lab,” the person familiar with the lab’s work said.
CBS News first reported the layoffs at the two labs.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told ABC News’ Cheyenne Haslett Thursday that he will reinstate some of the laid-off employees, but the people who spoke to ABC News about the STD and hepatitis labs had no indication workers at the lab would be among the reinstated.
