Trump sought to avoid first-term cabinet turmoil - until now

Daniel BushWashington correspondent Pam Bondi, from left, US President Donald Trump, and Kristi Noem, secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), during a roundtable on Antifa at the White House in October, 2025 President Donald Trump kept his Cabinet team intact through the first year of his second term. But now, in a matter of weeks, he is shaking things up. The president's decision to fire Attorney General Pam Bondi comes just weeks after he removed Kristi Noem from her post as