How Pam Bondi Got Fired, and a Flood of Deadly New Drugs

New York Times
by Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Ian Stewart, Tyler Pager and Matt Richtel
April 3, 2026
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Pam Bondi's firing coincides with concerns about deadly new drugs.

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