Pam Bondi Out, Iran Charges Strait Tolls, International Meeting on Hormuz

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Attorney General Pam Bondi is out after facing backlash for the Justice Department's mishandling of the Epstein files and failing to deliver the prosecutions of President Trump's enemies.<br>Iran is formalizing a toll system for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, charging up to two million dollars per vessel, as the energy crisis deepens and critical goods remain stuck at sea.<br>And more than 40 countries met to discuss reopening the strait, but neither Iran nor the U.S. were at the table.<br/><br/><em>Please help us out by completing a short survey telling us what you like and how we could improve our podcast.<br>You can find it right now at </em><a href="http://www.npr.org/springsurvey"target="_blank" >www.npr.org/springsurvey</a><br><em><br>Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? </em><a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/news"target="_blank" >Subscribe</a><em> to the Up First newsletter.</em><br/><br/>Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Dana Farrington, James Hider, Nick Spicer, Mohamad ElBardicy, and Alice Woelfle.<br/><br/>It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Ava Pukatch.<br/><br/>Our director is Christopher Thomas.<br/><br/>We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange.<br/><br/> And our Executive Producer is Jay Shaylor.<br/><br/>(0:00) Introduction<br>(02:18) Pam Bondi Out<br>(05:59) Iran Charges Strait Tolls<br>(09:45) International Meeting on Hormuz<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>