Amy Morris

NASA's crew of astronauts on the Artemis mission are on their first day of a 10-day journey, slingshotting them around the moon.

Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow is following from the Kennedy Space Center.

The mission is a crucial in-space dress rehearsal, marking the biggest milestone yet in NASA's multi-year Artemis campaign to land humans on the moon as soon as 2028.

President Trump says he'll soon sign an order to pay all DHS employees who have gone without paychecks during the partial government shutdown.

The move bypasses Congress and is expected to apply to other non-law enforcement employees at the department, including FEMA and the Coast Guard and support staff.

The funding lapse had seemed likely to stretch into next week as the House is considering passing a Senate plan to fund the bulk of the agency, but not for ICE nor Border Patrol.

President Trump's new White House ballroom has gotten final approval from a key commission after a federal judge ordered a halt to construction unless there's approval from Congress.

A spokesperson for the National Capital Planning Commission, which Trump has packed with allies, says the judge's ruling affects construction activities, not planning.

The ballroom is estimated to cost $400 million and has faced opposition and legal challenges.

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The point of the mission in part is observation of what's on the surface of the far side of the moon.

Water, minerals, oxygen.

There's also an important moment where the Orion capsule and spacecraft is going to lose contact with Houston and control.

And they planned for that and prepared for that.

News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now, I'm Amy Morris.

Attorney General Pam Bondi is being removed from her post as head of the Justice Department.

President Trump posted on social media that Bondi will transition to a quote, important new job in the private sector.

it is not clear what that job would be.

Constitutional lawyer Rob McWhorter says Bondi might have a hard time in the private sector.