Janine Herbst

And President Trump says the U.S.

has destroyed one of Iran's largest bridges.

NPR's Emily Fang has more.

And here's Emily Fang reporting.

Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mays says former Attorney General Pam Bondi still has to testify before the House Oversight Committee later this month over how she handled files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

President Trump removed Bondi from her job yesterday, and his former personal lawyer, Todd Blanch, has been named as acting attorney general.

May says she's also concerned about comments Blanch made to Fox News, saying the Epstein files shouldn't be part of anything going forward.

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order to pay all DHS employees, as Congress remains deadlocked over funding the agency.

Wall Street's closed today in observance of the Good Friday holiday.

You're listening to NPR News from Washington.

NASA's Artemis II astronauts fired their engines and they're headed toward the moon.

The trans-lunar ignition comes 25 hours after liftoff, putting the three Americans and one Canadian on course for a lunar fly-around early next week.

Their Orion capsule bolted out of orbit around Earth and it's now on its way to the moon, which is nearly 250,000 miles away.

It's the first engine firing for a moon crew since Apollo 17 set out on that era's final moonshot in 1972.

NASA had the Artemis II crew test their capsule's life support systems before clearing them for a lunar departure.

Taxes on sugary drinks aren't effective in reducing consumption in fast food restaurants, according to a new study in the journal Plus Medicine.

Empiric's Allison Aubrey reports researchers analyzed data from a major Taco Bell fast food locations.

And I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

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