Monica Ricks

Bloomberg's Nathan Hager reports from Washington.

And SpaceX boosted its target IPO valuation above $2 trillion as it gears up to pitch its initial public offering.

The company's meeting with prospective investors in the coming weeks, but aims to go public in June.

I made it crystal clear I will follow the law.

Pam Bondi is out as President Trump's Attorney General.

Bloomberg's Jeff Mason tells us her tenure was tumultuous.

Bloomberg's Jeff Mason on Bloomberg's balance of power.

Bondi upended the Justice Department's culture of independence from the White House, oversaw firings of career employees, and investigated some of the president's perceived enemies.

Her departure also follows months of scrutiny over the DOJ's handling of the Epstein files.

For now, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch will replace her.

The president says he'll sign an order now to pay Homeland Security workers who haven't been paid in almost two months.

More on that from Bloomberg's Amy Morris.

In New York, a federal judge has tossed actress Blake Lively's sexual harassment claims against actor Justin Baldoni over their roles in their 2024 movie, It Ends With Us.

It was among a dozen claims Lively made when she sued Baldoni last December.

But the judge did leave two retaliation claims intact ahead of what's expected to be a contentious trial next month.

And Artemis 2 astronauts have fired their engines and are now headed towards the moon after spending a day around Earth.

The crew's next major milestone will be a lunar flyby on Monday.

It'll be the farthest humans have ever traveled from Earth.

And that's news when you want it with Bloomberg News Now.

I'm Monica Ricks and this is Bloomberg.