The former Trump defense lawyer and Florida attorney general issues a raft of new orders, undoing a broad array of Biden administration policies

Bondi was confirmed by a vote of 54-46, and will now take the reins at the Justice Department at a moment when it is facing questions about the risk of political influence at the department.

Pam Bondi has been sworn in as attorney general. She's taking charge of the Justice Department as it braces for upheaval with President Donald Trump looking to exert his will over an agency that's long provoked his ire.

Pam Bondi was sworn in as attorney general on Wednesday with President Donald Trump looking on the Oval Office on Wednesday.

The Senate has confirmed Pam Bondi as U.S. attorney general. Her confirmation puts a longtime ally of Donald Trump at the helm of a Justice Department that has already been rattled by the firings of career employees seen as disloyal to the Republican president.

Attorney General Pam Bondi vowed Thursday that the Justice Department will get back to its “core function” of prosecuting violent criminals — declaring that under President Trump “weaponization ends.” “It’s the end of the weaponization of government and getting back to prosecuting violent crime and giving our great men and women the tools that they need in law enforcement,

The U.S. Senate confirmed Pam Bondi on Tuesday night to become the next U.S. attorney general and lead the Justice Department during the Trump administration.