This Up First news podcast covers three main areas: the appointment of Pam Bondi as Attorney General and subsequent actions within the Justice Department and FBI, causing concern about potential mass firings and targeting of Trump investigators; the decline in corporate use of DEI language in annual reports due to political pressure and risk aversion; and the current state of respiratory viruses, with a mild COVID-19 winter wave contrasting with a second peak in flu cases. The podcast highlights a memo from Bondi establishing a "weaponization working group" to review cases against Trump, and the concerns this raises among FBI agents. The shift away from DEI language is linked to President Trump's executive orders and broader political backlash. Finally, the unusual double-peak flu season is noted, though the reasons remain unclear.
