India, May 28 -- Former Attorney General Pam Bondi has confirmed she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer shortly after President Donald Trump removed her from the Justice Department in early April, disclosing that she has already undergone surgery and is now recovering, while also set to return to the administration in a senior advisory capacity.

Bondi confirmed the diagnosis directly to CNN on Tuesday, saying she is still recovering but doing well. The disclosure came hours after Katie Miller, wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and a senior administration communications official, broke the news publicly in a post on X that was subsequently reposted by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

Miller wrote that ...