Scott Pruitt, the former Oklahoma attorney general who relentlessly pursued President Trump’s promises of deregulation at the Environmental Protection Agency, resigned Thursday after controversies over his lavish spending, ethical lapses and management decisions eroded the president’s confidence in one of his most ardent Cabinet members.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Scott Pruitt steps down as EPA head after ethics, management scandals
By Brady Dennis
and July 5, 2018 at 10:12 p.m. EDT