PRUITT RESIGNS AS EPA CHIEF; WHEELER TAKES OVER

   Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has resigned from his position amid a spate of misconduct accusations.
  President Donald Trump announced Thursday afternoon that he had accepted Pruitt’s resignation and Pruitt’s Deputy Andrew Wheeler will be taking over Pruitt’s responsibilities as the Acting EPA Administrator starting Monday.

    Andrew Wheeler, the EPA's deputy administrator, will take over as acting administrator. "I have no doubt that Andy will continue on with our great and lasting EPA agenda," President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday.