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Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigns

By Sarah Beth Hensley

WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned Friday afternoon amid criticism of his travel on private planes.

The White House announced that Price offered his resignation earlier Friday and President Donald Trump accepted. Trump will name Don J. Wright of Virginia to serve as Acting Secretary, effective just before midnight on Sept. 29, 2017.

Wright currently serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health and Director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

Stay with WTOP.com for updates on this developing story.

US Rep. Julia Letlow, endorsed by Trump, wins the GOP primary for Senate in Louisiana

By The Associated Press
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Louisiana on Saturday, giving President Donald Trump a win after he backed her to replace GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy. Letlow, who was endorsed by Trump, defeated state Treasurer John Fleming in the two-candidate runoff after they finished ahead of Cassidy in the GOP primary May 16. Letlow pledged her loyalty to Trump in a race where Cassidy, who voted to convict the president on impeachment charges in 2021, spent a year working to keep Trump from going after him. She has promised to work in lockstep with Trump to advance his agenda. “I am so filled with gratitude for the greatest president this country has every had, Donald J. Trump,” Letlow told supporters at her election night watch party in Baton Rouge. “I am also so incredibly grateful for your endorsement.”
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