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![Scott Pruitt attends a picnic for military families at the White House on July 4, a day before he was forced out of as head of the Environmental Protection Agency for various alleged ethical lapses.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gettyimages-991737600-d52159e77e48b843c3d60cab5d3395c880b0d157-e1531239294982-900x422.jpg)
Does Scott Pruitt’s Slow Ouster Mean Ethics Laws Are Getting Weaker?
By: Peter Overby | NPR
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“It’s going to take different leadership at the top,” said Don Fox, a former acting director of the Office of Government Ethics. “And that means a different occupant in the White House.”
![Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt was among the most controversial of President Trump's original Cabinet-level picks.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gettyimages-887736324-edit-9867917b0faa8ad84e23db65a64a2666b5e69f58-e1530820396663-900x422.jpg)
Scott Pruitt Out At EPA
By: Rebecca Hersher | Brett Neely | NPR
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After months of ethics scandals and investigations, the embattled EPA head has resigned, the president said Thursday.