EPA explored private jet lease for Pruitt's travels last year  —  Aides to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt last year considered leasing a private jet on a month-to-month basis to accommodate his travel needs, according to current and former agency officials.

White House considered firing Pruitt  —  White House chief of staff John Kelly has considered the firing of embattled Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt in the coming months as part of a wave of ousters of top officials causing headaches for the president, a senior administration official told POLITICO.

Scott Pruitt Bypassed the White House to Give Big Raises to Favorite Aides  —  In early March, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt approached the White House with a request: He wanted substantial pay raises for two of his closest aides.

Markets That Climbed the Trump Bump Are Tumbling Down From It  —  Percentage change from Jan. 26 peak … Feb.  —  March  —  April  —  S. & P. 500  —  Percentage change from Jan. 26 peak … Feb.  —  March  —  April  —  The Trump Bump is becoming the Trump Slump.

To Trump, It's the ‘Amazon Washington Post.’ To Its Editor, That's Baloney.  —  Amazon does not own The Washington Post.  President Trump, however — impervious to certain facts and armed with a Twitter account — has tried hard to convince the public otherwise.

Mueller Was Authorized to Investigate Paul Manafort's Work for Ukraine  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller was authorized in a secret memo to investigate former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's work for the Ukrainian government, in addition to alleged collusion with Russian officials to interfere in the 2016 elections.

Jeff Sessions Quietly Appointed a Prosecutor to Probe Trump's Foes.  That Could Be an Unprecedented Disaster. … The headlines called it a non-event when Attorney General Jeff Sessions decided not to appoint a special counsel to look into the special counsel after all.