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Political Cornflakes: President Trump has called his EPA chief ‘a star,’ but will he consider firing him — as some senior White House staffers are suggesting — after several ethics concerns?

President Trump has called his EPA chief ‘a star,’ but will he consider firing him — as some senior White House staffers are suggesting — after several ethics concerns? Sen. Hatch called it ‘ridiculous’ that Sen. McCain requested President Trump not attend his funeral. Former Rep. Jason Chaffetz may have violated the law in transferring money from his congressional campaign account to a political action committee — but his attorney says it’s a ‘mere paperwork error.’

Happy Tuesday. President Donald Trump has championed his Environmental Protection Agency chief, celebrating his work to help the coal industry, calling him “a star” and declaring that he “loves Scott Pruitt.