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Government Ethics Director, Who Repeatedly Clashed With Trump, Resigns

Walter Shaub, an attorney and the director of the government’s ethics office who regularly clashed with President Trump over his business interests, submitted his resignation on Thursday. He is leaving his office nearly six months before the end of his term. Shaub's last day as the head of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) will be on July 19, according to his resignation letter to Donald Trump which he posted on his Twitter account.

House Republicans Vote To Strip Ethics Office Of Independence, Limiting Its Power

House Republicans Vote To Strip Ethics Office Of Independence, Limiting Its Power

House Republicans abruptly voted on Monday night to eliminate the independence of the Office of Congressional Ethics, the chamber’s nonpartisan ethics board which investigates lawmakers' alleged misconduct, largely stripping it of its power, leading to pushback from Democrats and government watchdog groups. House Republicans, meeting as a group Monday night, approved an
amendment from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte that would place the office under the oversight of the lawmaker-run
House Ethics Committee.