White House Pushes Back on Reports of Health Secretary’s Possible Removal

Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar at the CPAC convention in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 28, 2019. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

The White House and President Donald Trump pushed back on anonymously sourced reports that claimed the president is mulling the removal of Alex Azar, the health and human services secretary.

Reports in multiple publications, relying on unnamed sources, claimed that the White House is considering removing Azar from his position.