Trump's high-priced headache: Lavish spending by his Cabinet

A series of scandals surrounding lavish purchases and expensive travel by members of the president’s Cabinet has threatened to overshadow the Trump administration’s accomplishments.

President Trump kicked off Easter weekend by firing Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, an Obama holdover who was thrust into the center of controversy at the beginning of March over a lengthy report about his use of taxpayer dollars for a 10-day European vacation last summer. The VA’s internal watchdog concluded that Shulkin had “improperly” accepted tickets to the ladies’ finals at Wimbledon, oversaw the misuse of agency resources, and directed his staff to issue “misleading statements to the media” about his overseas excursion.