White House leaves DEA top job empty

Published October 2, 2017 9:08pm ET



Drug Enforcement Administration employees reported to work Monday unsure if they had a new boss — and the situation remained murky throughout the day amid national focus on an overnight mass-shooting that killed at least 58 people in Las Vegas.

It’s unclear if the crisis contributed at all to the White House’s delay in naming an acting administrator to the large law enforcement agency, but the slaughter of concert-goers dominated public remarks by President Trump and his administration.

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