White House spokesman Spicer out in shake-up

WASHINGTON, D.C.: White House press secretary Sean Spicer abruptly resigned Friday (Saturday in Manila) in protest at a major shake-up of Donald Trump’s scandal-tainted administration, as pressure mounted from a broadening investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.

Spicer quit after Trump named Anthony Scaramucci, a Wall Street financier and one-time critic, as the new White House communications director—a role Spicer had hoped to play.