Hope Hicks, one of U.S. President Donald Trump's longest-serving and most trusted aides, is resigning from her job as White House communications director, a blow to the president, whose inner circle has been depleted by firings and clouded by scandal. Hicks was caught up in a controversy surrounding former White House staff secretary Rob Porter, whom she had been dating. I wish my amazing friend and colleague Hope Hicks nothing but the best in her future endeavors upon departing the White House. She is as smart and thoughtful as they come, a truly great person," Trump said in a statement released by the White House. Hicks said in her own statement that "there are no words to adequately express my gratitude to President Trump.

Source: CBC News February 28, 2018 21:54 UTC