Heather Nauert, U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to be the next American ambassador to the United Nations, has withdrawn from consideration, the State Department said. Nauert, a State Department spokesperson, said in a statement that "the past two months have been gruelling for my family and therefore it is in the best interest of my family that I withdraw my name from consideration." Nauert rose to the upper echelons of the department's hierarchy after Trump fired Tillerson in March 2018 and Mike Pompeo replaced him. Before coming to the State Department, Nauert was a breaking news anchor on Fox & Friends. The State Department said Trump would announce a nominee for the UN position "soon."

Source: CBC News February 17, 2019 01:05 UTC