“Vice President Mike Pence’s physician privately raised alarms within the White House last fall that President Trump’s doctor may have violated federal privacy protections for a key patient — Pence’s wife, Karen — and intimidated the vice president’s doctor during angry confrontations over the episode,” CNN reports.

“The previously unreported incident is the first sign that serious concerns about Ronny Jackson’s conduct had reached the highest levels of the White House as far back as September — months before White House aides furiously defended Jackson’s professionalism, insisted he had been thoroughly vetted and argued allegations of misconduct amounted to unsubstantiated rumors.”

“White House physician Ronny Jackson will not return to his role as the president’s personal physician… after a string of allegations caused the Navy rear admiral to withdraw his nomination last week to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs,” Politico reports.

“Sean Conley, a Navy officer who took over Jackson’s role as the president’s personal doctor last month, will continue in the role.”

White House physician Ronny Jackson “has withdrawn himself from consideration to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs following numerous allegations of professional misconduct, including that he had wrecked a government vehicle after getting drunk at a Secret Service going-away party,” the Washington Post reports.

In a statement, Jackson called the allegations against him “completely false and fabricated.”

Axios: “Trump told Fox & Friends that he knows who he’s going to nominate next, though he refused to provide a name. He said it was someone with ‘political capabilities.'”

“GOP support for the Veterans Affairs nominee has cratered in the face of allegations of misconduct as White House physician, who already faced serious doubts over his lack of management experience,” Politico reports.

“At this point, it would take a miraculous comeback by Jackson to survive at least two more weeks of scrutiny and growing discomfort among Republican senators over his nomination.”

CNN: White House prepares for Jackson to withdraw.

White House physician Ronny Jackson, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, “wrecked a government vehicle after getting drunk at a Secret Service going away party,” the Washington Post reports.

“In the two-page summary of interviews conducted by the minority staff, Jackson also stands accused of a ‘pattern’ of handing out medications with no patient history, prescribing medications to himself, and contributing to a hostile work environment with ‘a constant fear of reprisal.'”

The White House is preparing a “full-throated defense” of embattled Veterans Affairs nominee Ronny Jackson and will be asking the Senate to reschedule a confirmation hearing that lawmakers had postponed amid concerns about his performance as the president’s physician, the Wall Street Journal reports.

An administration official described President Trump as “bewildered” by the response to Dr. Jackson’s nomination.

President Trump said that he “is standing behind Ronny Jackson to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, but suggested his embattled nominee should drop out because of what Trump characterized as ‘ugly allegations‘ that have surfaced,” the Washington Post reports.

Said Trump: “I don’t want to put a man through a process like this. It’s too ugly, and it’s too disgusting.”

The New York Times also quotes Trump: “The fact is, I wouldn’t do it. What does he need it for? To be abused by a number of politicians?”

Karen Tumulty: “Oh, Trump still insists he supports the well-liked doctor, but make no mistake about it: Jackson has been shown the door.”

“President Trump acknowledged Tuesday that Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, his nominee to lead the Veterans Affairs Department, is in serious trouble amid allegations that he oversaw a hostile work environment as the White House doctor, allowed the overprescribing of drugs and possibly drank on the job,” the New York Times reports.

Playbook: “Shouldn’t this alarm us? The president’s physician should not be drinking at all while working.”