Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price came under fire starting last week, when POLITICO revealed more than two dozen private charter flights he has taken since May. | Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo Trump: We're going to make a decision on Price's future tonight

President Donald Trump on Friday said he will determine Tom Price’s fate as secretary of Health and Human Services “tonight.”

The embattled Cabinet member came under fire starting last week, when POLITICO revealed more than two dozen private charter flights Price has taken since May. POLITICO reported Thursday that Price’s domestic flights on private jets and international travel on military planes cost taxpayers more than $1 million.


“He’s a very fine man, but we’re gonna make a decision sometime tonight,” Trump told reporters Friday. “He’s a very, very fine man.”



Price has expressed regret for his expensive travel and pledged to repay the federal government for the cost of his seat on the domestic flights — some $52,000 of the more than $400,000 he’s racked up flying across the country.