Trump Nominates Heidi Overton To FDA

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he will nominate Dr. Heidi Overton, a White House domestic policy adviser, to serve as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. If confirmed by the Senate, Overton would take over an agency that has faced leadership turnover, layoffs and political pressure, following former commissioner Marty Makary’s resignation in May. Overton is a physician and deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council who has helped shape Trump’s second-term health agenda. Senate Health Committee Chair Bill Cassidy said her role in a recent vaccine order raised “strong concerns” and was “almost disqualifying.”