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Trump to Nominate Heidi Overton for FDA Commissioner

Published 19 August 2026

President Donald Trump plans to nominate Dr. Heidi Overton, a White House domestic policy official and a proponent of the administration's "Make America Healthy Again" agenda, to serve as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.

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