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Trump picks Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, to lead the Food and Drug Administration

CNBC · August 19, 2026 at 12:54 PM

The new FDA commissioner, a medical doctor and deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, will have to balance a raft of competing priorities.

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