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• STAT

  Breaking: Trump expected to pick White House adviser Heidi Overton to lead FDA www.statnews.com/2026/08/18/h...
• The Washington Post left

  President Trump is expected to tap Heidi Overton, a top aide at the White House’s Domestic Policy Council, to serve as the next commissioner of the FDA. She would replace Marty Makary, who resigned in May after months of turmoil at the agency.
• STAT News

  President Trump is expected to nominate Heidi Overton, White House deputy director of domestic policy, to serve as the next FDA commissioner
• The Atlantic left

  Heidi Overton, who is reportedly poised to be nominated for FDA commissioner, is one of the most powerful public-health officials in Donald Trump’s orbit—but she’s also recently been at odds with MAHA activists, @michaelscherer.bsky.social and @tombartlett.bsky.social report.
• Donald J. Trump far right

  Today I am honored to nominate the wonderful Dr. Heidi Overton, MD, PhD, as our next FDA Commissioner. Dr. Heidi has been a ROCKSTAR in my Administration, where she has worked directly with Secretary Kennedy, Dr. Oz, and team, to deliver on the MOST TRANSFORMATIVE Health Agenda in History. She is known to take on the HARDEST issues, and bring me solutions that work best for the Country. Heidi is “ALWAYS RIGHT,” Secretary Kennedy recently said in the Oval Office! We need her leadership at the FDA
• The Guardian left

  Overton has said that Congress should strictly regulate abortion drug mifepristone ‘to protect women and children’ Donald Trump nominated Dr Heidi Overton – an abortion opponent who stood next to the president as he made false claims about vaccines – to be commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “Today I am honored to nominate the wonderful Dr. Heidi Overton, MD, PhD, as our next FDA Commissioner. Dr. Heidi has been a ROCKSTAR in my Administration, where she has worked directl
• CNN left

  President Trump says he's nominating Dr. Heidi Overton to be his next FDA commissioner, elevating a longtime ally to lead the embattled agency. https://cnn.it/4igHylo
• CNBC left

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

  Former think tank policy officer Heidi Overton to lead FDA in a controversial push to reshape US health regulations.
• The Hill center

  Senate Health Committee Chair Bill Cassidy (R-La.) laid out his concerns over President Trump’s choice to tap Dr. Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), saying her involvement in the administration’s recent vaccine order is “almost disqualifying.” “While I respect Dr. Overton’s experience as a physician, I have strong concerns about her…