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Overton FDA nomination

President Donald Trump announced on 19 August 2026 that he is nominating Dr. Heidi Overton, a deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy, to be the next commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration. Overton is an opponent of abortion rights and a supporter of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again agenda. She has said Congress should strictly regulate the abortion drug mifepristone.

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Trump nominates Heidi Overton to lead FDA

President Donald Trump announced on 19 August 2026 that he is nominating Dr. Heidi Overton, a deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy, to be the next commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration. Overton is an opponent of abortion rights and a supporter of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again agenda. She has said Congress should strictly regulate the abortion drug mifepristone.

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