Trump picks White House aide Dr. Heidi Overton to lead the FDA

President Donald Trump announced the appointment of Dr. Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration. A medical doctor and deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Overton has managed several second-term health initiatives. Her role requires balancing Trump's specific goals, traditional Republican anti-regulatory interests, and the anti-corporate posture of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. These complex competing priorities previously challenged the tenure of the former FDA commissioner during their leadership period.