Dr. Heidi Overton, Trump's nominee to lead the FDA, appeared before the US Senate on 24 September for confirmation hearings where she largely dodged difficult questions on vaccines and abortion pills. The hearing examined her stance on controversial topics affecting the agency's regulatory role.
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Dr. Heidi Overton is also expected to address President Donald Trump’s claim labeling the measles vaccine “lethal.”
At Heidi Overton’s confirmation hearing, Bill Cassidy and other skeptical senators are expected to ask about two of the most controversial topics before the agency.
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Dr. Heidi Overton, President Trump’s pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), walked a fine line Thursday on vaccines and abortion, largely dodging difficult questions from senators. The confirmation hearing in the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee shed light on the priorities of lawmakers, but offered little about Overton’s views...
Heidi Overton was pressed on her views regarding vaccines and the abortion pill.
🎁🔗: Haiti Turns to Roger Stone to Lobby Trump Administration h/t @nfariousactivities.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/w... The Haitian government hired Mr. Stone, a confidant of President Trump, weeks after hundreds of thousands of Haitians lost deportation protection. The contract is worth nearly $800,000, a document sho...
Trump's FDA pick stumbles through confirmation hearing Heidi Overton was very unimpressive.