Biden COVID response coordinator: Trump picks for FDA, NIH 'pretty reasonable'

Ashish Jha, the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health and former White House coronavirus coordinator under President Biden, said President-elect Trump’s picks to lead the Food and ...

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Trump names COVID lockdown critic Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as pick for NIH director

President-elect Donald Trump is nominating a close ally of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as the head of the National Institutes of Health.

Trump picks Johns Hopkins surgeon who argued against COVID lockdowns to lead FDA

President-elect Donald Trump picks Johns Hopkins surgeon Marty Makary, who argued against pandemic lockdowns, to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Greene: 'Pretty sure' Trump's AG will prosecute COVID 'crimes'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said she was “pretty sure” the next attorney general would prosecute people for “crimes against humanity” committed during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Preparing for ...

Politics - The Hill - November 14

Trump completes health team with Jay Bhattacharya as NIH pick

President-elect Trump completed his health team by picking Stanford University professor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as his next director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Trump, in the Tuesday ...

Politics - The Hill - 6 hours ago

Meet Trump's picks for CDC, FDA

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump picks heads of CDC, FDA and surgeon general President-elect Trump has announced his choices for the ...

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Kinzinger: Rubio pick as Trump secretary of State 'pretty good'

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), a frequent critic of President-elect Trump, praised the reported nomination of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to serve as the next secretary of State. “You know, ...

Politics - The Hill - November 12

Johns Hopkins surgeon and COVID contrarian Marty Makary selected to lead Trump’s FDA

President-elect Trump has picked Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins's surgeon who has espoused contrarian views about the COVID-19 pandemic, to lead the Federal Drug Administration. Makary is a ...

Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago

Trump taps a Fox News personality, a surgeon and a former Congressman to lead public health agencies

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a critic of COVID-19 health measures to lead the Food and Drug Administration

Health - ABC News - 4 days ago

Trump nominates Marty Makary, who opposed COVID vaccine mandates, to head FDA

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a critic of COVID-19 health measures to lead the Food and Drug Administration.

Trump picks Dr. Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon, for FDA chief

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday nominated Dr. Marty Makary, a pancreatic surgeon at Johns Hopkins University, as commissioner of the FDA.

Trump announces labor secretary, FDA chief, and several other cabinet picks

President-elect Donald Trump has announced several selections to his cabinet including Scott Bessent as treasury secretary and Lori Chavez-Deremer as labor secretary. NBC News' Aaron Gilchrist has ...

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Trump rounds out health team with CDC, FDA picks

President-elect Trump rounded out his health team for his upcoming White House term by announcing his Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and surgeon ...

Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago

Trump rounds out final cabinet picks with labor secretary, FDA chief

President-elect Trump has now named all 15 of his cabinet picks after a flurry of announcements. Trump picked a team of doctors to work with his choice for health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ...

Politics - NBC News - 2 days ago

Outcry over stalemate on Gaetz report; Bernie Sanders’ Senate vote on blocking some arms to Israel fails – US politics live

Democrat Susan Wild says committee chair Michael Guest mischaracterized meeting and committee will reconvene in December; US Senate to also vote on two resolutions on mortar rounds and a GPS ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

Trump picks Covid lockdown critic to lead top health agency

Bhattacharya was the face of the Great Barrington Declaration, which argued shutdowns were causing more harm than good.

Kevin McCarthy: ‘No reason’ for Gaetz to be picked as Trump attorney general

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) weighed in on former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) nomination to attorney general, saying there is “no reason” President-elect Trump should have picked him for ...

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Healthy Returns: Trump’s FDA pick Makary may be a relief for biotech and pharma, analysts say

Trump's FDA pick, Marty Makary, appears to be quelling fears about a major disruption to biotech and pharma. Neuralink approved for new studies, company says.

Business - CNBC - 14 hours ago

Biden sets off a firestorm with his response to Trump rally comedian's Puerto Rico comments

The president appeared to refer to Trump supporters as “garbage,” although he and the White House said he misspoke and was referring to the comedian’s remarks.

Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, who backed COVID herd immunity, to lead National Institutes of Health

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health

Health - ABC News - 5 hours ago

Congressional Democrats prepared to do 'whatever it takes' in response to Trump Cabinet picks: Padilla

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said Saturday that congressional Democrats are prepared to do “whatever it takes” in response to President-elect Trump’s Cabinet picks. “The incoming Senate majority ...

Politics - The Hill - November 17

I followed Trump and Joe Rogan into the manosphere – and it was not pretty | Zoe Williams

The former president speaks like a man who has been hypnotised, his subconscious just gaping open .... According to Forbes , Donald Trump talked about five important things in a three-hour-plus ...

World - The Guardian - October 28

CNN commentator says polling was ‘actually pretty good’ after Trump win

Kristin Soltis Anderson, an election pollster, cited the accuracy of professionals in the polling industry during a Saturday appearance on CNN's “The Chris Wallace Show.” “I come today to defend my ...

Politics - The Hill - November 9

Breaking down Trump's latest administration picks and his Biden meeting

President-elect Donald Trump selected Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida as attorney general and former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii as the director of national intelligence. CBS ...

In reversals, Trump and Thune look to stop Biden's judicial nominees

Senate Democrats are expected to dedicate hours of floor time in coming weeks as a last-minute effort to confirm President Joe Biden's nominees to the federal judiciary.

House Republicans take aim at White House response to Biden's 'garbage' comment

House Republicans are taking aim at the White House for its response to remarks by President Biden this week, when he appeared to refer to former President Trump’s supporters as “garbage” — a ...

Politics - The Hill - October 30

A New Trump Administration Is No Reason to Change Investing Plans

Big changes are coming in the next Trump administration. But your investing plans needn’t change, our columnist says.

Business - The New York Times - November 8

There Is a Reason Trump Wants Fewer Adults in the Room

The point of placing loyalists in positions of influence isn’t to make the government work; it is to bend the government to Trump’s will.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 16

Trump likely to choose surgeon and writer Marty Makary as FDA chief

Johns Hopkins doctor touted protection from natural immunity and opposed Covid vaccine mandates. Donald Trump is likely to choose the Johns Hopkins surgeon and writer Martin Makary to lead the Food ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

RFK Jr. weighing FDA crackdown on food additives under Trump

Kennedy's team is weighing a significant rewrite of the FDA's rules.

Behind Trump's response to Hegseth sexual assault allegations

President-elect Donald Trump is standing by Pete Hegseth, his choice for defense secretary, after details about apparent sexual assault allegations against the Fox News host emerged. CBS News' ...

Axelrod: Bondi will be responsive to Trump first, not duties of Constitution

Veteran Democratic strategist David Axelrod criticized President-elect Trump’s new pick for attorney general, arguing she will be loyal to Trump first, not the duties of the Constitution. “So, he ...

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Mexico floats retaliatory tariffs in response to Trump threat

President-elect Donald Trump says he will take executive action on day one to impose major tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China. So how will that impact costs for consumers? Mario Parker, Bloomberg ...

Covid lockdown sceptic is frontrunner to lead Trump health agency

Jay Bhattacharya at the NIH would be the latest ally of Robert F Kennedy Jr to take a role overseeing US healthcare

Business - Financial Times - 3 days ago

10 reasons both Harris and Trump can be hopeful of victory

Polls suggest the race is deadlocked - but if one candidate pulls away, these factors could explain why.

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