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 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

Trump Picks Stanford Physician Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to Head N.I.H.

As the director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya would oversee the world’s premier medical research agency, with a $48 billion budget and 27 separate institutes and centers.

Health - The New York Times - 4 hours 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.

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

Trump taps Jay Bhattacharya as director of the National Institutes of Health

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who has faced restrictions on social media platforms because of his views, was a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates.

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 ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

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.

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

Trump names Vance aide as legislative affairs director

President-elect Trump on Monday announced a trio of appointments to lead different White House offices, including his pick to serve as his top liaison to Capitol Hill. Trump, in a news release, ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

Trump Picks Dr. Oz to Oversee Medicare and Medicaid

The celebrity physician would run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a powerful agency in charge of programs that cover more than 150 million Americans.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 20

Trump names former ICE director Homan ‘border czar’

President-elect Donald Trump late Sunday announced former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director Tom Homan would serve as “border czar” in his second administration, installing a key ...

Politics - The Hill - November 11

Trump picks former House Democrat Tulsi Gabbard to be director of national intelligence

President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday he will nominate Tulsi Gabbard, a former House Democrat who became a high-profile Trump supporter, to be director of national intelligence.

Trump loyalist Kash Patel in contention to be named FBI director

Interviews for key role conducted at Mar-a-Lago on Monday night as Trump appears intent on firing Christopher Wray. Donald Trump is keeping his controversial adviser Kash Patel in the running to ...

World - The Guardian - November 19

Trump Picks Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence

Ms. Gabbard, a former congresswoman who left the Democratic Party, would hold a top job in the administration, overseeing 18 spy agencies.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 13

Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead massive Medicare and Medicaid agency CMS

Dr. Mehmet Oz previously ran for a Senate seat from Pennsylvania. CMS is one of the biggest agencies in the U.S. government, overseeing Medicare and Medicaid.

Business - CNBC - November 19

Trump picks TV's 'Dr. Oz' to run Medicare and Medicaid agency

Oz, who has been criticized for promoting false and misleading claims about health and science, is Trump's pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Trump picks former WWE CEO and TV's Dr Oz for top roles

Linda McMahon is the US president-elect's choice for education secretary, and Mehmet Oz is lined up for a healthcare job.

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 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

Matt Gaetz is Trump's pick for attorney general

President-elect Trump announced Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) will serve as his attorney general, tapping a loyal congressional ally who himself was the subject of a Justice Department investigation. ...

Politics - The Hill - November 13

Trump picks former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA

Ratcliffe, a former congressman from Texas, previously served as director of national intelligence in Trump's first term.

Politics - NBC News - November 12

Trump Picks John Ratcliffe, His Former Intelligence Director, for C.I.A. Chief

Mr. Ratcliffe, who was also a Texas congressman, fought fiercely for Donald Trump during his first term.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 13

Former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard is Trump's pick for director of national intelligence

Tulsi Gabbard -- a military veteran who once sought the Democratic presidential nomination, was chosen by Trump to be his director of national intelligence.

Trump taps loyalists Gaetz and Gabbard for key roles

President-elect sends shockwaves through Washington with selections for attorney-general and intelligence director

Business - Financial Times - November 13

Who is Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence?

Former Democratic congresswoman, 43, has been publicly suspected of being ‘groomed’ by Russia. US politics live – latest updates Tulsi Gabbard’s biography has some rare distinctions, including ...

World - The Guardian - November 14

Trump's former CDC Director Redfield defends RFK Jr. pick

Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the first Trump administration, gave a vote of confidence to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as potential head ...

Politics - The Hill - November 18

Bolton slams Trump's pick for counterterrorism director as 'con man'

Former national security adviser John Bolton slammed Sebastian Gorka as a "con man" on Friday, after President-elect picked Gorka to lead counterterrorism efforts in his second term. “Well, ...

Politics - The Hill - 3 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

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