Trump nominates Susan Monarez for CDC director

President Trump announced Susan Monarez is to be elevated from her role as acting CDC director, after nominee David Weldon was withdrawn earlier this month.

CBS News - 1d

Trump nominates Susan Monarez for CDC director

President Trump announced Susan Monarez is to be elevated from her role as acting CDC director, after nominee David Weldon was withdrawn earlier this month.

CBS News - 1d

Trump picks new CDC nominee, acting director Susan Monarez

The White House has picked Susan Monarez, the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as the new nominee to lead the agency. Monarez’s selection comes after the ...

The Hill - 1d

Trump picks acting CDC director Susan Monarez to lead the agency

President Donald Trump has selected Susan Monarez as his new nominee to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

NBC News - 1d

Trump Nominates Susan Monarez to Lead C.D.C.

Currently the agency’s acting director, Dr. Monarez would be the first nonphysician to head the agency in more than 50 years.

The New York Times - 1d

5 high-level officials leave CDC

Five top-level officials at the CDC announced their retirements during a Tuesday meeting, after President Trump named acting director Susan Monarez as his nominee to lead the agency.

The Hill - 6h

White House withdraws CDC director nomination

The White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dave Weldon to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee announced it has ...

The Hill - Mar. 13

White House withdraws CDC director nomination just before his Senate confirmation hearing

The White House has withdrawn the nomination of former Rep. Dave Weldon, R-Fla., whom President Donald Trump had chosen to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a ...

NBC News - Mar. 13

White House pulls Trump’s nomination for CDC director hours before confirmation hearing

The White House pulled Weldon's nomination just hours before the former Florida lawmaker was set to appear before the U.S. Senate for confirmation.

CNBC - Mar. 13

Murkowski, Collins expressed concerns prior to White House pulling Weldon nomination

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) and Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R) expressed their concerns over Dave Weldon’s nomination to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) prior to senior ...

The Hill - Mar. 13

Inside Trump pick's scrapped CDC nomination

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump's pick to lead the CDC was abruptly pulled. What happened? Dave Weldon, President Trump’s pick to lead ...

The Hill - Mar. 13

White House pulling Dave Weldon's nomination to run CDC

A White House official confirmed that the administration is pulling Dave Weldon's nomination to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CBS News - Mar. 13

Watch live: Trump's CDC nominee Dave Weldon faces confirmation hearing

A Senate panel will consider President Trump's nominee to serve as the director for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), former Rep. Dave Weldon (R-Fla.), at a confirmation hearing on Thursday. ...

The Hill - Mar. 13

Bhattacharya's nomination as NIH director advances in Senate

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted to advance Jay Bhattacharya's nomination as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Thursday. He now faces a ...

The Hill - Mar. 13

Dave Weldon, former lawmaker and vaccine critic, faces Senate grilling at CDC confirmation hearing

Dr. Dave Weldon, a former Florida congressman and physician, is set to appear at a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday for his nomination to lead the CDC.

NBC News - Mar. 12

White House withdraws CDC director nominee

Dave Weldon had faced growing scrutiny over his anti-vaccine views.

Politico - Mar. 13

Trump administration considers plan to eliminate CDC's HIV prevention division

The Trump administration is expected to drastically downsize the CDC's Division of HIV Prevention, a senior official with the Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday.

NBC News - Mar. 18

Trump set to nominate Michelle Bowman as Fed’s top bank supervisor

President Donald Trump is set to nominate Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman to be the central bank’s top bank supervisor, a White House official confirmed to MarketWatch.

MarketWatch - Mar. 12

A Pentagon Nomination Fight Reveals the New Rules of Trump’s Washington

When Elbridge A. Colby’s nomination for an obscure but important Pentagon job drew resistance, President Trump’s most ardent backers rallied to his defense.

The New York Times - Mar. 17

Murray says CDC nominee believes 'lie' on vaccine-autism link

Dave Weldon, President Trump’s nominee to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), told a top Democratic senator that he believes there’s a link between vaccines and autism and ...

The Hill - Mar. 12

Trump nominates conservative media critic for ambassador to South Africa during strained relations

U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated conservative media critic and pro-Israel commentator Leo Brent Bozell III as ambassador to South Africa

ABC News - 1h

White House pulls CDC nominee because they didn’t have the votes: Sources

Minutes before his confirmation hearing, the White House pulled David Weldon's nomination to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

ABC News - Mar. 13

Democrats ask Trump to remove Patel as acting ATF director

A group of Democrats are calling on President Trump to remove FBI Director Kash Patel as the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Fourteen Democratic ...

The Hill - Mar. 18

Trump Nominates Bryan Bedford, Longtime Airlines Executive, to Lead FAA

The agency faces an air traffic controller shortage and the need to upgrade outdated systems that are critical to its operations.

The New York Times - Mar. 18

White House withdraws CDC nominee hours before Senate hearing

Trump officials say Weldon - an ally of RFK Jr - did not have the Senate votes necessary to be confirmed.

BBC News - Mar. 13

White House withdraws nomination of vaccine-sceptic pick to head health agency

U-turn on candidacy of Dave Weldon to lead Centers for Disease Control a rare setback for Donald Trump

Financial Times - Mar. 13

Judge finds Trump unlawfully fired head of federal employee labor board

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that President Trump’s firing of the head of a board that resolves disputes between federal employees and the government was unlawful. U.S. District Judge Sparkle ...

The Hill - Mar. 13

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates to debate about Trump, Musk and key issues

A closely watched Wisconsin Supreme Court election takes center stage as Republican-backed Brad Schimel and Democratic-backed Susan Crawford are set to debate.

ABC News - Mar. 12

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates spar on abortion law, Musk, Trump during debate

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Brad Schimel and Susan Crawford sparred over abortion law, as well as Elon Musk, during a debate.

ABC News - Mar. 13

Amazon to begin streaming Trump reality show ‘The Apprentice’

Amazon announced on Monday that it will begin streaming President Trump’s reality TV show “The Apprentice.” In a release, Prime Video said seasons one through seven of Trump’s Emmy Award-nominated ...

The Hill - Mar. 10

CDC nominee Dave Weldon is likely to be pressed on his vaccine views at Senate hearing

President Trump's nominee to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is getting ready to appear before Congress

ABC News - Mar. 12

CDC nominee Dave Weldon is likely to be pressed on his vaccine views at Senate hearing

President Trump's nominee to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is getting ready to appear before Congress

ABC News - Mar. 12

Voice of America director says Trump's dismantling of agency is "self-inflicted blow"

Voice of America, the government-funded news agency launched during World War II to counter Nazi propaganda, stopped broadcasting over the weekend after its employees were put on leave or ...

CBS News - Mar. 17

UNAIDS director proposes that President Trump make an 'amazing deal' to end HIV

The head of the U.N. AIDS agency says the sudden loss of American money has been “devastating” for efforts to stop HIV and will cost many lives of the world’s most vulnerable people

ABC News - 1d

'We launched a drug war, not a trade war': NEC director

President Trump’s top economic aide Kevin Hassett was interviewed on "This Week."

ABC News - Mar. 9

CDC will research widely debunked link between vaccines and autism

The CDC is initiating expanded research into understanding autism and widely debunked links between vaccines and autism

NBC News - Mar. 8

Live updates: Trump meets with NATO leader; judge blasts effort to fire federal workers

The Senate must pass a short-term funding bill before the government shutdown, while the White House has pulled its nominee for the CDC and President Trump has threatened Europe with more tariffs ...

The Hill - Mar. 13

Senators press Trump Social Security nominee on his views about privatizing the agency

Fiserv CEO Frank Bisignano is scheduled Tuesday to face senators' questions on his nomination to serve as Social Security commissioner.

CNBC - 1d

Senate panel OKs Makary's nomination as FDA commissioner

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted Thursday to advance Marty Makary's nomination as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He will likely be ...

The Hill - Mar. 13

Trump nominates Susan Monarez for CDC director

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