President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he will nominate White House domestic policy adviser Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration. If confirmed by the Senate, Overton would oversee an agency that has dealt with massive layoffs after the administration’s widespread reduction-in-force efforts last year. The agency has also dealt with high-level turnover and […]

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Heidi Overton, a medical doctor and veteran of the America First think tank, currently serves as deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council.

If confirmed, she would have to balance a raft of competing priorities