New Mexico Wellness Wire: Trump Taps Gallup Native as Next Head of FDA

Trump’s New FDA Nominee Draws Early MAHA Praise, Calls For Action On Abortion Pill

By VIRGINIA GRACE MCKINNON, The Daily Signal | August 19, 2026 President Donald Trump announced Wednesday afternoon that he has selected Dr. Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration.  “Today I am honored to nominate the wonderful Dr. Heidi Overton, MD, PhD, as our next FDA Commissioner,” Trump wrote in the Truth Social announcement. “Dr. Heidi has been a rockstar in my Administration, where she has worked directly with Secretary Ke…

Let’s Meet Trump’s Anti-Choice, Trans-Kid-Hating, Pseudoscience-Loving Nominee To Run The FDA

In social science, the Overton Window refers to the range of ideas considered socially acceptable at any given period in time. In medical science, Heidi Overton refers to a complete lunatic with ideas that should not be acceptable at any period or at any time … and who will soon be in charge of the FDA. Overton is a very, very far-right surgeon (man, something about surgeons!) and anti-abortion-rights activist who has been working in the Trump W…

New Mexico Wellness Wire: Trump taps Gallup native as next head of FDA

If confirmed by the Senate, Overton would become one of a handful of New Mexicans to hold high offices in the Trump administration.

President Trump Taps a Doctor He Calls “Always Right” for One of Washington’s Toughest Jobs – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Jack

President Trump has made his choice for one of the most powerful — and politically explosive — jobs in American health policy. His pick is physician Heidi Overton, a trusted White House policy adviser who has worked closely with Health Secretary Kennedy and Mehmet Oz. If the Senate confirms her, Overton will become the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. That means she would take command of the agency that decides which drugs …