Trump selects Heidi Overton, White House aide, to lead FDA

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he will nominate Heidi Overton, a top aide at the White House's Domestic Policy Council, to serve as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

If confirmed, Overton would succeed Marty Makary in a position that is one of the most powerful in U.S. health care, with the agency's sweeping mandate touching the daily lives of every American. The FDA oversees drugs, vaccines, tobacco products, the bulk of the food supply and more.