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Meet Trump’s pick to regulate your food and medicine

August 20, 2026·15 min·5-min readnarrativenews
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The episode covers three major international and domestic developments: President Trump’s controversial nomination of Dr. Heidi Overton to lead the FDA, a last-minute U.S.-Canada trade deal that pauses threatened tariffs, and growing U.S. influence in Brazil’s contentious presidential ele

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Heidi OvertonRachel RoubeinGavin BadeManuela AndreoniLuiz Inácio Lula da SilvaFlávio BolsonaroCecilia Lei

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The Washington PostThe Wall Street JournalReuters

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