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Marty Makary is resigning as President Donald Trump's Food and Drug Administration head. The surgeon and health researcher's tenure had drawn complaints from health industry executives, anti-abortion activists and other Trump allies.
The head of the Food and Drug Association, Marty Makary, is resigning Tuesday, becoming the latest Cabinet member to leave the Trump administration. Makary is resigning from the agency after clashing with President Trump over vaping and other policy decisions,
When the week began, several senior positions at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services were already sitting empty. Then on Tuesday Dr. Marty Makary resigned as head of the FDA, leaving another major health agency with only an acting commissioner.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan Caine are on Capitol Hill for budget hearings on Tuesday morning. The top GOP House appropriators seemed dubious of plans to fund the Pentagon’s $1.