President Donald Trump’s surgeon general nominee reported investments in the tobacco company Philip Morris International as well as beverage companies Monster Beverage Corp, Coca-Cola Co. and Pepsi Co., according to financial disclosures released Thursday.
'The pendulum swung too far.'
Nicole Saphier, a breast cancer radiologist, is the president's third nominee for surgeon general. Will she get confirmed?
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President Trump announced his new pick for surgeon general, radiologist and Fox News contributor Nicole Saphier, after the nomination for Casey Means was stalled by opposition. #Trump #SurgeonGeneral #NicoleSaphier About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political newsmakers. Follow Rising on social…
President Trump on Thursday pulled the controversial nomination of Casey Means for surgeon general, announcing on Truth Social that her replacement would be Fox News contributor and radiologist Dr. Nicole Saphier, marking his third nominee for the post. #Surgeongeneral #Trump #Nicolesaphier
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President Donald Trump on Thursday withdrew Casey Means’s nomination for surgeon general. The announcement came after nearly 11 months of Senate inaction on the nomination, as Senate health committee members Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AL) would not say whether they would vote for her. On Truth Social, Trump blamed Cassidy for having “stood in the way,” of Means’s nomination, calling him a “very disloyal person.” In a separate post on Truth Social, Trump said that he would nominate Nicole Saphier, a radiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and longtime Fox News medical contributor, to serve as the nation’s chief doctor. Secretary of Health and Human…Open
The "Make America Healthy Again" movement notched a big win on pesticide regulation during Thursday's debate on a House farm bill, only to see the White House pull the nomination of a favored influencer for surgeon general hours later. Why it matters: The events showed how the movement continues to have clout on matters related to the food supply, but can be a political liability when it comes to vaccines and other public health matters. Driving the news: MAHA-aligned House Republicans joined with Democrats on Thursday to remove language in the House farm bill that critics said would have protected pesticide manufacturers, in a 280-142 vote. - The bill language would have prevented states and courts from "failure-to-warn" lawsuits about…
President Trump says he's nominating former Fox News Channel contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier for surgeon general after Dr. Casey Means' path forward stalled in the Senate over questions about her experience and her stance on vaccines.