Nominates

• O governo Trump apresentou uma nova lista de indicados para liderar diversos conselhos federais e fundos fiduciários, incluindo um que supervisionará uma importante cerimônia de premiação cultural este ano, de acordo com anúncios da Casa Branca. • As seleções incluem aliados políticos próximos e comentaristas conservadores, reforçando o padrão de Trump de colocar aliados de confiança em cargos de supervisão que gerenciam subsídios, doações e instituições voltadas ao público. • Democratas e alguns órgãos de fiscalização do governo levantaram preocupações de que as nomeações possam introduzir critérios partidários em programas tradicionalmente apartidários.

• President Donald Trump announced Dr. Jennifer Shuford, Texas' top public health official and infectious disease physician, as his nominee for CDC chief medical officer on Thursday via Truth Social. • Shuford oversaw the country's largest measles outbreak in 30 years; other nominees include Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director, Sean Slovenski as deputy director and COO, and Dr. Sara Brenner as senior counselor to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. • The appointments aim to reshape CDC leadership amid ongoing public health challenges in the US.

Schwartz was deputy surgeon general under Trump’s first administration and is a rear admiral in the US Coast GuardDonald Trump announced Thursday that he has selected Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), bringing to an end a months-long search for a permanent head of the troubled public health agency.Trump revealed his choice on Truth Social, saying: “I am pleased to announce the new leadership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It is my Honor to nominate the incredibly talented Dr Erica Schwartz, MD, JD, MPH, as my Director of the CDC,” he wrote. “She is a STAR!” Continue reading...