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Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, has been picked to lead the Food and Drug Administration, President Trump announced Wednesday.

As a medical doctor and deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council who has worked on several of Trump’s second-term health initiatives, Overton has become a trusted figure in the administration and a champion of the president’s goals.

Yet any new FDA commissioner will have to balance a raft of competing priorities, between Trump’s fixations, the anti-regulatory interests of traditional Republicans and the anti-corporate posture of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Those challenges dogged the tenure of the previous FDA head, Dr. Marty Makary, who resigned in May, leaving behind unfinished projects including work on ultraprocessed foods, antidepressants and COVID-19 shots.

Referring to a “Dr. Heidi” in a Truth Social post, Trump called Overton a smart and respected “rockstar” who would deliver on his priorities of faster cures, innovation, lower drug prices and more wins for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again movement.

Swenson writes for the Associated Press.

Aug. 19 (UPI) — President Donald Trump is expected to nominate Dr. Heidi Overton, a White House policy aide, to lead the Food and Drug Administration.

The decision was reported by the Washington Post, The New York Times and Politico, all citing anonymous sources. Overton is an aide at the White House’s Domestic Policy Council and will be tapped to be the next FDA commissioner, sources say.

Overton will replace Marty Makary, who left the position in May, and the Senate will have to confirm her to the position.

The FDA commissioner is one of the most powerful jobs in U.S. health care. The FDA oversees drugs, vaccines, tobacco products, the bulk of the food supply and more. The position has remained open longer than expected as some have turned it down over fears of administration interference, the Post reported.

The position has been run by acting FDA Commissioner Kyle Diamantas, a friend of Donald Trump Jr., and a former partner at the law firm Jones Day.

Overton is board-certified in public health and general preventive medicine and was a general surgery resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, where she also earned a doctorate in clinical investigation. She worked at the America First Policy Institute, a conservative think tank. She has also written articles calling abortion “corrosive” to women. She called abortion pills “far more dangerous to women” and has called for more controls on the pills.

In September, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Overton and Calley Means worked on a Make America Healthy Again strategy report calling for more review of chemicals in food and an increase in oversight over pharmaceutical advertisements, The Times reported.

Makary left the position in May because he disagreed with the administration’s policy of allowing tobacco and e-cigarette companies to sell flavored vapes. The White House had been pressuring Makary to allow the vapes, but he disagreed, citing their appeal to teens and young adults.

The FDA approved mango and blueberry vapes just after Trump had lunch with tobacco executives, The Times reported.

While she is a doctor and has been present for many FDA announcements at the White House, she hasn’t run a large agency before. The FDA has thousands of employees and shapes food safety and pharmaceutical policies.

DESTINY’S Child were famously mocked in the noughties and compared to the reality show Survivor, with the group’s line-up changes likened to being ‘voted off the island’. 

But Destiny’s Child’s shift from four to three members had nothing on the Sugababes, whose members at one point didn’t include a single one of the original three: Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhan Donaghy. 

Mutya and Keisha, both 41, and Siobhan, 42, successfully won back the rights to the group’s name in 2019 and seem to have found the winning formula for reunions, releasing a string of new music and even headlining shows at The O2 Arena last year. 

But now the girls are facing competition from their former bandmates, as The Sun can exclusively reveal Heidi Range and Amelle Berrabah are plotting a comeback. 

Our source said: “Amelle and Heidi never fell out. The group just stopped and they were all ready for a break at the time. 

“But Amelle has been performing solo solidly since 2024 and has been suggesting for some time now that Heidi should join her. It’s taken some persuasion but Heidi finally feels ready to get back to doing what she loves.” 

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It’s often suggested by die-hard Sugababes fans that the group didn’t achieve commercial success until Heidi, 43, replaced Siobhan in 2001. 

Following her arrival, Sugababes scored their first number one with Freak Like Me and enjoyed a string of hits in the years that followed. 

Amelle became part of the line-up in 2005 – replacing Mutya – and the group went on to release arguably their biggest hit so far, About You Now, which has sold more than a million units in the UK alone.

Final founding member Keisha was then replaced by Jade Ewen in 2009 and two years later they went on an indefinite hiatus. 

But in 2024, Amelle confirmed to The Sun she was ready for them to get back together, despite being unable to use the Sugababes name. She said at the time: “It could be something. I’d never say no to it.” 

For Jade, 38, the Sugababes is firmly in her past, but we understand Amelle and Heidi have been inspired by comments from fans urging them to make a comeback. 

In May, Heidi returned to the stage for the first time in 15 years at Mighty Hoopla, where she performed alongside her All Saints pals Nicole and Natalie Appleton. 

Our insider said: “Heidi didn’t realise how much she missed the feeling of being on stage until then. 

“She’s in no way bitter about not being included in Mutya and Keisha’s Sugababes return and respects that Siobhan walked so she could run. 

“But the demand from fans since Mighty Hoopla has been intense and now Heidi and Amelle are planning out performances of their own. Afterall, they co-wrote most of Sugababes hits so why shouldn’t they?

“Amelle and Heidi legally won’t be able to be billed as Sugababes for any live shows but nobody can stop them from using the music.”

As for Mutya, Keisha and Siobhan? The Sun understands they know they can’t stop Amelle and Heidi but are already anticipating some potentially awkward run-ins. 

“They’re not worried,” a source said. “Keisha and Mutya have said on record many times that they’ve got no bad feelings towards Heidi and Amelle. But the thought of being booked for the same festival is something they’re trying not to think about. 

“Who knows, though? Maybe they’ll give the fans what they want and come together as a five-piece for a one-off performance. Stranger things have happened.” 

The Sun has reached out to representatives for Sugababes, Heidi and Amelle for comment. 

HEIDI Katona cut a chic figure as she posed for a set of glamorous new snaps ahead of a night out.

Kerry Katona’s daughter posed up a storm in a series of selfies before heading out with a pal.

The 19-year-old regularly shares fashion and lifestyle content with her 40,500 Instagram followers.

Sharing the snaps, Heidi joked that she and her friend were “not sold separately”.

Fans went wild for the pictures, with one writing: “Beautiful Heidi.”

Another simply declared: “Jaw on the floor.”

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Heidi is no stranger to the spotlight, having previously appeared on The Voice Kids.

But the teenager has plenty of other career options in mind and is currently studying A-levels in sociology, psychology and criminology.

She is considering her university options, although she has also previously revealed she would love to pursue a singing career or enter the I’m A Celebrity jungle.

One reality show she won’t be signing up for anytime soon, however, is Love Island.

Heidi has admitted she doesn’t feel she has “enough life experience” for the ITV2 dating show – and wouldn’t want mum Kerry watching her kiss someone on television.

She has also ruled out following her mum onto OnlyFans.

Speaking previously about her ambitions, Heidi said: “I couldn’t do OnlyFans. Mum has said I can’t do it either.

“It is not the route in life I want to take, I want to be a lawyer or a property developer.”

Heidi’s Dad is former taxi driver Mark Croft who Kerry also shares her son Max, 17, with.

The couple were married from 2007 to 2010, with Heidi born in 2007.

HEIDI Klum looks half her age in a tiny zebra-print bikini for a sizzling and steamy beach photoshoot.

The America’s Got Talent alum, 53, has posed in an array of tiny bikinis as part of a brand collaboration with Calzedonia.

Posing on a sandy beach, the ageless beauty looked sensational as she smiled for the camera.

In one photo, Heidi rocked a zebra print number which showed off her sensational figure thanks to the plunging bikini top and low rise bottoms.

Another snap saw her lounging around in a brown glittery two-piece string bikini.

Heidi then rocked a bronze string bikini, which left very little to the imagination.

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She also wore a yellow gold number, which displayed her svelte figure seamlessly.

Last month, Heidi went topless in just a pair of tiny thong bikini bottoms as she sunbathed on her swanky hotel balcony.

Heidi was accompanied by her husband, Tokio Hotel guitarist Tom Kaulitz, who wore what appeared to be a polka-dot pyjama top and sunglasses before taking off his shirt.

Just weeks before her topless moment in the sun, the costume-loving star was completely unrecognizable as she transformed into a living statue at A-list fashion event The Met Gala.

Heidi and her husband Tom got engaged in 2018 and then got married in California in February 2019.

The pair then had a second ceremony in Capri, Italy later that same year in August 2019.

Speaking about Tom in an interview in 2022, Heidi gushed that she had “finally found the one” in her husband.

“I just know him so well. We just gel really well,” Heidi spilled in an interview with E! News.

“I just feel like, ‘Finally, I found the one.’ So far so good. I hope it stays that way.”

And in 2024 she even lifted the lid on their sex life.

Speaking about their “bedroom sports”, Heidi told The Sunday Times: “Sport en chambre is my favorite exercise – it sounds better in French.

“I have a younger husband,” she gushed.

She then revealed how the Tokio Hotel guitarist is “very good” and she even called her husband “my match”.

Heidi is also a mother and shares Leni, 22; Henry, 20; Johan, 19; and Lou, 16, with her ex-husband Seal.