Politicizing science: Trump’s pick to head the FDA—Heidi Overton— promotes an ‘alternative system’ of ‘conservative-based science’ Scientic American | September 1, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/01/politicizing-science-trumps-pick-to-head-the-fda-heidi-overton-promotes-an-alternative-system-of-conservative-based-science/ President Trump’s nominee to run the Food and Drug Administration once called for conservatives to build their own scientific journals and steer research funding toward right-wing policy goals, as Scientific American’s Adam Kovac reports.