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Meet Trump’s pick to regulate your food and medicine

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President Trump nominated White House aide Dr. Heidi Overton to lead the FDA, which has lacked a permanent leader for months. The Washington Post’s Rachel Roubein explains why some senators are already raising doubts.

Trump paused steep tariffs on Canadian imports hours before they were set to take effect. The Wall Street Journal’s Gavin Bade breaks down what happened.

The U.S. is casting a shadow over Brazil’s presidential race. Reuters’s Manuela Andreoni discusses how incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Trump ally Flávio Bolsonaro are gearing up for a tight contest.

Plus, U.S. national public debt topped $40 trillion for the first time, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are moving back to the U.K., and how a goose’s honks saved a Texas family’s barn from burning down.

Today’s episode was hosted by Cecilia Lei.

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