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Trump’s FDA boss resigning as admin taps next acting leader

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary is resigning from his position Tuesday, a White House official told Fox News Digital. 

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The official said that Makary’s resignation has to do with «process at the FDA» and not a specific issue, and said there is «no bad blood» between President Donald Trump and the outgoing commissioner. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed for Makary’s resignation, according to the White House official. 

Kyle Diamantis, FDA deputy commissioner for Food, will serve as acting commissioner, Fox News Digital learned. 

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Makary’s resignation follows an escalating clash with pro-life groups over the handling of a controversial abortion drug, a fight that could carry political consequences for Republicans heading into the midterms. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Makary’s resignation followed mounting pressure from pro-life advocates and administration critics who had grown frustrated with his handling of several high-profile FDA decisions and claims he has slow-rolled MAHA initiatives, according to media reports in recent weeks.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that the president had reportedly already signed off on a plan to fire Makary, citing three familiar sources who cited Makary’s handling of abortion and drug policy. 

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«I’ve been reading about it, but I know nothing about it,» Trump said the same day after he was asked by reporters if Makary would be fired.

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The resignation comes one day before Makary was set to testify in front of the Senate Appropriations Committee Wednesday.

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Though Makary’s resignation is not attributable to a specific issue, according to the White House official, his tenure atop the FDA has put him at the center of fights over abortion drug mifepristone – otherwise known as the «abortion pill» – vaccine policy and drug approvals, frustrating pro-life activists and MAHA-aligned critics who argued the agency has moved too slowly to carry out Trump’s health agenda.

When Trump was elected, pro-life groups and voters were banking on the administration rolling-back Biden-era rules that allowed mifepristone to be prescribed online and shipped through the mail. But the FDA left those rules intact and last year, under Makary’s leadership, approved a new generic version of the pill.

«President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy must end this now, remove Commissioner Makary, stop the mail order abortion scheme, and pull these child-killing drugs from the market,» said Live Action president Lila Rose to Fox News Digital ahead of Makary’s resignation.

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«President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy must end this now, remove Commissioner Makary, stop the mail order abortion scheme, and pull these child-killing drugs from the market,» said Live Action president Lila Rose to Fox News Digital ahead of Makary’s resignation. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

«What a mess Makary turned out to be,» a Trump administration official told Fox News Digital earlier in May, claiming the commissioners’ comments and actions have told «every pro-life advocate their concerns are an afterthought.»

«The arrogance is stunning,» they added of the FDA commissioner.

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President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looking on as FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary speaks in the White House Roosevelt Room

Makary’s exit follows a series of high profile departures this year, including former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and former Attorney General Pam Bondi. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser told the Wall Street Journal earlier in May that «Trump is the problem,» when it comes to the abortion issues falling off for the GOP in recent years. 

And if candidates want her group’s $160 million in the midterms and 2028 presidential election, she said they must commit «to pro-life action at the national level.»

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Makary’s exit follows a series of high profile departures this year, including former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and former Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.

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WATCH: Chuck Schumer sidesteps Platner scandals, confirms support for controversial Dem

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., ignored persistent questions about controversies surrounding Democrat Graham Platner and reaffirmed his support for the embattled Senate candidate.

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Platner, a Marine veteran and oyster farmer, has faced a series of controversies in recent weeks, including criticism over a tattoo with links to Nazi imagery, resurfaced Reddit posts where he made inflammatory comments about veterans and reports about sexually explicit messages exchanged with other women during his marriage.

Speaking with journalists in the Capitol on Tuesday, Schumer was pressed on whether he, as the top Senate Democrat, is satisfied with Platner’s explanations of the scandals dogging his campaign. In response, he said, «I met with Graham Platner today, we’re going to beat [Sen.] Susan Collins and take back the Senate.»

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., confirmed his support for Maine Democratic candidate Graham Platner on Tuesday amid mounting controversy. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Schumer was asked several more times whether he still supports Platner in the face of the scandals considering his endorsement came before all the controversy. He was also asked whether Democrats’ backing of Platner undermines the party’s credibility in criticizing Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who has faced some similar scandals.

The New York senator did not respond to these questions directly. Instead, he repeated: «We’re going to beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate.»

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Schumer attempted to prompt reporters to ask about other topics. 

«Any other subjects you got?» he said. But reporters continued to zero-in on his support for Platner.

After being asked about the candidate for a fifth time, Schumer finally responded, «As I said, I endorsed Graham Platner.»

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«We’re going to beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate,» he reiterated before walking away.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders and Graham Platner standing together at the Collins Center for the Arts in Orono, Maine

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner stand together during a «Fighting Oligarchy» tour stop at the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine campus in Orono, Maine, on May 24, 2026. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Platner has run a deeply controversial campaign, in addition to being the subject of various scandals, he faced scrutiny for having a «Totenkopf» Nazi SS tattoo, which he then covered-up with a different tattoo.

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The far-left Senate hopeful has most notably ignited backlash after his vulgar messages on a since-deleted Reddit account were uncovered. Under the moniker «P-hustle,» Platner joked about masturbating in public portable toilets, among other crude posts.

Platner also called himself a communist, denigrated rural White people as «racist» and «stupid» and singled out Black people for not tipping.

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Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, points to a covered tattoo that was previously recognized as a Nazi symbol during an interview in Portland, Maine, on Oct. 22, 2025. (WGME via AP)

It was also recently uncovered that Platner has an active account on Kik, an anonymous chatting platform notorious for lax identification methods that have enabled the proliferation of child sexual abuse material.

The profile, reviewed by Fox News Digital, contains a sexually suggestive picture of Platner only wearing a towel around his waist. It is unclear when the image was taken, but Platner created the account in 2016. 

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Schumer previously endorsed Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills to challenge Collins. Mills dropped out of the race in April, citing failure to garner the necessary financial backing for her campaign.

Her departure left Platner the frontrunner in the Democratic primary.

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Dura condena al masivo bombardeo ruso con misiles y drones en varias ciudades de Ucrania que dejó al menos 23 muertos

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Un ataque ruso con decenas de misiles y cientos de drones causó la muerte de al menos 22 personas en Ucrania durante la noche, entre ellas dos niños, lo que supone uno de los mayores ataques de Moscú en los últimos meses.

El secretario general de la ONU, Antonio Guterres, «condena firmemente» el último ataque con drones y misiles rusos contra Ucrania, declaró su portavoz Stéphane Dujarric. «Una vez más subrayamos que los ataques contra civiles e infraestructuras civiles están prohibidos por el derecho internacional humanitario y deben cesar», dijo a la prensa el vocero, que reiteró el llamamiento a una «desescalada» que conduzca a un alto el fuego.

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También Francia condenó «con la mayor firmeza» los ataques «masivos» y «cínicos» lanzados por Rusia durante la noche contra Kiev y varias zonas del este de Ucrania.

El presidente ucraniano, Volodimir Zelenski, había advertido en los últimos días de un posible ataque masivo por parte de Rusia, después de que Moscú pidiera a las embajadas extranjeras en Kiev que evacuaran. «Si Ucrania no está protegida contra misiles balísticos y otros proyectiles, estos ataques continuarán», declaró el presidente ucraniano en redes sociales.

El presidente ruso, Vladímir Putin, ha intensificado la campaña aérea de Moscú en las últimas semanas en un aparente intento de aprovechar la escasez de sistemas de defensa antiaérea de fabricación estadounidense en Ucrania y persuadir a los rusos de que Moscú está prevaleciendo en la guerra de cuatro años cuando los drones ucranianos penetran cada vez con mayor profundidad en territorio de Rusia, llevando la guerra a los hogares de ese país.

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Equipos de emergencia que excavaban entre los restos sacaron el cadáver de un niño de 3 años y los de una mujer y su hijo de 8 en Dnipro, una ciudad del centro de Ucrania, dijeron funcionarios. En esa urbe hubo 12 muertos. El ataque se prolongó durante la mañana y el estruendo de las explosiones resonó en las ciudades.

Rusia lanzó 73 misiles y 656 drones contra Ucrania, según la fuerza aérea del país, con objetivos principales como Kiev, la ciudad central de Dnipro, y Poltava, Járkiv y Zaporiyia en el este. Las fuerzas de defensa antiaérea ucranianas destruyeron y neutralizaron 40 misiles y 602 aviones no tripulados.

En Kiev, los residentes llevaban días alistándose para otra ofensiva después de que Rusia advirtió que se avecinaba un ataque aéreo masivo e instó a los diplomáticos extranjeros a abandonar la capital. Ninguno pareció atender el llamado y ninguna embajada reportó de inmediato daños el martes.

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Sin embargo, las advertencias de Moscú y el largo tiempo transcurrido antes de que Rusia atacara realmente afectaron a los residentes de Kiev. Durante días, Rusia lanzó aviones simulando un ataque a gran escala, lo que provocó alarmas y un gran desgaste físico y psicológico entre la población. Muchas familias terminaron durmiendo en el metro de Kiev y en estacionamientos durante varias noches. Para la mañana de ayer, cuando los primeros drones rusos cruzaron la frontera hacia Ucrania, los refugios estaban llenos. Quienes llegaron en mitad de la noche, tras las primeras alertas de misiles, tuvieron dificultades para encontrar un lugar donde recostarse.

Tras levantarse la alerta, familias adormiladas regresaban a casa mientras el sol se abría paso entre las densas nubes de humo que cubrían Kiev. Pero después de las 7 de la mañana, cuando algunas personas ya se dirigían al trabajo, Rusia atacó la ciudad con misiles balísticos hipersónicos, según funcionarios ucranianos, dejando poco tiempo para que la población buscara refugio nuevamente.

Putin ha intensificado la campaña aérea y sus fuerzas lanzaron recientemente otro de sus potentes misiles balísticos hipersónicos Oreshnik. La escasez de defensas antiaéreas en Ucrania, en parte debido al agotamiento de las existencias estadounidenses por la guerra de Irán, ha hecho que los civiles sean especialmente vulnerables a misiles balísticos, aunque las defensas de Kiev detengan la mayoría de los drones de Moscú.

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Putin está ansioso por generar noticias positivas del conflicto que comenzó con una invasión rusa en febrero de 2022 de su vecino y no ha salido según lo planeado. Funcionarios y analistas occidentales dicen que los drones ucranianos están inmovilizando a las tropas enemigas en la línea del frente, estrangulando las líneas de suministro rusas en las regiones ocupadas de Ucrania y perturbando instalaciones petroleras en el interior de Rusia que proporcionan ingresos vitales para Moscú.

Eso ha hecho que la guerra, a la que el Kremlin se refiere como una “operación militar especial”, sea más visible para la población rusa y aumente la presión sobre Putin.

Según datos del Instituto para el Estudio de la Guerra (ISW), Ucrania recuperó en mayo de manos rusas unos 282 km², reduciendo por segundo mes consecutivo la zona de su territorio controlada por Moscú, que avanzaba desde finales de 2023.

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Los esfuerzos de paz liderados por EE.UU. se han frustrado porque las partes no lograron avances en diferencias clave y después la guerra de Irán captó la atención de Washington. Zelenski aceptó un alto el fuego exigido por Donald Trump, pero Putin se negó.

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Israel’s military eliminates Hamas terrorist who helped abduct American-Israeli hostage, 3 others

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The Israel Defense Forces announced Tuesday that it eliminated a Hamas terrorist who helped abduct American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who ultimately was murdered in the Gaza Strip. 

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The IDF said Yousef Ayesh Awad Ramadan, a deputy commander of a Hamas Nukhba terrorist cell, was killed in the central Gaza Strip on Monday. Nukhba, which is Arabic for elite, is the special forces for the Al-Qassam Brigades, which is Hamas’ military wing. 

«Ramadan infiltrated Israeli territory during the October 7th massacre and took part in the abduction of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eliya Cohen, Alon Ohel, and Or Levy from the bomb shelter at the Re’im Junction,» the IDF said Tuesday. 

«In addition, throughout the war, and in recent weeks, the terrorist advanced attack plans against IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians. As such, he posed an immediate threat to IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip,» it continued.

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Yousef Ayesh Awad Ramadan, a deputy commander of a Hamas Nukhba terrorist cell, was killed on Monday, June 1, 2026, the Israel Defense Forces said. (IDF)

Goldberg-Polin survived almost 11 months in underground tunnels following his capture but was killed alongside other hostages in August 2024, while still in captivity. He was 23 at the time of his death. 

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«According to our initial assessment, they were brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists shortly before we reached them,» then- IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said. 

Goldberg-Polin was abducted at a music festival in southern Israel during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack against the Jewish State.

He lost part of his left arm to a grenade in the attack.  

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Ambassador Danny Danon holding a photo of Hersh Goldberg-Polin at U.N. Security Council meeting

Ambassador Danny Danon, Israel’s permanent representative to the United Nations, holds a photo of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a hostage killed by Hamas, during a U.N. Security Council meeting on the Israel-Hamas conflict in New York City on Sept. 4, 2024. (David ‘Dee’ Delgado/Reuters)

Eliya Cohen survived 505 days in captivity. He faced extreme starvation, was kept chained in tunnels, and had surgery for a gunshot wound without anesthesia. He was released in February 2025 as part of a negotiated deal.

Or Levy survived 491 days in captivity. He endured harsh conditions and only learned after his release that his wife, Einav, had been killed in the Oct. 7 attack. He has since reunited with his young son.

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Alon Ohel spent more than two years as a hostage in Gaza until his release in October last year. 

Jonathan Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin standing together at a funeral in Jerusalem

Jonathan Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin attended the funeral of their son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a murdered U.S.-Israeli hostage, in Jerusalem in September 2024. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images)

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A talented pianist, he endured starvation, torture and serious eye injuries from a grenade. He was freed on Oct. 13, 2025, through a U.S.-brokered deal and returned home to recover. He now performs with Israeli artists.

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Fox News’ Yonat Friling, Robert McGreevy and Landon Mion contributed to this report.



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