Surgeon General nomination stuck in the Senate

The Hill -    President Trump’s nominee for U.S. surgeon general appears stuck in the Senate, the latest sign that some Republicans in Congress have reached their limit on the more divisive aspects of the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda.  

While the surgeon general wields no direct regulatory powers, the nation’s top doctor has a powerful bully pulpit — one that some in the GOP seem hesitant to hand over to Casey Means, a healthy living influencer with an expired medical license and no plans to renew it. 

Trump indicated he was open to withdrawing her nomination over the weekend, before the White House swiftly reaffirmed its support for Means, the sister of White House senior adviser Calley Means, an influential figure in Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s orbit.