WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will nominate Susan Monarez, the acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

the CDC director was appointed to lead the agency and didn’t need to go through a Senate hearing and vote. Earlier this month, the White House withdrew its nomination of Weldon after White House ...

a White House official confirmed Monday. Trump abruptly withdrew the nomination of his first pick, David Weldon, earlier this month. Monarez has been serving as the CDC’s acting director since ...

Weldon was to be the first CDC director subject to the confirmation process. The White House decision to abandon Weldon’s nomination represents a rare setback for the Trump administration ...

The White House has picked Susan Monarez, the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as the new nominee to lead the agency. Monarez’s selection comes after the ...