Jim Jones, director of the Food and Drug Administration’s food division, slammed the “indiscriminate firing” of dozens of his employees and recent rhetoric from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his resignation letter to acting FDA commissioner Sara Brenner, which The Washington Post has reproduced below.

WASHINGTON (7News) — The FDA may soon have a new leader. Dr. Marty Makary is a renowned Johns Hopkins surgeon and President Donald Trump's pick to head the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Two lists identifying lease terminations and possible sales of federal agencies’ offices and buildings throughout the United States, including Washington state, have been circulating recently as the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency advance government spending cuts.

A new federal commission will ‘investigate’ decades-old mental health as well as weight loss drugs, prompting concerns from clinicians and patients. What could the FDA do to restrict or revoke approvals for these drugs?

Patient advocacy groups had decried the firings, and lobbying groups rushed to save some slots that were in part funded by the private sector.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has eliminated two committees that advise it on food safety, members said on Friday, raising concerns about government oversight of the food supply as the Trump administration seeks to downsize the federal bureaucracy and slash costs.

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a possible ... Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, joins "America Decides" to discuss the state of Kennedy's nomination.