The Trump administration threw its support behind Casey Means for surgeon general a day after President Donald Trump injected uncertainty into her nomination, which has been stalled in the Senate. The president Sunday night on Air Force One said he didn’t know how she was doing in the confirmation process, noting that he was more focused on Iran. But he added, “We have a lot of great candidates for” surgeon general. In a statement Monday evening from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, the administration praised Means’s Stanford credentials and ties to the Make America Healthy Again movement. Her nomination tests the political power of the MAHA movement that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has championed.

Source: Washington Post March 31, 2026 10:44 UTC