<p>Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary is leaving the Trump administration, according to three people familiar with the situation, after President Donald Trump signed off on a <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2026%2F05%2F08%2Fhealth%2Fmakary-fda-commissioner">plan to fire him</a> last week.</p>
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Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary is leaving the Trump administration, according to three people familiar with the situation, after President Donald Trump signed off on a plan to fire him last week.

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<p>Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary is leaving the Trump administration, according to three people familiar with the situation, after President Donald Trump signed off on a <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2026%2F05%2F08%2Fhealth%2Fmakary-fda-commissioner">plan to fire him</a> last week.</p>
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