'Clown show': Critics mock Trump's pick of Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid

Donald Trump made yet another controversial nomination on Tuesday by announcing celebrity TV Dr. Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency that administers health coverage to tens of millions of elderly and low-income people.

The announcement of Oz, who was notorious for pushing COVID-19 disinformation and hawking unproven supplements as miracle cures, and who ran unsuccessfully for Senate in Pennsylvania in the 2022 elections, drew praise from Trump's supporters ...