Senate confirms Marty Makary to lead FDA

The Senate on Tuesday night confirmed Marty Makary to be the Food and Drug Administration commissioner.

Makary was easily confirmed by a 56-44 vote, picking up three Democrats.

Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin (Ill.) Maggie Hassan (N.H.) and Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) voted with all Republicans to confirm Makary.

A Johns Hopkins surgeon, Makary will take over an agency hammered by workforce cuts imposed by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. 

He will...