Breaking: President Trump Pulls Jared Isaacman Nomination to Lead NASA Over “Prior Associations”, Was Backed by Elon Musk

President Donald Trump announced Saturday night he is withdrawing the nomination of space entrepreneur and astronaut Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator over “prior associations.” FEC records show Isaacman had been a donor to Democrats in the 2020s before he was nominated.

Isaacman, who was backed by recently departed DOGE chief Elon Musk, was nominated by Trump in December and easily cleared a Senate committee vote on April 30, 19-9. A confirmation vote by the full Senate, which Isaacman...