{
  "id": 8036863,
  "title": "STAT+: FDA has too few staffers to hire more staff",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/stat-fda-has-too-few-staffers-to-hire-more-staff",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-17T14:17:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "STAT News",
    "slug": "stat-news",
    "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/17/fda-hiring-bottleneck-senate-hearings-chris-klomp-nicole-saphier/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The American Enterprise Institute has identified a potential loophole in the GOP's new Medicaid work requirements law. Democrats are anticipated to conduct extensive investigations into the Trump administration if they gain control of either the House or Senate. Although there has been discussion about focusing on high-profile issues like Jeffrey Epstein, immigration, presidential pardons, and Trump and his family's involvement in cryptocurrency and government contracts, there is also significant opportunity for health care investigations. The full story can be found in STAT+.",
  "summary": "FDA's hiring bottleneck, Dems plan for health care oversight, and more from STAT's D.C. Diagnosis newsletter.",
  "key_points": [
    "GOP Medicaid law may have loophole",
    "Democrats likely to investigate Trump admin",
    "Health care investigations potential focus"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}