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Trump Names Ex-OAN Host Natalie Harp as Aide

7/24/2026

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Summary

Story summary

President Donald Trump appointed former OAN presenter Natalie Harp as executive and special assistant, making her a personal aide.
Harp joined Trump’s post-presidency operation and 2024 campaign in 2022, handling communications.
She left One America News (OAN) in April 2022 after a staff cut triggered by DirecTV distribution changes.
Harp credited the Right to Try Act, a law Trump signed, with saving her life after bone-cancer treatments failed.

History

Historical Context

Congress passed the Right-to-Try Act in May 2018, after the Goldwater Institute’s model law and a unanimous Senate vote, creating a federal pathway for terminal patients to request Phase-I drugs without FDA approval. By June 2019 only two patients had used the route, a fact highlighted when former OAN anchor Natalie Harp praised the law at a June 2019 Freedom Coalition event and later joined Trump’s staff.

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Story summary

President Donald Trump appointed former OAN presenter Natalie Harp as executive and special assistant, making her a personal aide.
Harp joined Trump’s post-presidency operation and 2024 campaign in 2022, handling communications.
She left One America News (OAN) in April 2022 after a staff cut triggered by DirecTV distribution changes.
Harp credited the Right to Try Act, a law Trump signed, with saving her life after bone-cancer treatments failed.

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