Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s long and tumultuous road to Donald Trump’s Cabinet faced its toughest test on Wednesday, when the vaccine conspiracy theorist and former presidential candidate appeared before the Senate Finance Committee to defend his nomination as Health and Human Services secretary. Once a staunch critic of Trump, Kennedy …
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As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. prepared to sit for his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, former U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy is warning senators that her cousin is a “predator” who is “addicted to attention and power.” In a letter obtained by The Washington Post, and later published online, Kennedy wrote …
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to “Make America Healthy Again” as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services — petitioned the government to stop use of all Covid-19 vaccines in the heart of the pandemic. Kennedy petitioned the Food and Drug Administration in …
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Politicians talk a lot. They say moving things, insightful things, and incredibly dumb things. Whether it was a meticulously prepared speech, an off-the-cuff retort, or a late night social media post, 2024 was a year of dissecting, analyzing, mocking, and feeling the impact of political speech. Amid a heated contest …
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As Ranking Member of both the House Appropriations Committee and of the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Subcommittee, I oversee funding for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the largest department in the U.S. government. This pillar of our government administers the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency that provides health …
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An adviser and lawyer helping Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vet potential agency officials has filed over a dozen lawsuits challenging the availability of common vaccines — including the polio vaccine. According to a Friday report from The New York Times, Aaron Siri, an attorney who …
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A group of 75 Nobel Prize winners have issued an open letter calling on members of the Senate to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to become Secretary of Health and Human Services. “Placing Mr. Kennedy in charge of DHHS would put the public’s health in jeopardy and undermine America’s …
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Donald Trump gave a noncommittal answer when asked about his plans for abortion pills. The president-elect, in an interview with Meet the Press that aired Sunday, was asked by moderator Kristen Welker if he would restrict access to abortion medications. At first he said he “probably” would not, before leaving …
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Public health officials have discovered bird flu in a batch of raw milk being sold in California stores. The Santa Clara County Public Health Department discoveredthe contamination in a batch of “cream top, whole raw milk” produced by Raw Farms LLC. The California Department of Public Health warned consumers not …
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Jon Stewart weighed in on Donald Trump‘s cabinet picks, arguing that the president-elect doesn’t see some of his more confounding selections a drawback, but rather a plus, given his previously-stated goals of overhauling and eliminating several of the country’s key agencies. “I think we’re missing the mark on the idea …
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