Trump administration to shrink federal health agencies by 20,000 employees
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy will cut 3,500 jobs from the Food and Drug Administration and 2,400 from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy will cut 3,500 jobs from the Food and Drug Administration and 2,400 from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Philadelphia doctors are expressing concern after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed and sworn in as health secretary.
Two Philadelphia doctors are expressing concern after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed and sworn in as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Many doctors and medical groups are opposed to Kennedy's nomination, taking issue with his controversial statements about the safety of vaccines.
Senators grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during the first of his two confirmation hearings on Wednesday. A big focus of the Kennedy nomination is his position on vaccinations. Stephanie Stahl reports with a reaction from a pediatrician at CHOP who is also a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Former President Donald Trump played the band's song "My Hero" when he welcomed former independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the stage at a rally in Arizona on Friday.
"In my heart, I no longer believe that I have a realistic path to electoral victory," Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, explaining his decision to "throw my support to President Trump."
Nicole Shanahan, RFK Jr.'s running mate, suggested the two might back Trump's bid for the presidency.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. won't testify in defense of his effort to appear on Pennsylvania's presidential ballot.
A Democrat-aligned super PAC is trying to keep RFK Jr. off the ballot in Pennsylvania, New York and Illinois.
"I said let's go put the bear in Central Park and we'll make it look like it got hit by a bike," Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a video he posted on X.
Multiple lawsuits have been filed across the country by Democrats and their allies to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. off the 2024 presidential ballot in several states.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed paperwork to get on the ballot for the November election in Pennsylvania.
Candidates had until 12:00:01 a.m. ET Thursday to meet the qualifications for the first presidential debate, which will be hosted by CNN.
Kennedy campaign spokesperson Stefanie Spear said in a statement that "the issue was resolved more than 10 years ago, and he is in robust physical and mental health."
Several of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s brothers and sisters endorsed the president, even as their brother makes his own bid for Biden's job.
Kennedy told The New York Times that Rodgers and the former Minnesota governor are at the top of his list.
The super PAC aired an ad with images of from his uncle's John F. Kennedy's slogans, clips and a song, and Robert Kennedy Jr. then apologized to members to his family if the ad caused them pain.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropped out of the Democratic primary to run as an independent or third-party candidate Monday in Philadelphia.
Kennedy, a member of one of America's most famous Democratic families, was running as a long-shot Democratic primary bid, although he has better favorability among Republicans.
RFK Jr. on Monday is expected to drop out of the Democratic primary and launch a run as an independent or third-party candidate.
In videotaped remarks, Kennedy suggested the virus was designed to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people, drawing accusations of racism and antisemitism.
Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist, is the son of Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated during his 1968 campaign.
