RFK Jr. calls for end of fluoride in drinking water

Kennedy's comment comes as the Environmental Protection Agency says it has now launched a new review of fluoride's health effects.

• Apr 7, 2025

FDA bird flu testing efforts disrupted by RFK Jr.'s layoffs, officials say

Multiple FDA labs were cut amid Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s layoffs this week.

• Apr 3, 2025

FDA planning for fewer food and drug inspections due to layoffs, officials say

Around 170 staff were cut from the FDA's Office of Inspections and Investigations this week as part of wider cuts at U.S. health agencies.

• Apr 2, 2025

Layoffs start at federal agencies that deal with health, drugs, food, more

Employees of the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began getting dismissal notices in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people​.

• Apr 1, 2025

HHS sued by 23 states, D.C. over $11 billion in cuts to public health funding

The lawsuit, filed in Rhode Island, calls the HHS cuts to public health grants illegal.

• Apr 1, 2025

RFK Jr.'s layoffs expected to gut worker safety agency, officials say

More than 800 employees at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health are expected to be cut.

• Mar 31, 2025

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.

• Mar 28, 2025

Vaccine critic RFK Jr. backs measles vaccine amid deadly Texas outbreak

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted vaccine skeptic, is voicing support for the measles vaccine amid a deadly outbreak, mainly in Texas.

• Mar 3, 2025

Ohio governor vetoes medical free speech clause he says would gut state's regulatory power

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has vetoed part of a bill cast by state lawmakers as protecting the medical free speech of doctors and other health professionals.

• Jan 4, 2025

Foo Fighters say they did not OK Trump using "My Hero" at Arizona rally

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.

• Aug 24, 2024

RFK Jr. endorses Trump and suspends presidential campaign

"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."

• Aug 23, 2024

RFK Jr. shows up too late to testify Pennsylvania ballot challenge

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. won't testify in defense of his effort to appear on Pennsylvania's presidential ballot.

• Aug 20, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hit with ballot access lawsuit in Pennsylvania

A Democrat-aligned super PAC is trying to keep RFK Jr. off the ballot in Pennsylvania, New York and Illinois.

• Aug 9, 2024

RFK Jr. admits putting dead bear cub in Central Park 10 years ago

"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.

• Aug 5, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign files petitions to get on presidential ballot in Pennsylvania

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed paperwork to get on the ballot for the November election in Pennsylvania.

• Jun 20, 2024

RFK Jr.'s super PAC airs $7 million ad during Super Bowl

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.

• Feb 12, 2024

RFK Jr. drops Democratic presidential bid to run as independent

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropped his Democratic bid for the presidency to run instead as an independent candidate.

• Oct 9, 2023