The Democratic senator asked the HHS nominee to commit to not sue pharmaceutical companies or take profit from lawsuits during or up to four years after his tenure due to his potential ability to infl

Senator Bill Cassidy, a physician and key G.O.P. vote, joined Democrats in aggressively questioning Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick for health secretary. He did not say how he would vote.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for health secretary, repeatedly confused Medicare and Medicaid. He also tried to convince senators he was not against vaccines, despite past statements.

Follow live updates and news coverage of the Senate confirmation hearing for RFK Jr. Stay up to date with real-time developments on key moments and outcomes for Trump’s nominee for Health Secretary.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will face the Senate Health Committee on Thursday morning for a second day of confirmation hearings, after testifying before the Senare Finance Committee on Wednesday.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his prior public statements on a range of health policy issues in a fiery confirmation

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But his positions and the organizations he’s aligned himself with are very mainstream America.” But now, RFK has been fully ostracized from the Democratic Party. Democrats loathe him, in part, because he’s up to serve in President Donald Trump’s second administration,

Mr. Kennedy appears to have most Republicans behind him as he seeks the job of health secretary, though he couldn’t escape his past stances on vaccines and abortion.

Local lawmakers offered their condolences and prayers on social media after an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night.

Did RFK Jr.'s long-record of anti-vaccine activism affect his chances at becoming Trump's secretary of health?

President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | During the hearing, Senate Finance Committee members lobbied a flurry of largely vaccine-related questions at the HHS nominee.