While his history of anti-vaccine remarks was a major talking point throughout the hearings, his beliefs were also front and center during a heated exchange in which Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent two days this week insisting to senators that he’s not anti-vaccine. He said that he instead supports vaccinations and will follow the science in overseeing the $1.7 ...

Kennedy Jr. appear to be on shaky ground. By Steve Benen When it comes to choices for his White House Cabinet, Donald Trump has had one obvious disaster: He announced former Republican Rep.

Now that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s two confirmation hearings have concluded on Capitol Hill, we have clear evidence that he is unfit to lead our nation’s largest health agency. Throughout the ...

Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearings this week on Capitol Hill were anything but smooth for someone who is hoping to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. While his history of anti-vaccine ...

President Donald Trump picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Now, Kennedy has faced senators at his first confirmation hearing on Jan. 29 and he will ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggled to answer questions related to Medicare and Medicaid, making several misstatements about those programs he seeks to lead. Kennedy Jr. spent much of today's Senate ...

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 ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.