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Takeaways from RFK Jr.’s first hearings since confirmation
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced more than five hours of intense questioning from both sides ...
RFK Jr. says people should not take medical advice from him, defends HHS cuts during congressional hearings
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the nation's most publicly recognized vaccine skeptics, ...
4 takeaways from RFK Jr.’s dual congressional hearings
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified during back-to-back hearings in the House and Senate on Wednesday for the first ...
What to expect at RFK Jr.'s first Senate hearing as health secretary
WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy wanted an assurance from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before he would vote to put him in ...
‘We made a couple of mistakes’: RFK Jr. faces bipartisan scrutiny in first Senate hearing as health secretary
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was grilled in hearings on Capitol Hill by lawmakers anxious for answers about cuts ...
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Blunt Rochester presses RFK Jr. on CDC acting director
In a letter sent Tuesday, Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) demanded that health secretary Robert Kennedy clarify whether ...
Why the 1 senator who can rein in RFK Jr. isn’t calling him out
Bill Cassidy, the senator who secured Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s promise to protect vaccines, will question the health secretary ...
GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, who wavered over confirming RFK Jr., says he's 'lived up' to his promises on vaccines
The Republican physician said he extracted commitments that Kennedy wouldn't sow distrust in vaccines before voting to ...
Senate Democrats to hold hearings on mass terminations at HHS, decrying RFK Jr. "destructive rampage"
The widespread terminations at the Department of Health and Human Services have drawn questions about the functioning of key ...
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What to expect when RFK Jr. testifies in Senate hearing on health budget
Kennedy’s history of promoting conspiracy theories or misspeaking about vaccines alarmed Cassidy, he said during a confirmation hearing earlier ... Cassidy’s powerful Senate health committee ...