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If approved, Kennedy will control a $1.7 trillion agency that oversees food and hospital inspections, hundreds of health ...

As he seeks to lead the health department, Mr. Kennedy wore a thin tie dotted with feathered creatures to cap a classic suit.

President Donald Trump nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services on Nov.

(AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.) WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s long record of questioning the safety of childhood vaccinations persisted as a flash point for him Thursday during a ...

(AP Photo/Ben Curtis)(Ben Curtis / AP) WASHINGTON — In a contentious confirmation hearing to become the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggled to answer questions about ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee for ... (Video: JM Rieger/The Washington Post, Photo: Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) He also denied that in 2013 he likened ...

Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy is the eldest daughter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who could be confirmed as health secretary in ...

D.C. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) During his first confirmation hearing, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated at several points ...

Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy, urged senators to reject her cousin Robert Kennedy Jr.‘s nomination to be the next secretary of health and human services.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a contentious confirmation hearing to be the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggled to answer questions about how he would reform Medicaid or ...