The New York Times5d
Senate Panel Pushes Through Kennedy’s Nomination Along Party Lines
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg Reporting from Washington The Senate Finance Committee voted on Tuesday to forward the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the full Senate, setting up a vote on whether ...
NPR4d
RFK Jr. appears on his way to being Trump's health secretary after a party-line vote
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears likely to soon be taking the ... in installing most of his preferred cabinet picks despite slim Congressional majorities. Kennedy was one of his most contentious ...
The Atlantic4d
The Doctor Who Let RFK Jr. Through
Ron Johnson may be the most anti-vaccine lawmaker in Congress; he’s the kind of ... The two of them had just advanced Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the Department of Health ...
Mediaite4d
GOP Senator Who Greenlit RFK Jr. Nomination Admits Pediatricians Were His ‘Most Notable Opponents,’ But Explains Why He Voted for Him Anyway
Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), a medical doctor who voted to advance Secretary of Health and Human Services-designate Robert ... Kennedy Jr.’s nomination on Monday, explained his reasoning in a ...
NBC News4d
Senate panel advances RFK Jr.'s nomination to be health secretary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cleared a key hurdle Tuesday after a ... with his decision after questioning him at two confirmation hearings. In addition to the Finance Committee, Cassidy serves as ...
Forbes4d
RFK Jr. HHS Confirmation: Republican Senator Votes For Kennedy Last Minute—But Refutes Vaccine Claims
The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday voted along party lines to support the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and ... community and before Congress” and that he would watch ...
Washington Examiner6d
Republican critics eye key GOP senator’s vote on RFK Jr.: ‘We’re watching’
His reservations about Robert F. Kennedy ... a committee hearing for his pending confirmation on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.) Fleming urged ...
The Hill4d
Gabbard, RFK Jr. pass committee hurdles in win for Trump
Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday cleared crucial hurdles ... peril late last week after her tumultuous confirmation hearing seemed to make the path to confirmation rockier.
MSNBC5d
New revelations complicate the Gabbard, RFK Jr. confirmation fights
Tulsi Gabbard's and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nominations were already on ... which appear within a larger trove from Gabbard’s former congressional office, show that Hassoun’s comments on ...
The Boston Globe5d
After ‘intense’ push, Kennedy’s main Republican holdout got to yes. It’s a repeated pattern with Trump nominees.
WASHINGTON — Senator Bill Cassidy had just cast the decisive committee vote Tuesday to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination ... Cassidy said in his speech, describing a “long and ...
The Washington Post4d
JM Rieger
Prior to joining The Post, Rieger worked as a video producer covering national politics for HuffPost and as a video editor covering Congress ... hearings on the same day: Robert F. Kennedy Jr ...