Iowa's delegation also introduced measures this week to combat fentanyl trafficking and improve access to child care.

In a story published Jan. 28, 2025, about billionaires who are advisers to President Donald Trump, The Associated Press ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services, faces scrutiny for fees he may earn from lawsuits against Merck.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s repeated support for vaccines during Senate confirmation hearings follows a long history of disparaging them.

KFF Health News reporters break down the biggest takeaways from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearings for secretary of Health and Human Services.

In one of the most tense exchanges in a heated confirmation hearing, Senator Angela Alsobrooks called out past comments RFK Jr. made suggesting a different vaccine schedule for Black people.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for health secretary, vigorously defended his views on vaccines, and a key senator still has clear doubts.

GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy said he was "struggling" with Kennedy's nomination for health and human services secretary after repeatedly challenging his views on vaccines.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. focused a lot of his proposals on diet-related diseases among low-income Americans during his ...

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 ...

In a make-or-break hearing, Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went before a second committee and it revealed Republican doubts about him. Lisa Desjardins reports on where ...

The Office of Government Ethics released Kennedy's financial disclosures in January 2025. Click here to review them. Kennedy went on to found the Pace University Environmental Litigation Clinic in ...