2 days ago · Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, questions Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s choice to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, as he appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

20 hours ago · In a contentious confirmation hearing to become the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggled Wednesday to answer questions about Medicare and Medicaid, programs that affect ...

He served as the 64th United States attorney general from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S. senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968, when he was running for the Democratic presidential nomination.

1 day ago · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation h earing on January 29, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Win McNamee/Getty Images Kennedy pledged to prioritize ...

2 days ago · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was questioned on vaccines and abortion during his first Senate confirmation hearing to be the secretary of health and human services. ... Kennedy and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. now has a confirmation hearing scheduled in the Senate, but his nomination for health and human services secretary remains on shaky ground.

5 days ago · On Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to appear before the Senate Finance Committee for the first of two confirmation hearings as Trump’s nominee for health secretary.

2 days ago · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will appear before two Senate committees this week, the next steps in his bid to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. There is a lot for senators to dig into.

2 days ago · Robert F. Kennedy, attorney general and adviser during the administration of his brother U.S. President John F. Kennedy (1961–63) and later a U.S. senator (1965–68). He was assassinated while campaigning for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 1968.

1 day ago · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced aggressive questions about his skepticism of vaccines and other issues during the first of two scheduled Senate confirmation hearings.