Shanahan: Someone ‘controlling’ RFK Jr. decisions

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s 2024 running mate, Nicole Shanahan, said late Wednesday that someone is “controlling” his decisions after President Trump ... Read More

Trump chose new surgeon general pick on RFK Jr.’s recommendation

President Trump told reporters Thursday he based his new pick for surgeon general on the recommendation of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Trump was asked why he ... Read More

President Trump changes his mind on nomination for surgeon general

Trump announced that Dr. Casey Means is his new pick to serve as U.S. surgeon general after withdrawing the nomination of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat. Read More

Trump: RFK Jr. Can Do 'What He Wants’ in Administration

Former President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would “do ... if Trump wins the election. Responding to a question on Tuesday about Kennedy’s potential role as HHS ... Read More

Trump releases new files on RFK assassination

Trump's release of the files is backed by the senator's son Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has long believed there may have been a second gunman. Read More

Donald Trump taps wellness influencer close to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for surgeon general

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is tapping Dr. Casey Means, a physician-turned-wellness influencer with close ties to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as his nominee ... Read More

RFK Jr.’s Rise With Trump Sows Anxiety in Agriculture Industry

(Eric Thayer/Bloomberg News) The agriculture industry is feeling angst about how Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s influence in a second Trump administration would play out on the farm, from pesticides to ... Read More

A running list of RFK Jr.'s controversies

Kennedy Jr. has spent a lifetime in the public eye ... Nevertheless, those familial red flags did nothing to dissuade President Donald Trump from naming Kennedy to lead the Department of Health ... Read More

Trump appears to snub RFK Jr.’s wife Cheryl Hines while entering UFC fights

President Trump appeared to snub actress Cheryl Hines, the wife of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., as he walked ... after the election, Hines was spotted at Mar-a-Lago ... Read More

Beyond Ivy League, RFK Jr.'s NIH slashed science funding across states that backed Trump

The National Institutes of Health's sweeping cuts of grants that ... in most states that backed President Trump in the 2024 election. A KFF Health News analysis underscores that the terminations ... Read More

Trump, Musk, RFK Jr., Lutnick make Time’s ‘most influential’ list

President Trump and five members of his administration — Vice President Vance, senior adviser Elon Musk, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Commerce Secretary Howard ... Read More

House Democrats tell RFK Jr. Trump’s deportations could cause health care worker shortage

Kennedy Jr. and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer in a letter Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s immigration policies ... services and supports.” A 2024 report from LeadingAge, an ... Read More