The vote capped a remarkable rise for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was confirmed by a Republican Senate in a chamber where his ...

Known widely as "RFK Jr," the 71-year-old nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy secured ... Mitch McConnell voted no, standing as the sole Republican dissenter. Kennedy now leads a ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., laying out his early health agenda, said he would examine childhood vaccines, psychiatric drugs and other “formerly taboo” topics in investigating the causes of chronic disease.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been sworn in as President Donald Trump’s health secretary. The Senate on Thursday confirmed him, ...

Many experts fear that Kennedy will appoint vaccine skeptics to key roles in federal agencies and hinder infectious disease ...

On Thursday Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed by the Senate as health secretary in a nearly party-line vote (all Democrats voted against the nomination and the only Republican to vote no was ...

While many of President Trump's Cabinet picks sparked strong public reactions, the singular appeal — and alarm — generated by ...

WASHINGTON − For Robert F. Kennedy Jr., it was ... and other family members. Kennedy, 71 is a longtime environmental lawyer with no professional background in medicine or health care.

"Like his father, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and his uncle President John F. Kennedy ... family denounced him and his views. "I have no idea why anyone thinks he should be president," said ...

Democrats unanimously opposed Kennedy. Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, who had polio as a child, was the only “no” vote among ... President John F. Kennedy, there as a child.

Senate Republicans have confirmed Trump’s least qualified Cabinet nominees—and given up their role as an independent check on ...

Carolyn Bessette didn't say yes when John F. Kennedy Jr. first proposed to her. She didn't say no, either. But, remarkably, the 29-year-old Calvin Klein publicist, who had been dating the eligible ...