Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services said his introduction to drugs happened the summer after his father was assassinated
Kennedy, President-elect Donald Trump's health secretary pick, claimed during a podcast interview that heroin helped his studies.
RFK Jr. is controversial due to his vaccine skepticism, but nearly half of Americans backed him for HHS secretary.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was a key figure in protests over California vaccine laws. He could set U.S. health policy in the Trump administration.
Rachel Maddow sums up the story of how RFK Jr. is seen as largely responsible for an explosion of measels cases on the island of Samoa after he spread anti-vaccination claims. Brian Deer, author of "The Doctor Who Fooled the World,
Matt Gaetz has withdrawn from consideration as attorney general and was replaced by Pam Bondi, as Trump names RFK Jr., Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard and Kristi Noem to key posts.
In a video that was widely shared online this week, amid widespread discussion of Trump's cabinet picks, commentators claimed that Kennedy had disparaged Trump's supporters too, saying he called them "belligerent idiots," "outright Nazis," and "bootlickers."
RFK Jr.'s controversial views have received criticism since he was picked by Donald Trump to lead HHS -- but he's also receiving support from some unexpected sources.
President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Dr. Dave Weldon, a former congressman from Florida who has questioned vaccine safety, to lead the CDC may position him as an important anti-vaccine ally for Robert F.
Polis’s concern about corporate influence polluting decision-making at federal agencies has been echoed by Kennedy.
Controversy over former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz’s nomination and withdrawal from President-elect Trump's cabinet soaked up headlines, but other nominees are equally improbable. Join moderator Jeffrey Goldberg,