Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he supports Pepfar, the program that supplies antiviral AIDS treatments to Africa, after Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas) asked, saying that U.S. adversaries could step in if the U.
RF Kennedy Jr underwent intense scrutiny during his confirmation in the Senate on Wednesday to become President Trump’s Health and Human Services secretary. | ITV National News
The State Department issued a waiver for lifesaving aid, but HIV clinics remain shut and uncertainty lingers over the future of PEPFAR, which has saved 25 million lives.
Kennedy only said the podcast statements have “been repeatedly debunked.”
In a scathing letter to the Senate ahead of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s confirmation hearings to become Secretary of Health and Human Services, Biden administration ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy has described her cousin as a hypocritical “predator” who is unqualified for the job and “addicted to attention and power.”
Trump’s nominees have big plans for remaking the federal health agencies, with consequences for university scientists who receive billions in funding.
He has pushed the disproven link between vaccines and autism and other baseless claims, including that Wi-Fi causes cancer and that AIDS is not caused by HIV. During his campaign for president last year, he said he opposed state laws that ban abortion.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was thoroughly and categorically torched by Democrats during his Senate Finance hearing on Wednesday.
Five years after the party took a hard pro-police stance in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, Vice President JD Vance believes it’s okay to support individuals who beat and kill cops, so long as they do so in support of Donald Trump.
Senators grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccines, abortion and Medicaid in his confirmation hearing to lead HHS. RFK Jr. has another hearing Thursday.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s confirmation hearings began Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee. He appears before the Health, Education, Labor and Pension committee on Thursday. Here's the latest: