Robert F. Kennedy

Trump vaccine policy reversal deepens rift with Health Secretary Kennedy - report

Trump’s renewed focus on vaccines has put RFK Jr. under pressure, unsettled HHS officials and exposed shifting lines of authority inside the department.

U.S. President Donald Trump, with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (L) looking on, speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on May 18, 2026 in Washington, DC.
A sign marks the location of the US Department of Health and Human Services headquarters building on March 30, 2026, in Washington, DC.

US healthcare watchdog announces $5.56 b. in expected savings despite administration fraud claims

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Memorial Amphitheater during a Memorial Day event at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, May 25, 2026.

Trump to have physical check-up amid ailment scrutiny in third visit to hospital during past year

YIVO'S EDDY Portnoy, who curated the exhibit "Jews Are Magic," with a reproduction of a High Holiday card featuring a Jewish palm reader, Warsaw c. 1910.

'Jews are Magic': Museum exhibit explores Jewish fascination with occultism


Trump selects Robert F Kennedy Jr to lead HHS, top US health agency

Kennedy ran for president in this year's election before dropping out in August and endorsing Trump in exchange for a role in the Republican's administration.

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. waves to the audience after delivering a foreign policy speech at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., June 20, 2023.

Independent US presidential candidate RFK to drop out of race by end of week - ABC News

Robert F. Kennedy intends to announce his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential election, and potentially join forces with Donald Trump

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on at a House Judiciary Select Weaponization of the Federal Government Subcommittee hearing, examining the Missouri v. Biden case, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, July 20, 2023.

RFK Jr. to weigh dropping US presidential bid to join forces with Trump

Trump told CNN on Tuesday he would "certainly be open" to Kennedy playing a role in his administration if the independent candidate drops out of the race and endorses him.

 Independent US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr speaks at Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee, US July 26, 2024.

Robert Kennedy Jr. asks Harris for cabinet post in return for endorsement - NYT

In a lengthy post on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday Kennedy denied such claims, writing "I have no plans to endorse Kamala Harris for President. I do have a plan to defeat her."

 Independent US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr speaks at Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee, US July 26, 2024.

Presidential candidate RFK Jr said he had a brain worm in 2012, New York Times reports

The 2012 deposition came during divorce proceedings from his second wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy, the Times reported, as he argued his earning power had been diminished by his cognitive struggles.

 Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign rally at the Fox Theatre in Tucson, Arizona, U.S. February 5, 2024.

RFK Jr. on the people to blame for COVID: ‘We know who they were and they weren’t Jewish’

At the Tuesday event, Kennedy got a chance to defend his record on the Jews.

 Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies at a House Judiciary Select Weaponization of the Federal Government Subcommittee hearing, examining the Missouri v. Biden case, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, July 20, 2023. R

RFK's COVID claims mired in antisemitic conspiracy - opinion

Kenny treats the rough findings of a study of ethnic genome variations as though they were firm conclusions based on hard evidence and then joins them to claims that are mired in sheer fantasy.

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on at a House Judiciary Select Weaponization of the Federal Government Subcommittee hearing, examining the Missouri v. Biden case, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, July 20, 2023.

Jewish and Asian Democrats call on Republicans to disinvite RFK Jr from testifying to Congress

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said COVID-19 was “ethnically targeted” to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. waves to the audience after delivering a foreign policy speech at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., June 20, 2023.

JFK's vaccine skeptical nephew Robert Kennedy Jr to launch US presidential bid

In 2022, Kennedy suggested that Americans had fewer freedoms during the COVID pandemic than Jews living in Nazi Germany.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a rally following a march in opposition to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mandates on the National Mall, in Washington, DC, US, January 23, 2022.

Robert Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan denied parole for 16th time

Palestinian refugee Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of gunning down Kennedy, 42, in the kitchen pantry of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968.

 Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, seen in this 2009 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation photograph released to Reuters on March 2, 2011, is facing a parole board on Wednesday. Sirhan, the convicted assassin of Senator Robert Kennedy serving a life sentence for the 1968 murder,