President Trump’s nominees for key positions have a history of pushing back against the work of the departments and agencies they’ve been chosen to lead.

The recent Senate confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presented a striking scene that would confuse a time ...

The hearings were packed to capacity with protesters and fans, while the spillover crowd hung out in hallways and overflow ...

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The takeaways after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced questions from senators during his confirmation hearings to potentially lead ...

Arizona Rep. David Schweikert promoting RFK Jr. to be our top health official is like Homer Simpson saying SpongeBob should be secretary of Defense.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for health secretary, vigorously defended his views on vaccines, and a key senator still has clear doubts.

In a Senate hearing, Senator Bernie Sanders pushed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. again on his past support for unsupported claims ...

In one of the most tense exchanges in a heated confirmation hearing, Senator Angela Alsobrooks called out past comments RFK Jr. made suggesting a different vaccine schedule for Black people.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he wasn’t antivaccine as senators pressed on his past remarks, in the first of two days of ...

The two went back and forth in a near-shouting match, at which point Senator Markwayne Mullin complained Sanders was “battering the witness.” ...

GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy said he was "struggling" with Kennedy's nomination for health and human services secretary after repeatedly challenging his views on vaccines.