Alexandra Sifferlin, a health and science editor for Times Opinion, hosted an online conversation on Wednesday with the Opinion columnist Zeynep Tufekci and the Opinion writers David Wallace-Wells and Jessica Grose about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first of two confirmation hearings for secretary of health and human services.

Doug Burgum was nominated by President-elect ... (Clip from July 11, 2023) Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's choice to be his Health and Human Services secretary, defends the First Amendment and ...

Controversial picks include Mr Trump’s selection of Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine sceptic ... “Big oil” ally Doug Burgum will be the new interior minister and is expected to unleash fossil ...

Controversial picks include Mr Trump’s selection of Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine sceptic and opponent of processed foods, as his health secretary. Elon Musk, who supported Mr Trump financially and on the campaign trail during the 2024 race, has been ...

Caroline Kennedy recently read a letter to U.S. senators describing her cousin as a predator ahead of his Senate confirmation.

It was less than a year ago, in April 2024, that then-candidate Donald Trump went on a late-night tear against Robert F. Kennedy Jr ... Chris Wright and Doug Burgum, will rip down the regulatory ...

Kennedy vowed to fight chronic disease and called abortion a tragedy.

Washington – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said vaccines are not safe. His support for abortion access has made conservatives uncomfortable. And farmers across the Midwest are nervous over his talk ...

Some of Trump's more controversial picks for Cabinet positions are set to face the Senate for confirmation hearings this week.

Republican Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy has scheduled the first public hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's controversial nominee for secretary of the U.S. Department of ...

Trump dismissed two of the three Democrats on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, JOCELYN SAMUELS and CHARLOTTE BURROWS, and removed the EEOC’s general counsel, KARLA GILBRIDE, who oversaw civil actions against employers, including on discrimination claims from LGBTQ+ and pregnant workers.

Kennedy faced intense questioning from senators on his views regarding vaccines, abortion, conspiracy theories, and among other things.