In a Senate hearing, Senator Bernie Sanders pushed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. again on his past support for unsupported claims that vaccines caused autism.
A clash between Bernie Sanders and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at his confirmation hearing for Secretary of Health and Human Services took an unexpected turn on Wednesday when the senator defined a "onesie" in a line of questioning about Kennedy Jr.
Kennedy appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday as he seeks confirmation as the nation's health secretary.
Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont, asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to disavow baby onesies with anti-vaccination slogans. The clothes are sold by a nonprofit Mr. Kennedy co-founded.
Bernie Sanders laid into Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after Kennedy said he would assure people that vaccines "do not cause autism" only after he's seen the data.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump ’s nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, spent much of his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday downplaying his role in the anti-vaccine movement. But Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was unconvinced.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is one of the most famous of Trump’s nominees, and certainly one of the most contentious. But the first day of his confirmation hearing wasn’t oriented around the kinds of personally agonizing questioning that defined Pete Hegseth’s confirmation process.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, about a baby onesie sold from a group he founded
Kennedy Jr. is revising his ethics agreement to divest his interest in litigation against an HPV vaccine maker and directing the stake to his adult son, The New York Times reported Friday, citing a written response to questions from senators who are weighing his confirmation as Health and Human Services secretary.
Kennedy repeatedly refused to acknowledge scientific consensus that childhood vaccines don’t cause autism and that COVID-19 vaccines saved millions of lives
CNN political commentator Brad Todd said Friday that left-wing senators erred significantly in their handling of Department of Health and