It requires courage to take a principled stand against a person your own party’s president has put up for high office. Doing so is even more remarkable if it imperils ...

Washington — The Senate Finance Committee advanced Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination Tuesday, moving forward with his confirmation to lead the Department of Health and Human Services after a pair of ...

A look at how Kennedy convinced Sen. Cassidy, a doctor and vaccination advocate, that he should become health secretary.

NEW ORLEANS — Vaccine skeptic and activist lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now on track to become the nation's top health official. This comes after Louisiana U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy cast a key vote in ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jennifer Herricks, the founder of Louisiana Families for Vaccines, a group that organized a ...

Senator Bill Cassidy, a Republican doctor, had deep misgivings about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for health secretary, ...

Bill Cassidy now expects to have “a great working relationship to make America healthy again” with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The Louisiana Republican said that and more on the Senate floor after voting to ...

Health chief nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wouldn’t deny his long-held skepticism about vaccinations, but he agreed not to ...

Senator Bill Cassidy, a Republican torn between his concerns as a doctor and supporting President Trump, voted to send Robert ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee to lead the sprawling federal bureaucracy responsible for the healthcare of ...

Senators voted on party lines Tuesday to advance the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the next U.S. health secretary ...