In a contentious confirmation hearing to become the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggled Wednesday to answer questions about Medicare and Medicaid, programs that affect tens of millions of Americans,

The takeaways after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced questions from senators during his confirmation hearing to potentially lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Kennedy was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion and public health priorities in the first of two senate hearings scheduled.

Tim Miller highlights Mike Pence calling out Donald Trump's hypocrisy in nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for HHS, using his own words against him. As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+Live is home to short videos, livestreams and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced author, lawyer, and 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his nominee for secretary of health and human services on November 14, 2024. This presidential appointment requires Senate confirmation.

Mike Pence has revived old clips of his former boss trashing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hours before the health secretary nominee faced senators for his confirmation hearing. “President Trump was right the first time,

Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act, one of the most extreme anti-immigration bills in recent memory, into law Wednesday.

“RFK Jr is a Democrat plant, a radical left liberal,” one clip from May showed Trump saying. “He makes the ‘Green New Scammers’ look very conservative by comparison, and he’s anti-military and he’s anti-vet.… I’d even take Biden over Junior.”

Kennedy Jr. rejected characterizations of him as an anti-vaxxer in a Senate hearing Wednesday where senators will weigh his confirmation as Health and Human Services Secretary—as his former billionaire running mate threatens to fund primary challenges against lawmakers who vote against him.

Robert F Kennedy Jr will admit all his children are vaccinated in an attempt to convince senators he is not “anti-vax”.

Right-wingers are tearing into former Vice President Mike Pence for opposing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Secretary of Health and Human Services nomination. RFK has faced intense scrutiny, including from some Republicans, over his controversial health-related comments.

Mike Pence used President Donald Trump's own words against him in a stunning message urging senators to vote against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation.