South Carolina’s two U.S. senators rallied around all but one of their Republican colleagues to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a controversial secretary of the Department of Health and Human ...

Kennedy's statements have raised concerns about his childhood vaccine commitment to Republican Senator Bill Cassidy.

Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina ... Kennedy, a former Democrat, was approved by a 52-48 vote. Former Republican presidential candidate Robert F.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on his nomination to be Health and Human Services Secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2025.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in ...

In one of the closest votes yet for a cabinet pick of President Donald Trump, South Carolina’s two U.S. senators rallied around all but one of their Republican colleagues to confirm Robert F. Kennedy ...