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McConnell Bristles at 'Dangerous' Noise Over Polio Vaccine

GOP senator, who had polio as a kid, seems to hint that RFK Jr. should 'steer clear' of anti-vax moves

(Newser) - Mitch McConnell pushed back Friday after it was revealed that an ally of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Trump's nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, petitioned the FDA two years ago to halt the polio vaccine in the US pending further study. Axios reports that the 82-year-old Senate...

Ally of RFK Jr. Wants Halt to Polio Vaccinations in US

Aaron Siri, who's helping to hire health officials, calls for more study

(Newser) - An ally of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned the FDA in 2022 to pull government approval for administering the polio vaccine—used in the US since 1955—for young children until it's been studied more. Aaron Siri, a lawyer who worked for Kennedy's presidential campaign and is helping...

Trump: Maybe RFK Jr. Could Look Into Vaccine-Autism Link

Both have a history of promoting the long-debunked claim

(Newser) - Assuming Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as President-elect Trump's Health and Human Services secretary, it appears he may be utilizing that role to delve into the idea—long-debunked—of a connection between vaccines and autism. Kennedy has long pushed the theory, and Trump has done the same since...

Biden Backs Medicare, Medicaid 'Game Changer' for Obese

Proposal to add coverage of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic for those with BMI of 30+

(Newser) - Millions of Americans with obesity would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic covered by Medicare or Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administration proposed Tuesday morning, per the AP . The costly proposal from the US Department of Health and Human Services sets the stage...

Trump Picks Oil CEO for Energy Secretary

Musk lobbies Trump over choice for Treasury

(Newser) - President-elect Trump on Saturday announced he's chosen campaign donor and fracking company CEO Chris Wright for the top job at the Department of Energy. Wright, who runs Liberty Energy, also will be a member of Trump's planned Council of National Energy, CNN reports. The chair of that body...

RFK Jr. Pick Wipes Billions Off the Value of Vaccine Firms

Companies including Pfizer, Moderna dropped sharply after Trump announcement

(Newser) - Thursday was a good day for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a bad day for companies that make vaccines. As President-elect Trump announced that Kennedy will be his nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, stocks in top vaccine makers dropped sharply, wiping billions of dollars off...

Trump Delivers First Post-Election Speech

At Mar-a-Lago gala, Sylvester Stallone praises president-elect as 'second George Washington'

(Newser) - President-elect Trump praised nominees including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his first public post-election speech. Trump, speaking to an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago resort Thursday night, described last week's election as "the most consequential election in the last 129 years," the BBC reports....

Trump Picks Kennedy to 'Make America Healthy Again'

President-elect says he's 'thrilled' to announce RFK Jr. will be his nominee for health secretary

(Newser) - President-elect Trump continued his stream of controversial Cabinet appointments on Thursday, saying he was "thrilled" to announce that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be his nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
  • "For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and
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Kennedy: Trump's Diet Is 'Really, Like, Bad'

'The food that goes onto that airplane is, like, just poison'

(Newser) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abandoned his independent presidential bid to become a Donald Trump supporter—but he's not a supporter of the president-elect's diet. In a post-election interview with podcaster Joe Polish, Kennedy said the food on Trump's campaign plane was like "poison," the New ...

Kennedy: 'I'm Not Going to Take Away Anybody's Vaccines'

Former candidate says FDA divisions need to be shut down

(Newser) - The details of his job in Donald Trump's next administration have been contested, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been angling for a major role overseeing federal health agencies. Kennedy said last week that Trump has promised him control of the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Health...

SCOTUS Rejects RFK Jr.'s Emergency Appeal

He will remain on Michigan, Wisconsin ballots

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has rejected Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s last-ditch bid to have himself removed from ballots in two swing states. In the emergency appeal, Kennedy, who suspended his campaign and endorsed Donald Trump in August, argued that leaving his name on ballots in Michigan and Wisconsin would...

Trump Canceled 'Make America Healthy Again' Event

He pulls out of health-themed town hall with RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, in yet another cancellation

(Newser) - Donald Trump has nixed another debate with rival Kamala Harris, canceled various interviews , and even pulled out of an NRA rally in the final lead-up to Election Day. Now, another cancellation to throw onto the pile: A virtual "Make America Healthy Again" town hall that the former president was...

Nuzzi Is Out at NY Mag
Nuzzi Is Out
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Oct 22, 2024 12:30 AM CDT

Nuzzi Is Out at New York Magazine

Outlet, reporter decide to part ways despite investigation clearing her

(Newser) - Olivia Nuzzi, the journalist embroiled in a strange scandal involving an alleged relationship of some sort with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is now out of a job. New York magazine, which had previously put Nuzzi on leave after she admitted she'd started a "nonphysical" relationship with RFK Jr....

The Saga of Olivia Nuzzi, Her Ex, and RFK Jr. Gets Twistier

Ryan Lizza makes a series of allegations in new court filing

(Newser) - The twists and turns continue in the saga involving two reporters and a former presidential candidate . In new court filings, Ryan Lizza, Politico's chief Washington correspondent and the former fiance of magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi, claims that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. manipulated Nuzzi after she profiled him for New ...

Cheryl Hines Considering Divorcing RFK Jr.: Source

Source says Kennedy is 'begging her not to file'

(Newser) - A source tells People Cheryl Hines is not taking news of her husband's alleged relationship with a reporter lying down. Olivia Nuzzi claims she and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got close while she was working on a profile of him for New York magazine, from which she is currently...

Olivia Nuzzi: My Ex-Fiance Leaked News of RFK Jr. Relationship

Politico journalist denies his ex's allegations that he blackmailed, harassed her

(Newser) - The journalist who says things got "personal" between her and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. while she worked on a profile of the then-presidential candidate has accused her ex-fiance of playing a role in leaking the relationship, which Kennedy denies, to her employer. Olivia Nuzzi, who is currently on a...

Kennedy Gets No Help From Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Turns Back Kennedy
Sep 27, 2024 5:15 PM CDT

Supreme Court Turns Back Kennedy

Ex-candidate won't be on New York's ballot, while Wisconsin keeps him on its whether he wants to be or not

(Newser) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s extended battle to win a place on New York's ballot this fall, despite the fact that he's no longer a presidential candidate, ended at the US Supreme Court on Friday. The justices declined, in a one-sentence order, to consider Kennedy's request...

Journalist Who Profiled RFK Jr. Admits Things Got 'Personal'

New York Magazine 's Olivia Nuzzi admits to nonphysical 'relationship' with ex-'reporting subject'

(Newser) - In November, Olivia Nuzzi penned a piece for New York Magazine profiling then-POTUS candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., noting "he could turn the presidential race upside down." Kennedy is no longer in the race, but now both his and Nuzzi's worlds are the ones that have been...

RFK Jr.: Feds Are Investigating Me Over Dead Whale Story

Former candidate says he believes statute of limitations has passed

(Newser) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the government is being weaponized against him and he is now facing a federal probe over a 1994 incident in which he allegedly beheaded a dead whale. The incident was recounted by his daughter, Kick Kennedy, in 2012, and that recounting was in turn resurfaced...

West Wing Star Posts Scathing Attack on RFK Jr.'s Wife
West Wing Star
Posts Scathing
Attack on RFK
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Aug 31, 2024 6:00 AM CDT

West Wing Star Posts Scathing Attack on RFK Jr.'s Wife

Bradley Whitford condemns Cheryl Hines for staying 'silent' over her husband's politics

(Newser) - Two actors you likely won't see teaming up on projects in this lifetime: Bradley Whitford and Cheryl Hines. Whitford, maybe best known for his role in The West Wing, went after Hines—the wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a star of Curb Your Enthusiasm—in personal fashion...

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