But intense last-minute lobbying by the White House, particularly from Vice President JD Vance, helped Gabbard and Kennedy squeak through on party-line votes. Now they are on trac

The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday voted along party lines to support the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary—a key victory for one of President Donald Trump’s most controversial cabinet picks, after some GOP lawmakers remained on the fence due to Kennedy’s claims about vaccines.

RFK Jr.'s confirmation hearings continue today as he appears before a second Senate committee. Follow STAT's live updates.

During his Senate hearings, RFK Jr. Trump's nominee to lead HHS, claimed a paper suggested a link between vaccines and autism. Here's a closer look at that paper.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion and public health priorities in the first of two senate hearings as he tries to make the case to become President Donald Trump’s health secretary.

Sen. Todd Young didn’t back Donald Trump in 2024. But that didn’t stop Young from calling the president this past weekend as he was wavering over Trump’s pick for the country’s top intelligence official,

Robert F Kennedy Jr and Tulsi Gabbard have cleared a key hurdle on the way to Senate confirmation for the cabinet roles that US President Donald Trump nominated them to take on. Kennedy was tapped to be the next US health secretary,

Former US Representative Tulsi Gabbard was endorsed by the Senate Intelligence Committee to be Donald Trump’s spy chief, opening the way for a Senate confirmation vote despite criticism of her past stances including championing a US intelligence contractor who divulged top-secret programs.