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WATCH: Vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. confirmed as Trump’s health chief after close Senate vote

By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press

That vote Thursday puts the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the country.

WATCH: Senate committee votes to advance nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for health secretary

By Amanda Seitz, Stephen Groves, Associated Press

Kennedy critics have concerns about the work he's done to sow doubts around vaccine safety and his potential to profit off lawsuits over drugmakers.

WATCH: ‘Frankly, you frighten people,’ Sen. Whitehouse tells RFK Jr. in confirmation hearing

By Erica R. Hendry

Whitehouse asked Kennedy to make "indisputably clear that you support mandatory vaccinations against diseases where that will keep people safe."…

WATCH: RFK Jr. says AI nurse that diagnoses ‘as good as any doctor’ can help provide care to rural America

By Molly Finnegan

"President Trump is determined to end the hemorrhaging of rural hospitals, and he's asked me to do that through the use of AI, through telemedicine," Kennedy said.

WATCH: ‘Every abortion is a tragedy,’ RFK Jr. says

By Molly Finnegan

"I agree with President Trump that every abortion is a tragedy. I agree with him we cannot be a moral nation if we have 1.2 million abortions a year," Kennedy said.

Poll shows what Americans think about Hegseth, Gabbard and RFK Jr. Cabinet nominations

By Linley Sanders, Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

As several of Trump’s choices for high-level positions in his administration face scrutiny on Capitol Hill, a poll from shows that Americans have their own doubts.

RFK Jr. sues Wisconsin to remove name from ballot after commission voted to keep him on it

By Scott Bauer, Associated Press

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filed a lawsuit in Wisconsin trying to get his name removed from the battleground state’s presidential ballot after the state elections commission voted to keep him on it.

RFK Jr. sues North Carolina elections board in effort to get his name off state ballot

By Olivia Diaz, Associated Press/Report for America

The lawsuit filed in Wake County Superior Court Friday says the board's denial of his request to remove his name as a third-party presidential candidate violated state election law and his right to free speech, according to The News &…

RFK Jr. fails to qualify for CNN’s debate, setting up showdown between Biden and Trump

By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has failed to qualify for next week’s debate in Atlanta. Host network CNN said Thursday the independent presidential candidate fell short of benchmarks both for state ballot qualification and polling.

Anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. expected to drop Democratic bid and launch independent or third-party run

By Ali Swenson, Associated Press

Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to drop his Democratic bid for president and announce he'll run as an independent or third-party candidate.