MATERNAL DEATH RATES FALL — Fewer women died during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period in 2023, but disparities in death rates between white women and women of color widened, POLITICO’s ...

Two of President Trump’s most embattled nominees cleared major hurdles on their paths to confirmation. The Senate Finance Committee voted along party lines to send Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vocal vaccine skeptic and activist lawyer, appeared on track to become the nation's health secretary ...

GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy had wavered on supporting Kennedy for health and human services secretary. But in the end, he voted to ...

Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana voted to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 's nomination for Health and Human Services secretary, giving him enough votes to clear the Senate Finance Committee ...

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Roads have since reopened.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moved one step closer to becoming Health and Human Services secretary on Tuesday after a Senate ...

World: Ahead of the committee’s decision, US President Donald Trump expressed his support for Robert F. Kennedy Jr on his ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. passed a Finance Committee vote 14-13, with Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, who had clashed publicly with the former Democrat, voting to send his name to a full Senate vote.

China countered President Donald Trump’sacross-the-board tariffs on Chinese products with tariffs on select U.S. imports. It ...

By a 14-13 vote along party lines, the Senate Finance Committee voted to move Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s HHS nomination to the ...