President Donald Trump has nominated Kennedy to be the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which ...

RFK Jr.'s second Senate confirmation hearing focused on vaccines, Medicare, diversity, and science. Key Republicans were reticent to show support.

Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides health care coverage to low-income individuals and families. It services over 79 million Americans.

Senator Bill Cassidy, a physician and key G.O.P. vote, joined Democrats in aggressively questioning Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick for health secretary. He did not say how he would vote ...

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

Mr. Kennedy appears to have most Republicans behind him as he seeks the job of health secretary, though he couldn’t escape ...

Fifty-one percent oppose Kennedy's nomination to head up the Department of Health and Human Services, a new poll has found.

As Trump’s minions eagerly try to derail liberal spending goals, Medicaid and school lunches get caught in the crossfire.

President Donald Trump's budget office on Wednesday rescinded a memo freezing spending on federal loans and grants, less than ...

In a contentious confirmation hearing to become the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggled to answer ...

A group of Idahoans are calling on the state's leaders to protect Medicaid as conversations around cuts in Washington D.C.

President Donald Trump's nominee for HHS Secretary, RFK Jr., navigated questions on abortion, vaccines, and social welfare as he hopes to secure Senate support.