Kennedy Jr. was running for president until recently—but they've been making headlines of all kinds for a century. The lasting impact of JFK's life and death alone made for an automatic ticket into cover-the-family-forever territory. But, not least because he was one of nine...
Long before he entered the 2024 race with a wagon train of conspiracy theories, the wider Kennedy family was intimately familiar with RFK Jr.’s problematic personality—the outsize confidence masquerading as expertise, the “savior complex” (as one family member called it) tha...
Long before he entered the 2024 race with a wagon train of conspiracy theories, the wider Kennedy family was intimately familiar with RFK Jr.’s problematic personality—the outsize confidence masquerading as expertise, the “savior complex” (as one family memb...
Kennedy Jr. officially launched his presidential campaign, his extreme conspiracies and very online outreach tactics have added up to a pretty effective independent bid. Today on WIRED Politics Lab, we look into how RFK Jr. continues to build a following. We talk about his recent VP pick, ...
“There’s a long record here, and there’s a lot in that record that he’s trying to cover up with the opening statement that you heard and with his claim that he’s quote-unquote pro-vax now,” he told CNN about RFK Jr.’s shifting stance on vaccines. ...
RFK Jr. heads to the Hill Donald Trump's pick to lead HHS has 20 meetings scheduled with senators next week. Chelsea Cirruzzo12/10/2024, 11:21am ETUpdated: 12/13/2024, 1:08pm ET Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick to lead HHS, has nearly two dozen meetings sche...
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. challenges President Joe Biden, the stories he tells on the campaign trail about himself, his life’s work and what he stands for are often the opposite of what his record shows.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services was approved by the Senate Finance Committee this morning, 14-13. The Senate Intelligence Committee also voted to advance Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination for director of national intelligence. Both nominations no...
Forbes last year estimated that RFK Jr.’s net worth is about $15 million; that includes his partner actress Cheryl Hines’s assets. Apparently, per Forbes, he doesn’t have more money because of where he resides in the family tree. He is a nephew to President John F. Kennedy and so...
Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has pledged to eliminate America’s chronic disease epidemic. It’s a lofty goal and an outcome that can’t come soon enough. According to data from theNational Survey of Children’s Health, upwards of 40% of youth ...