On the eve of the inauguration of President Donald Trump and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, outgoing President Joe Biden heralded Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy as his political heroes on his last full day in office at a historic black church in South Carolina where he prayed before he was elected in 2020.

The transition team did not respond to NPR's request for comment on its plans. Kennedy denies spreading misinformation, though his criticism of vaccines is well known. More recently, he made specific comments undermining trust in the bird flu vaccines.

Dr. Todd Ellerin, the director of infectious diseases at South Shore Health, discusses President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Robert F. Kennedy ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s first day at the Pentagon is expected to include an array of executive orders, including “removing DEI inside the Pentagon, reinstating troops<a class="excerpt-read-mo

The abrupt action targeting career prosecutors who worked on special counsel Jack Smith’s team is the latest sign of upheaval inside the Justice Department. It reflects the administration’s determination to purge the government of workers it perceives as disloyal to the president.

Some GOP senators want public commitments from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before deciding whether to support him as the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, signaling that President Donald Trump’s pick will have to win over uncertain Republicans in order to secure the job.

President Donald Trump plans to appear Monday at a retreat of House Republicans at his Doral golf resort in Miami. During the three-day strategy session, Republicans are trying to prioritize Trump’s ambitious legislative agenda.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said vaccines are not safe. His support for abortion access has made conservatives uncomfortable. And farmers across the Midwest are nervous over his

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced author, lawyer, and 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his nominee for secretary of health and human services on November 14, 2024. This presidential appointment requires Senate confirmation.

Donald Trump’s Justice Department cited an archaic statute in a legal filing Wednesday, arguing that the president’s executive order ending constitutionally guaranteed birthright citizenship should be totally kosher, since the children of Native Americans weren’t historically considered citizens, either.

In the second part of a Fox News interview, the US president said tariffs were their "one very big power" over China.

Shifting positions: Trump administration officials continued to reverse or revise the government’s stance on multiple fronts, including active Supreme Court cases, Jan. 6 prosecutions, school book bans, foreign aid programs and gender definitions. Mr. Trump also reinstated a Republican anti-abortion policy known as the “Mexico City Rule.”