President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Education faced a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

Senators vote in favour of Donald Trump's controversial pick Robert F Kennedy Jr, who has expressed vaccine sceptical views in the past.

Confirmations continue for President Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees and despite some controversy, the president will likely ...

Our devastation of nature is so extreme that reversing even a small part of it requires painstaking, quixotic efforts.

In a new video posted to social media this week, Senator Bernie Sanders torched President Trump over his funding freeze.

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

The final round of committee hearings for Kennedy’s bid to be HHS Secretary was contentious from the start.

A preliminary report on Wednesday night’s plane and helicopter collision near Washington, D.C. contradicts Donald Trump’s favorite DEI scapegoat. Having to handle both types of air traffic can ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., told senators Thursday he would support the development and distribution of avian flu vaccines for ...

Robert F. Kennedy attempted Thursday to score a cheap political point against Senator Bernie Sanders by accusing the independent Vermont lawmaker of being bought out by the pharmaceutical industry ...