The Senate confirmed on Thursday Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) as Secretary of Health and Human services, clearing one of President Donald Trump's most contentious nominees.
The Senate voted mostly along party lines to confirm him, the final tally being 52-48. Former Majority leader Mitch McConnell was again the lone Republican holdout, making it the third time he voted against a Trump nominee (Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard being the others). McConnell, who survived polio as a child, had expressed concern about RFK Jr, even writing a letter in December advising anyone seeking Senate confirmation to avoid "efforts to undermine public confidence in vaccines).
