Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is standing firm on the sweeping cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services, cuts he says were suggested by Elon Musk and his DOGE team.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified on May 14 before the House Appropriations and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committees.

GOP lawmakers tested the limits of how far they could push Kennedy without appearing to undermine him or his MAHA movement.

Kennedy conceded that Trump's proposed cuts to NIH will "hurt" as he was being grilled by Democratic Senator Patty Murray.

During the hearing, lawmakers called out Kennedy on his reluctance to advise parents to vaccinate their children as the nation faces a measles outbreak.

Lawmakers in Washington are debating the next budget for the Department of Health and Human Services. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is proposing to cut spending by more than 25%, believing it would make the agency more efficient.

Kennedy Jr. has spent a lifetime in the public eye. Throughout it all, the scion of the fabled Kennedy political dynasty has courted controversy ... the Department of Health and Human Services ...

In back-to-back Capitol Hill hearings, Kennedy touched on abortion access, vaccines, measles, research, mental health and opioids.

Kennedy is appearing before the House Appropriations Committee Wednesday morning. He will then head to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee in the af