Gaetz was also the ringleader of the historic push to oust California Congressman Kevin McCarthy as the sitting Speaker of the House in October 2023. McCarthy has alleged a link between his removal and the ethics inquiry into Gaetz.

The president-elect says the long-standing vaccine sceptic will "make America healthy again", in his first speech since election night.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr, an environmental activist who has spread misinformation on vaccines, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the country's top health agency,

Trump said Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be allowed to reshape the country's public health and "do some things."

In a move guaranteed to alarm many, President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vocal opponent of vaccines and other tenets of mainstream health care, to head the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

President-elect Donald Trump tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

The nearly $2 trillion agency administers health-insurance programs for millions of Americans, approves medications and oversees vaccine safety.

Alex Wagner looks at the radical views of Robert Kennedy, Jr. and the risk he poses to public health if he is confirmed as Donald Trump's new HHS secretary. Michelle Goldberg, columnist for the New York Times,