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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Summit, NJ
Politics
Tylenol Responds To Trump Claiming Medication Causes Autism: 'We Stand With Science'
Tylenol is pushing back after President Donald Trump claimed the common pain reliever should be avoided during pregnancy because it could cause autism in children. At the White House on Monday, Sept. 22, Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke about what they claimed are links between acetaminophen and autism. Trump ordered the Food and Drug Administration to notify doctors that using Tylenol during pregnancy is associated with a "very increased risk of autism." Tylenol rejected the Trump administration's claims in a statement on Tuesday, Sept. 23. "We stand …
Arlington, VA
Politics
Medical Experts Blast Trump's Tylenol, Autism Claims: 'Astonishing Misinformation'
US and global health officials are rejecting President Donald Trump's claims that pregnant women should avoid Tylenol and other types of acetaminophen, saying his claims of a link to autism are not supported by science. At the White House on Monday, Sept. 22, Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned about what they claimed are links between the pain-relieving medication and autism in children. Trump is ordering the Food and Drug Administration to notify doctors that using Tylenol during pregnancy is associated with a "very increased risk of autism." Trump …
Hackensack, NJ
News
Trump To Link Tylenol To Autism, Report Says
President Donald Trump said his administration on Monday, Sept. 22, is set to release new findings on autism. Trump will announce that his administration believes the use of acetaminophen, also known as Tylenol, during pregnancy is a large factor in the increased risk of autism, the Washington Post reports. He will also apparently announce Leucovorin (generally used for anemia and colon cancer) as a potential treatment for children with autism, WaPo reports. Two senior administration officials told Politico that the government will advise pregnant women to use acetaminophen only w…
Amherst, MA
News
RFK Jr.’s CDC Panel Scraps Broad COVID Vaccine Recommendation
The CDC’s vaccine advisers appointed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. just broke with pandemic-era policy, scrapping a broad recommendation for COVID-19 shots. They have decided vaccination should be a personal decision made with a health care provider. On Friday, Sept. 19, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted unanimously to move COVID vaccination to “shared clinical decision-making,” according to meeting summaries. Members also split 6–6 on whether to require prescriptions. The tie was broken when chair Dr. Martin Kulldorff …
Arlington, VA
Business
Silent On Jimmy Kimmel: Outspoken Hosts Of ABC's ‘The View' Ignore Most Talked About Story
The outspoken voices of ABC's "The View" have had plenty to say in their last two shows, just not about the biggest media story in their own house: ABC’s abrupt removal of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" from the air. On Thursday, Sept. 18, and Friday, Sept. 19, the daytime panel did not mention Kimmel’s indefinite suspension. Instead, the discussion focused on politics and headline hearings, including segments on the Epstein investigation and Capitol Hill testimony involving FBI Director Kash Patel and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Whoopi Goldberg did not appear on Friday’s broadca…
White Plains, NY
News
Lineup Of Speakers At Charlie Kirk Funeral Announced
The widow of slain conservative influencer Charlie Kirk will be among about a dozen speakers at his funeral this weekend. The list includes the president, vice president, and several Cabinet members. Click here for a new, updated story: How To Watch Charlie Kirk’s Funeral: TV, Streaming, Start Times, Security The memorial will be held Sunday, Sept. 21, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, home of the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals, with doors opening at 8 a.m. and the program beginning at 11 a.m. Arizona time (2 p.m. Eastern). State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Inset:…
Brighton, MA
Politics
Nephew, Ex-Mass Congressman Says RFK Jr. Should Resign: 'Threat' To Americans' Health
Former Massachusetts Congressman Joe Kennedy III said Friday, Sept. 5, that his uncle, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is putting Americans’ health at risk and must resign. Joe Kennedy’s remarks came a day after a combative congressional hearing where Democrats and some Republicans criticized Robert Kennedy Jr. for his vaccine skepticism and conspiratorial tendencies. “Robert Kennedy Jr. is a threat to the health and well-being of every American,” Kennedy wrote in a post on X. “A United States Secretary of Health and Human Services is tasked with protecting the…
Fairfield, CT
News
Florida Ends Vaccine Mandates, Calling Them ‘Slavery’; Experts Decry Decision
Florida will become the first state to eliminate all vaccine mandates. Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo announced the move during a press conference on Wednesday, Sept. 3, comparing the mandates to “slavery.” “Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery,” Ladapo said. Previously, the state required children to receive measles, mumps, rubella, polio, chickenpox, and hepatitis B vaccines. Religious exemptions were allowed, but now parents may opt out for any reason. According to the World Health Organization, vaccines have saved more than 150 million lives ov…
Potomac, MD
News
CDC Rocked By Ouster Of Director, Resignations Of Key Leaders
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is facing an unprecedented leadership vacuum after the ousting of its director and a wave of high-profile resignations. This turmoil is unfolding as the US grapples with growing concerns over public health and vaccine misinformation. On Wednesday, Aug. 27, the White House announced it had fired CDC Director Susan Monarez, who had served just one month as the agency’s first Senate-confirmed director this year. The 50-year-old Monarez and her attorneys are contesting the move, arguing that she has neither resigned nor received an offici…
Alexandria, VA
News
FDA Limits Access To New
Covid-
19 Vaccines: Here's What To Know
As fall approaches, the Food and Drug Administration has authorized updated COVID-19 vaccines from both Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, but with access limited to those most at risk for severe illness. On Wednesday, Aug. 27, the FDA approved the 2025-2026 formulas from both companies, each tailored to target the LP.8.1 sublineage — a new offshoot of the JN.1 Omicron variant — aligning the vaccines with the strains currently circulating in the US. Pfizer-BioNTech’s COMIRNATY LP.8.1 is approved for adults 65 and older, as well as individuals ages 5 to 64 with at least one underlying health…
White Plains, NY
Business
Froot Loops, Other Iconic Cereals To Lose Artificial Colors Under Kellogg’s Deal
Bowing to mounting consumer and regulatory pressure, Kellogg’s announced it will remove all artificial dyes from its breakfast cereals sold in the United States. The company said it will make the change by the end of 2027. It's a move that will transform the look of some of America’s most iconic breakfast foods. The decision follows a legally binding agreement between Kellogg’s and the Texas Attorney General’s office. This agreement investigated the company’s continued use of synthetic food colorings in the US, despite Kellogg’s having already removed them from cereals sold in…
Hartford, CT
Business
Coca-Cola Launching Cane Sugar Version Of Classic Soda: What To Know
Coca-Cola is going back to putting real sugar in its main soda. The Coca-Cola Company will release a version of its flagship soda made with US cane sugar, the soda giant officially announced on Tuesday, July 22. The sugar-based Coke is expected to reach stores in the fall. The move marks a major change for American soda fans, who have bought Coke with high-fructose corn syrup since the 1980s. "This edition is designed to complement our strong core portfolio and offer more choice across occasions and preferences," Coca-Cola chair and CEO James Quincey said on an earnings call…
Arlington, VA
Business
Most US Ice Cream Makers Pledge To Remove Artificial Dyes
The vast majority of the nation's ice cream makers have agreed to make their treats without artificial food colorings by 2028. The International Dairy Foods Association has pledged to phase out the synthetic dyes by the end of 2027, the trade group announced on Monday, July 14. The IDFA represents dozens of companies that make more than 90% of the nation's ice cream products. The companies will phase out certified artificial colors from ice cream and frozen dairy desserts made with real milk. Those dyes include Red 3, Red 40, Green 3, Blue 1, Blue 2, Yellow 5, and Y…
McLean, VA
Business
M&M's, Skittles Reportedly Resisting Push To End Artificial Food Dye Use: Here's Why
One of the nation's largest candy makers is pushing back on a years-long effort to remove artificial food dyes from its products, according to reports. Mars, the McLean, Virginia-based company behind popular candies like M&M's, is resisting the federal government's effort to remove synthetic food colorings, The New York Times reported on Monday, July 7. This comes as more than a dozen food giants like Kraft Heinz, General Mills, PepsiCo, ConAgra, and Nestlé have agreed to eliminate the artificial dyes from their US products by the end of 2027. Federal agencies have tried for y…
Albany, NY
Business
Kraft Heinz Says It Will Stop Using Artificial Colors In All Food Products
The maker of Kraft Mac & Cheese and Heinz ketchup says it’s phasing out all artificial colors from its US products, and halting any new ones that use them, effective immediately. Kraft Heinz, one of the largest food and beverage companies in the country, announced Tuesday, June 17, that it will eliminate the remaining FD&C (Food, Drug & Cosmetic) artificial dyes from its US product portfolio by the end of 2027. Already, nearly 90 percent of its domestic products are free of such colors. The move comes as part of what the company called a long-term effort to reformulate re…
Alexandria, VA
Politics
Trump Approval Rating Dips In New Poll, Voters Oppose ‘Beautiful’ GOP Bill By Near 2:1 Margin
President Trump is facing new headwinds with voters, and his party’s signature "big, beautiful" budget bill isn’t faring much better. A national Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday, June 11, found just 38 percent of voters approve of how Trump is handling his job as president, down from 41 percent in the university’s early April survey. Fifty-four percent disapprove. Among seven policy areas, Trump received his lowest marks for his handling of the Russia–Ukraine war, with only 34 percent approval. His highest approval came on immigration, with 43 percent. The same poll found vote…
Bethlehem, PA
News
RFK Jr. Removes All 17 Members Of CDC Vaccine Panel
The entire roster of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) independent vaccine advisory committee is being replaced, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said. Kennedy announced that all 17 will be leaving their posts, saying that "a clean sweep is needed to re-establish public confidence in vaccine science." Kennedy said that the committee, known as the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP), has been plagued with persistent conflicts of interest. The committee is made up of medical and public health professionals …
Merrick, NY
Politics
Video: Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder, Merrick Native Ben Cohen Booted From Senate Over Gaza Protest
Dramatic video shows the moment Ben & Jerry’s co-founder and Long Island native Ben Cohen was escorted out of a US Senate hearing while protesting Congress’ role in the Israel-Hamas war. The 74-year-old Cohen was arrested Wednesday, May 14, after joining several protesters in interrupting a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing that featured testimony from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Capitol Police said Cohen and the others were charged with “crowding, obstructing, or incommoding,” a misdemeanor offense related to illegal protesting…
Arlington, VA
Politics
RFK Jr. Posts Pics Of Family In Rock Creek, Where Swimming Is Banned For Health Risks
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took a questionable swim with his family to celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday. Kennedy shared photos of himself and his grandchildren on Sunday afternoon, posing and playing in the water in Rock Creek. "Mother’s Day hike in Dumbarton Oaks Park with Amaryllis, Bobby, Kick, and Jackson, and a swim with my grandchildren, Bobcat and Cassius in Rock Creek," he wrote on X. Mother’s Day hike in Dumbarton Oaks Park with Amaryllis, Bobby, Kick, and Jackson, and a swim with my grandchildren, Bobcat and Cassius in Rock Creek. pic…
Hartford, CT
Politics
CT Among 19 States Suing To Reverse Trump's 20,000 Health Care Job Cuts: 'Reckless, Dangerous'
Over one-third of U.S. states are urging a federal judge to reverse President Donald Trump’s decision to cut 20,000 Department of Health and Human Services employees, arguing the move could have dangerous and long-lasting effects on public health. Nineteen states — including Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Maryland — along with Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit in Rhode Island on Monday, May 5. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in March that the agency would cut nearly 25 percent of its workforce as part of Trump’s push to overhaul the federal government and reduce spendin…
Hershey, PA
News
'Enough Is Enough': RFK Jr. Slams Food Dyes In Fiery Press Conference
A fiery press conference by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lit up the debate over artificial food dyes on Tuesday, April 22—drawing a hard line on consumer safety and demanding regulatory reform. The event focused on Red Dye 3, a controversial colorant used in many candies, and the broader issue of petroleum-based food dyes still found in everyday products. While the FDA banned Red Dye 3 in January under The Delaney Clause—a law prohibiting additives linked to cancer in animals—it simultaneously stated there's no known risk to humans, triggering widespread confusio…
Arlington, VA
Lifestyle
‘The White
Potus
’: SNL Mocks Trump Family With Wild ‘White Lotus’ Spoof (
Watch
)
"The White Lotus" may have ended its third season run on HBO, but "Saturday Night Live" used it as one more chance to take a shot at President Donald Trump. This week, the long-running satirical sketch program, took its own take on the popular tv show, but this time replacing it with members of Trump's family and much-maligned Cabinet. The skit targeted everyone from Melania and Ivanka Trump to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. - played by host Jon Hamm - along the way. The White Lotus gets a political spin…
Towson, MD
News
RFK Jr. To Cut Around One-Quarter Of Federal Health Staff
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is preparing to make significant reductions within the department, as reported in documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal. The planned changes involve the elimination of at least 10,000 full-time positions across various departments responsible for critical functions such as disease outbreak response, insurance provision for low-income Americans, and drug approval, according to the story published Thursday morning, March 27. If enacted, these measures would result in the department losing nearly one-quarter of its personn…
Garden City, NY
Politics
Senate Confirms Garden City Native Kash Patel, Staunch Trump Loyalist, As FBI Director
New York native Kash Patel will lead the world’s most powerful law enforcement agency. The US Senate confirmed Patel, 44, as FBI director by a vote of 51-49 on Thursday, Feb. 20, with Republican Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) breaking rank to join every Democrat in opposing the move. Patel, a Long Island native from Garden City, rose to national prominence as a fierce loyalist to President Donald Trump while spreading “deep state” conspiracy theories and defending many of the rioters charged for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. He previou…
Haverstraw, NY
Politics
Caroline Kennedy Calls RFK Jr. ‘Predator,’ Urges Senate To Reject Trump Nominee
Caroline Kennedy, the sole surviving child of President John F. Kennedy, has delivered a scathing critique of her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., just as he is about to testify before the Senate in a confirmation hearing following his appointment by President Trump as health secretary. “I have known Bobby my whole life,” Caroline Kennedy, age 67, wrote in a letter to senators. “It’s no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets because he himself is a predator.” She criticized his promotion of vaccine misinformation, attributing the 2019 measles outbreak in American Samoa to his anti-vacci…
Amityville, NY
Politics
Trump Taps Another Vaccine Skeptic, An Amityville Native, To Lead CDC
Another vaccine skeptic with New York ties could soon shape public health policy. President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Florida congressman and physician Dave Weldon to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Weldon was born on Long Island, in Amityville, and graduated from Stony Brook University in 1978 before earning his M.D. degree at the University of Buffalo in 1981. Earlier Report: Trump Selects Vaccine-Skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. As Secretary Of Health, Human Services “In addition to being a medical doctor for 40 years, and an Ar…
Harrisburg, PA
Politics
Trump Taps Dr. Oz, Penn Alum, To Lead Medicare And Medicaid Services
President-elect Donald J. Trump has nominated Dr. Mehmet Oz to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), citing the Pennsylvania-educated heart surgeon’s decades-long dedication to healthcare innovation and public advocacy. The announcement came Tuesday, Nov. 19, as Trump highlighted Oz’s qualifications and ties to the Keystone State. Dr. Oz earned both his medical degree and MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine and Wharton Business School, making him an Ivy League-trained physician and business leader. Trump lauded his achievements in a statement, ca…
Amityville, NY
Lifestyle
'Yikes': SNL Viewers Unimpressed By Amityville Native Alec Baldwin's Portrayal Of RFK Jr.
And the crowd goes… mild. Actor and New York native Alec Baldwin is dividing the internet with his impression of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Saturday Night Live. The 66-year-old Baldwin, a Long Island native from Amityville, appeared in the NBC sketch comedy show’s cold open Saturday, Nov. 16, portraying Kennedy, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be health and human services secretary. Watch the entire clip below. Set in the Oval Office, the scene also featured Dana Carvey as President Joe Biden and James Austin Johnson as Trump. It made fun of Trump’s recent Cabinet nominations, inc…
Jericho, NY
Politics
Trump Taps Billionaire Financier, Jericho Native For Commerce Secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has picked another New Yorker for a top Cabinet post. Howard Lutnick, a Long Island native from Jericho and the chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, is his pick for commerce secretary. “He will lead our tariff and trade agenda, with additional direct responsibility for the Office of the United States Trade Representative,” Trump announced on Truth Social on Tuesday, Nov. 19. Earlier Report: Trump Selects Vaccine-Skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. As Secretary Of Health, Human Services Lutnick, a co-chair of the president-elect’s transition team, has spent …
Albany, NY
Politics
Trump Selects Vaccine-Skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. As Secretary Of Health, Human Services
President-elect Donald Trump tapped a controversial New Yorker to oversee public health. Robert F Kennedy Jr. is his choice for secretary of health and human services, Trump announced Thursday, Nov. 14. "For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to Public Health," Trump said on Truth Social. Earlier Report: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Suspends Presidential Bid, Backs Donald Trump "The Safety and Health of all Americans is the most important role of any A…
Greenwich, CT
Obituaries
Ethel Kennedy, Who Went From Greenwich To Head Of Nation's Most Famous Family, Dies At 96
Ethel Kennedy, the matriarch of America's most famous political family, died Thursday, Oct. 10. She was 96. Ethel Kennedy was wife to Robert "Bobby" Kennedy Sr., sister-in-law to President John F. Kennedy, and mother to 11 children, including former presidential nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. She suffered a stroke at her home last week, her grandson, former Rep. Joe Kennedy said on X, formerly Twitter. It is with our hearts full of love that we announce the passing of our amazing grandmother, Ethel Kennedy. She died this morning from complications related to a stroke su…
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