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Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
The latest news on Robert F. Kennedy, American politician, lawyer and former US attorney general, including US politics news.
A tarp covers the facade of the Kennedy Centre in Washington on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
Donald Trump

Trump’s name is gone from the Kennedy Centre. Why is the tarp still up?

A US judge has asked the venue’s board, which is stacked with loyalists to the president, to explain why the facade remains covered.

Britain

Opinion | UK could take a leaf out of Hong Kong’s supply-side economics

Fame and celebrity

Meet Narciso Rodriguez, the designer of Carolyn Bessette’s wedding gown

Fame and celebrity

Who was Ethel Kennedy – and was she really mean to Carolyn Bessette?

The Kennedy family matriarch and RFK’s widow, who raised 11 children, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama for her public service.

Ethel Kennedy never remarried after Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1968. Photos: Getty Images, @ @kerrykennedyrfk/Instagram
Donald Trump

Trump plans to shut down Kennedy Centre for 2 years for renovations

Planned closure marks the latest development since Trump took control of the centre, after multiple artists cancelled performances there.

United States

Medical groups win right to challenge RFK Jnr’s Covid-19 vaccine policies

Judge lets medical groups challenge Kennedy’s CDC vaccine changes, citing health risks to public health and unlawful panel influence.

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Obituaries

Tatiana Schlossberg, journalist and JFK’s granddaughter, dead at 35

Schlossberg, who wrote about her battle with cancer, was critical of her relative Robert F Kennedy Jnr, the US health secretary.

Tatiana Schlossberg in 2023. Photo: AP
Donald Trump

World-famous Kennedy Centre renamed to honour Trump

The US president says he was ‘surprised’ by the decision from the board, whose members he hand-picked.

United States

Opinion | Venezuela? Trump’s real aim could be laying claim to the western hemisphere

In the aftermath of American exceptionalism, Trump and Xi could form respective ‘greater areas’, each ordered by their own nation’s political and legal norms.

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United States

Joan Bennett Kennedy, wife of late US Senator Ted Kennedy, dies at 89

Her marriage tied her to an American political dynasty that includes slain US president John F. Kennedy and Trump health chief RFK Jnr.

Joan Kennedy, first wife of late former US senator Ted Kennedy, gets a standing ovation as she is recognised at the dedication ceremony for the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston in March 2015. Photo: Reuters
Drugs

Former CDC heads say Kennedy Jnr ‘endangering’ all Americans

Nine ex-leaders pen essay with warning that the US health secretary’s actions are unprecedented and alarming.

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jnr. Photo: Reuters
United States

Fired US CDC director clashed with Kennedy on vaccine policy

Susan Monarez told a close associate that she had been asked to do things that were illegal or flew in the face of science.

United States

US CDC chief fired, senior officials resign amid tensions over health directives

CDC director Monarez challenges her dismissal after less than a month on the job.

Donald Trump

RFK Jnr disavows US presidential run, pledges loyalty to Trump

The declaration follows speculation stoked by right-wing commentator Laura Loomer that the health chief has his sights on the White House.

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jnr holds a lamprey as it latches onto his arm during a visit to the Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery Complex in Lenore, Idaho, in July. Photo: Lewiston Tribune via AP
Gun violence in the US

US CDC shooter believed Covid vaccine made him suicidal, father says

Patrick Joseph White was armed with five guns and tried to get into the health agency headquarters before being stopped by guards.

Police block a road near Emory University and the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention after a shooting incident on Friday. Photo: Reuters
Argentina

US moves to lift visa restrictions for Argentina in boost to right-wing ally

Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem said the US would put Argentina on an ‘expedited path’ to enrolment in the Visa Waiver Program.

Donald Trump

Trump says Coca-Cola agrees to use cane sugar for coke in US

The company’s original soda contains high-fructose corn syrup, though the US president famously drinks Diet Coke, sweetened with aspartame.

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United States

Death to dyes: US ice cream giants to ditch artificial colouring by 2027

Makers of over 40 top ice cream brands have pledged to stop using petroleum-derived synthetic colourings in two years’ time.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jnr eats a mint chocolate chip ice cream cone during a press conference announcing that ice cream makers are pledging to eliminate many artificial food dyes by the end of 2027. Photo: Getty Images/AFP
United States

Iran-linked hacker group ‘Robert’ threatens to release Trump aides’ emails

Hackers claim 100 gigabytes of emails from Trump associates, including chief of staff and lawyer.

US Politics

RFK Jnr ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee

Long-time vaccine skeptic Kennedy says a ‘clean sweep is needed to re-establish public confidence in vaccine science’.

Icons and Influencers

Meet Trump-friendly TikTok influencer Link Lauren, aka ‘Maga Malfoy’

The 26-year-old started out discussing pop culture topics, but his comments to CNN viewers to ‘calm down’ about Trump’s 2023 appearance on the network led his career in a different direction.

Meet Link Lauren, aka “Maga Malfoy”, the TikTok influencer who went viral for fawning over Karoline Leavitt, and previously worked for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Photo: @itslinklauren/X
United States

US limits Covid-19 boosters to over-65s or those at high risk

The FDA will require vaccine makers to run fresh clinical trials before offering shots to younger and healthier individuals.

The FDA said it would rely on lab test results to approve boosters for people who are over 65, or over six months old with at least one underlying condition. Photo illustration: Reuters
Fame and celebrity

Meet record producer Damon Dash’s model daughter, Ava Dash

The eldest daughter of record executive Damon Dash and designer Rachel Roy, Ava Dash has modelled nude for Peta, and once dated RFK Jr’s son Conor Kennedy

United States

US at tipping point for return of endemic measles

Low vaccination rates mean the disease, which was declared eradicated in the US, could go back to spreading at high levels, researchers warn.

United States

Trump health chief RFK Jnr says US will know cause of autism ‘epidemic’ soon

Kennedy has long promoted a debunked link between vaccines and autism despite scientific evidence to the contrary.

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jnr attends a press conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Monday. Photo: Reuters
United States

Trump health cuts to axe 10,000 jobs, strip union rights, amid measles outbreak

The US Department of Health and Human Services aims to lay off up to 10,000 employees through agency consolidation, raising public health concerns.

People march in protest against Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the Trump administration on March 29. Photo: AFP
United States

Top US vaccine official quits, slams Trump health chief for ‘misinformation’

The Food and Drug Administration’s Peter Marks oversaw the agency’s rapid review and approval of Covid-19 jabs during the pandemic.

United States

Utah bans fluoride in drinking water, becoming first US state to do so

The move is opposed by dentists and health organisations, who warn it will lead to medical problems.

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