RFK Jr. Is Confirmed as Health Secretary

小肯尼迪被确认为卫生部长

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2025-02-14

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P.M. Edition for Feb. 13. Senators voted to confirm vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary. WSJ reporter Liz Essley Whyte tells us how Kennedy overcame senators’ skepticism to win their votes. Plus, voters’ frustration with inflation helped Donald Trump win the White House; WSJ chief economics commentator Greg Ip joins us to talk about why getting rid of inflation might now be a challenge for the president. And President Trump signs a memo ordering federal agencies to study reciprocal tariffs. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • We start this evening in Washington, where the Senate has confirmed Robert F.

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  • As health and Human Services secretary.

  • The confirmation puts the longtime critic of vaccines

  • and the medical establishment in charge of the country's vast and powerful health apparatus.