Adam Cancryn

1 day ago | yahoo.com | Carmen Paun |Adam Cancryn

Sen. Bill Cassidy has a big decision to make about Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.When Kennedy makes his first public appearance before the Senate health committee Wednesday since his February confirmation, public health officials and advocates hope the GOP senator from Louisiana — a doctor — will again challenge Kennedy’s long-held view that vaccines cause autism, as he did during Kennedy’s confirmation hearings, and also question actions Kennedy has taken as secretary.

1 day ago | politico.com | Carmen Paun |Adam Cancryn

“It’s probably going to be really disappointing for people who want fireworks,” said one of those people, adding that Cassidy and Kennedy often talk multiple times a week. Where Cassidy comes down will say a lot about how much scrutiny Kennedy’s vaccine policies are going to get on Capitol Hill. After his tough questions in January, Cassidy voted to confirm Kennedy, saying Kennedy had promised to uphold the current vaccine approval and monitoring system.

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Adam Cancryn

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to tap Rich Danker as the department’s new top spokesman, three people familiar with the decision told POLITICO. The selection comes two months after Kennedy’s first assistant secretary for public affairs, Tom Corry, abruptly quit just days into his tenure over disagreements with Kennedy’s senior team and Kennedy’s handling of the measles outbreak.

1 week ago | politico.com | Jake Traylor |Adam Cancryn

Trump wanted to advance the ‘most favored nation’ policy in his first term but faced resistance from industry and the courts. Should Donald Trump go ahead with the order, it would represent a major confrontation between the White House and the deep-pocketed pharmaceutical industry.

1 week ago | politico.com | Adam Cancryn |Daniel Desrochers

The looming repercussions have prompted a new round of warnings and lobbying from business groups desperate to dodge Trump’s tariffs. But there’s little reassurance as the White House tries to coalesce around a consistent communications strategy, even as key allies like truckers begin to feel the effects of supply-chain gaps.