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How health care could change under the new Trump administration

2:36pm November 06, 2024

Trump's victory gives a broader platform to critics of federal health programs. Among other moves, he may try to weaken the Affordable Care Act and cut funding for Medicaid coverage.

Students Atl Logan Monument During The DNC

Politics & Government

Chicago ’68 recalls a Democratic convention and a political moment like no other

6:02am August 12, 2024

by Ron Elving

In the months leading up to DNC 2024, "Chicago ‘68" has been repeatedly conjured. But there is nothing in this political climate to compare to '68 and the all-encompassing anxiety over Vietnam.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running as an independent presidential candidate, speaks during a campaign event in Miami Sunday.

Politics & Government

RFK Jr.'s poll numbers remain high. What explains this — and can it last?

4:24pm November 18, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

The anti-vaccine political scion is running as an independent for president, is threatening both parties and is polling higher than any independent in 40 years. But those high numbers tend to fade.

Sen. Robert Kennedy speaks at an election rally in 1968.

Politics & Government

Robert Kennedy was killed 55 years ago. How should he be remembered?

5:48pm June 05, 2023

by Ashley Montgomery

On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was gunned down in a hotel in Los Angeles. Kennedy, a presidential hopeful who was memorialized as a liberal icon, was complicated and contradictory.

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Sirhan Sirhan, who was convicted of the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, had his 16th parole hearing Friday. Members of the California Board of Parole recommended that Sirhan be paroled.

National

Sirhan Sirhan Has Served 53 Years For Killing Robert F. Kennedy. Soon He May Be Free

7:55pm August 27, 2021

by Martin Kaste

Sirhan's sentence was commuted to life with the possibility of parole in 1972. On Friday, the California Board of Parole recommended parole.

One of several murals of Robert Kennedy is displayed at the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools in Los Angeles.

National

50 Years After His Death, Making RFK More Than A Ghost And A Mural

9:34am June 06, 2018

by Eric Westervelt

Multi-generations debate and reminisce about the legacy left by the slain Democratic senator from New York. He championed for better treatment of the poor and people of color.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Tuesday, after meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. Kennedy said Trump put him in charge of a commission on "vaccine safety."

Despite The Facts, Trump Once Again Embraces Vaccine Skeptics

8:33pm January 10, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

Theories that a preservative in childhood vaccines could cause autism have been disproved and dismissed. But Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he'll be heading up a Trump-requested commission on the topic.