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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s ballooning security costs were partly covered by money from an office created to fight Black infant deaths.

According to a Wall Street Journal article published on Tuesday, the Department of Health and Human Services told congressional appropriators earlier this year that it was shifting about $12 million from its Office of Minority Health to help pay for Kennedy's protection. The Journal cited people familiar with the matter and a document it reviewed.

According to The Journal's sources, Kennedy's security costs rose from roughly $10 million in fiscal 2025 to $17 million in fiscal 2026. Those sources said protection for previous HHS secretaries ran about $5 million a year....

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accepted more than $250,000 worth of gifts from a single major donor last year, according to newly disclosed ethics filings reported by the Wall Street Journal.

The haul included two separate international flights: one running close to $97,000 for a Fiji round-trip, and another costing roughly $45,000 to travel to and from Greece.

The gifts all came from Gavin de Becker, a longtime security consultant who provided protective services to Kennedy and served as a significant donor during his 2024 presidential run. Beyond the flights, de Becker also gave Kennedy free use of his vacation home in Washington, D.C. De Becker owns property in Fiji, where one leg of Kennedy's travel was headed....

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. flew a military jet to campaign for Republican candidates in Iowa ahead of the midterms.

Kennedy was given access to military aircraft for travel across the country, including as part of the GOP's push before the November midterms, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.

The White House and lawyers for the Department of Health and Human Services signed off on the plan to let Kennedy use the jets, five people told The Post. Several insiders said the use of military aircraft has been infrequent because of the added cost, and that protocols exist to determine when a government plane is warranted....

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has an Army doctor in his department investigating whether COVID vaccines killed troops.

According to a Thursday Politico article, Army physician Theresa Long testified in a federal court in Virginia that she is now working alongside Kennedy and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to examine whether service members died from COVID shots that were mandated under President Joe Biden in 2021.

Hegseth assigned her to serve as Kennedy's senior medical military adviser, a role at the HHS that had not surfaced publicly until now, according to Politico....

An author suggested that President Donald Trump isn't aware of a secret campaign set in motion by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

During a Thursday episode of "Inside Trump's Head," Michael Wolff, a Trump biographer, interpreted recent moves by Kennedy as steps towards building a 2028 campaign around fears of the food industrial complex.

"Politics at this point in time is the intersection of conspiracy and hypochondria," Wolff said. "RFK Jr. understands that, and that is the circumstance and the issue — the zeitgeist — that he is going to try to run to take him to the presidency."...

A video of President Donald Trump and his cabinet members making statements that bucked recent polling numbers left a CNN anchor shocked.

CNN anchor Erin Burnett aired footage of Trump's cabinet members showering him with praise, including Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touting the president's transparency and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent saying the economy under Trump is "the envy of the world" and a feat the founding fathers "could not have imagined."

She contrasted that with recent poll numbers that show Americans don't quite view Trump the same way, including a 34 percent approval rating. It marks Trump's "lowest approval rating among the American people so far," Burnett noted....