https://www.scmp.com/rss/520081/feed The latest news on Robert F. Kennedy, American politician, lawyer and former US attorney general, including US politics news. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Ishani Sarkar Ishani Sarkar John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette’s timeless romance captivated the world in the 1990s. Now, a whole new generation is obsessing over the couple, thanks to FX’s Love Story. The first season of the show, executive-produced by Ryan Murphy, focuses on the pair’s dizzying relationship unfolding under intense media scrutiny. It stars Tony-nominated actress Sarah Pidgeon as fashion publicist Carolyn Bessette and breakout talent Paul Anthony Kelly as JFK Jr, son of former US president John F.... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3345563/what-happened-designer-carolyn-bessettes-wedding-dress-narciso-rodriguez?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3345563/what-happened-designer-carolyn-bessettes-wedding-dress-narciso-rodriguez?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:00:12 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa In the latest episode of Ryan Murphy’s Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, the Calvin Klein publicist is invited by JFK Jr. to join a family dinner in Massachusetts, leading to an uncomfortable encounter for Bessette (played by Sarah Pidgeon) when she is grilled by Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy, for wearing a fashionable scarf to dinner and quizzed about current events. Despite Ethel’s initial cold treatment of Bessette, the Kennedy family matriarch later warmed... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3345241/who-was-ethel-kennedy-and-was-she-really-mean-carolyn-bessette?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3345241/who-was-ethel-kennedy-and-was-she-really-mean-carolyn-bessette?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:00:16 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump said ‍on Sunday he planned to close the John F. Kennedy Memorial Centre for the Performing Arts for two years for reconstruction starting in July. The national arts and entertainment centre in Washington has been marked by turmoil in recent months following Trump’s appointment of himself as chairman, his push to change the organisation’s focus, plans for reconstruction, ⁠and the board’s addition of his name to the institution. Under Trump’s plan, the centre would close... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342049/trump-plans-shut-down-kennedy-centre-2-years-renovations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342049/trump-plans-shut-down-kennedy-centre-2-years-renovations?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Feb 2026 05:05:32 +0000 Reuters Reuters A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that several major medical organisations can move forward with their lawsuit challenging policies adopted under US Health Secretary Robert ‌F. Kennedy Jnr that they say will lower vaccination rates. US District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston rejected ‍arguments by lawyers for US President Donald Trump’s administration that the groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, lack legal standing to pursue the case because they could not show they were harmed by... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3338967/judge-allows-lawsuit-against-rfk-jnrs-covid-19-vaccine-policies-proceed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3338967/judge-allows-lawsuit-against-rfk-jnrs-covid-19-vaccine-policies-proceed?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:00:09 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse American environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of late president John F. Kennedy, has died from cancer at the age of 35, her family announced on Tuesday. “Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts,” the family wrote in a statement posted on the JFK Library Foundation’s Instagram account. Schlossberg, a science and climate reporter for The New York Times, wrote movingly about her diagnosis with acute myeloid leukaemia in an essay... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3338216/jfks-granddaughter-journalist-tatiana-schlossberg-dies-35?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3338216/jfks-granddaughter-journalist-tatiana-schlossberg-dies-35?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:10:37 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump’s hand-picked board voted on Thursday to rename Washington’s leading performing arts centre as the Trump-Kennedy Centre, the White House said, in a move that was quickly denounced as a “disgrace” by the Democratic leader of the House, who is on the board. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the vote on social media, attributing it to the “unbelievable work President Trump has done over the last year in saving the building. Not only from the standpoint of its... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336973/world-famous-kennedy-centre-renamed-honour-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336973/world-famous-kennedy-centre-renamed-honour-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:42:59 +0000 Ruairidh J. Brown Ruairidh J. Brown On November 16, the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s most advanced aircraft carrier, sailed into the Caribbean to join Operation Southern Spear – the largest US military deployment in the Caribbean since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Donald Trump is, however, a very different president from John F. Kennedy. Whereas Kennedy endorsed the burden of American exceptionalism to “assure the survival and the success of liberty” at “any price” or “hardship”, Trump promises to prioritise “America... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3333424/venezuela-trumps-real-aim-could-be-laying-claim-western-hemisphere?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3333424/venezuela-trumps-real-aim-could-be-laying-claim-western-hemisphere?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Nov 2025 12:30:09 +0000 Reuters Reuters Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of a US senator, the mother of a congressman and the sister-in-law of a slain president, has died at the age of 89, US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jnr said on Wednesday. A daughter of privilege who could trace her lineage back to one of the victims of the Salem witch trials, Joan Kennedy’s marriage to Edward Kennedy tied her to an American political dynasty and tumultuous personal life marred by bouts of alcoholism. She passed away peacefully in her... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3328290/joan-bennett-kennedy-wife-late-us-senator-ted-kennedy-dies-89?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3328290/joan-bennett-kennedy-wife-late-us-senator-ted-kennedy-dies-89?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Oct 2025 22:11:08 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Nine former leaders of the top US health body sounded the alarm on Monday about the Trump administration’s evisceration of the agency and warned that vaccine sceptic Robert F. Kennedy Jnr is “endangering every American’s health”. The blunt guest essay in The New York Times marked the latest in snowballing attacks on the US health secretary after the director of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention was recently fired by US President Donald Trump after just weeks in her post. Susan... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323972/rfk-jnr-endangering-all-americans-health-agency-ex-leaders-warn?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323972/rfk-jnr-endangering-all-americans-health-agency-ex-leaders-warn?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Sep 2025 17:41:52 +0000 Reuters Reuters US CDC Director Susan Monarez was fired on Wednesday after resisting changes to vaccine policy that were advanced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jnr and that she believed contradicted scientific evidence, a close associate said on Thursday. The revelation and interviews with top officials who resigned in the wake of the director’s firing underscored the growing division over the US approach to public health and the upheaval at the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, which protects... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323561/fired-us-cdc-director-clashed-kennedy-vaccine-policy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323561/fired-us-cdc-director-clashed-kennedy-vaccine-policy?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Aug 2025 22:29:33 +0000 Reuters Reuters US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez has been fired, the White House said on Wednesday, less than a month after being sworn in, and four senior officials have resigned amid growing tensions over vaccine policies and public health directives. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jnr has made sweeping changes to vaccine policies, including withdrawing federal recommendations for Covid shots for pregnant women and healthy children in May, and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323410/us-cdc-director-susan-monarez-out-after-less-month-job?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323410/us-cdc-director-susan-monarez-out-after-less-month-job?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Aug 2025 22:31:11 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jnr said in a social media post on Friday that he is not running for president in 2028, pushing back on criticism from right-wing commentator Laura Loomer that he is disloyal to President Donald Trump. “The president has made himself the answer to my 20-year prayer that God would put me in a position to end the chronic disease epidemic,” Kennedy wrote. “That’s exactly what my team and I will do until the day he leaves office.” The... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322069/rfk-jnr-disavows-us-presidential-run-pledges-loyalty-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322069/rfk-jnr-disavows-us-presidential-run-pledges-loyalty-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Aug 2025 23:41:30 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A Georgia man who opened fire on the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters, shooting dozens of rounds into the sprawling complex and killing a police officer, had blamed the Covid-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal, a law enforcement official said on Saturday. The 30-year-old shooter also tried to get into the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta but was stopped by guards before driving to a pharmacy across the street and opening fire late Friday afternoon, the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3321339/us-cdc-shooter-had-distrust-covid-vaccines-neighbour-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3321339/us-cdc-shooter-had-distrust-covid-vaccines-neighbour-says?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Aug 2025 17:45:42 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The United States and Argentina on Monday announced that they are working on a plan to allow Argentine tourists to again travel to the US without a visa. It is likely to take two to three years before visa-free travel becomes a reality for Argentine passport holders, but the Trump administration’s move to kick-start the process marked a show of support for President Javier Milei, its staunchest ally in South America and a darling of conservatives around the world. The gesture coincided with a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3319910/us-moves-lift-visa-restrictions-argentina-boost-right-wing-ally?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3319910/us-moves-lift-visa-restrictions-argentina-boost-right-wing-ally?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Jul 2025 22:28:51 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg US President Donald Trump said in a social media post that Coca-Cola has agreed to use cane sugar in Coke beverages sold in the US. “I have been speaking to Coca-Cola about using REAL Cane Sugar in Coke in the United States, and they have agreed to do so,” Trump said. “I’d like to thank all of those in authority at Coca-Cola.” Coca-Cola did not immediately return a message seeking comment. The company already sells a version of Mexico Coke that contains cane sugar. Coke’s original soda currently... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318501/trump-says-coca-cola-agrees-use-cane-sugar-coke-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318501/trump-says-coca-cola-agrees-use-cane-sugar-coke-us?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Jul 2025 22:25:07 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Major US ice cream makers on Monday announced plans to phase out their use of artificial dyes following pressure from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jnr to eliminate unnecessary additives from the American diet. The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), which includes over 40 top ice cream brands, said its members would stop using petroleum-derived synthetic colourings by the end of 2027. These chemicals have been linked in studies to conditions including attention deficit... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318231/us-ice-cream-giants-pledge-ditch-artificial-dyes-2027-health-push?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318231/us-ice-cream-giants-pledge-ditch-artificial-dyes-2027-health-push?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Jul 2025 04:28:24 +0000 Reuters Reuters Iran-linked hackers have threatened to disclose more emails stolen from US President Donald Trump’s circle, after distributing an earlier batch to the media ahead of the 2024 US election. In online chats with Reuters on Sunday and Monday, the hackers, who go by the pseudonym Robert, said they had roughly 100 gigabytes of emails from the accounts of White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, Trump lawyer Lindsey Halligan, Trump adviser Roger Stone and porn star-turned-Trump antagonist Stormy... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3316447/iran-linked-hackers-threaten-release-trump-aides-emails?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3316447/iran-linked-hackers-threaten-release-trump-aides-emails?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:51:39 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jnr on Monday removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines and pledged to replace them with his own picks. Doctors and public health groups criticised the move to oust all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices. Kennedy, who was one of the nation’s leading anti-vaccine activists before becoming the nation’s top health official, has not said who he... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3313768/robert-f-kennedy-jnr-ousts-cdc-vaccine-committee-pledges-replace-own-picks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3313768/robert-f-kennedy-jnr-ousts-cdc-vaccine-committee-pledges-replace-own-picks?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Jun 2025 23:01:26 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa Maga influencer Link Lauren has become an internet sensation after attending the “influencer briefing” held by the White House on April 28. Thanks to his striking, bleached blond hair, the internet has christened him “Maga Malfoy” in reference to the famous Harry Potter character Draco Malfoy. His bright, slicked-back hair aside, Lauren has also become the subject of internet trolls for fawning over press secretary Karoline Leavitt. a MAGA influencer in today's White House briefing suggests joe... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3312741/meet-link-lauren-aka-maga-malfoy-blond-tiktok-influencer-went-viral-fawning-over-trumps-press?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3312741/meet-link-lauren-aka-maga-malfoy-blond-tiktok-influencer-went-viral-fawning-over-trumps-press?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Jun 2025 20:00:08 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The United States will limit Covid-19 boosters to people over 65 or those at risk of serious illness, while requiring vaccine makers to run fresh clinical trials before offering shots to younger and healthier individuals, officials said Tuesday. Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Food and Drug Administration’s Vinayak Prasad and Commissioner Martin Makary framed the policy shift as “evidence-based” and would align the US more closely with guidance in Europe. But it comes as US... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3311141/us-limits-covid-19-boosters-over-65s-or-those-high-risk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3311141/us-limits-covid-19-boosters-over-65s-or-those-high-risk?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 May 2025 23:30:28 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa While there is no shortage of Hollywood nepo babies riding on the coattails of their famous parents to launch their careers, very few are willing to admit that it took more than just “hard work” to break into the highly competitive industry – Ava Dash is not one of them. The 25-year-old daughter of entrepreneur and record executive Damon Dash and designer Rachel Roy is breaking into the modelling scene, and she has no reservations about the fact that her last name is opening doors for her. “I... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3310490/meet-damon-dashs-model-daughter-ava-who-isnt-afraid-nepo-baby-label-shes-modelled-skims-used-date?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3310490/meet-damon-dashs-model-daughter-ava-who-isnt-afraid-nepo-baby-label-shes-modelled-skims-used-date?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 May 2025 11:00:09 +0000 The United States is at a tipping point for the return of endemic measles a quarter century after the disease was declared eradicated in the country, researchers warned on Thursday. At current US childhood vaccination rates, measles could return to spreading regularly at high levels, with an estimated 851,300 cases over the next 25 years, computer models used by the researchers suggest. If rates of vaccination with the measles-mumps-rubella, or MMR, shot were to decline by 10 per cent, an... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3307836/us-tipping-point-return-endemic-measles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3307836/us-tipping-point-return-endemic-measles?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Apr 2025 19:30:59 +0000 The United States government will identify the cause of autism by September this year, US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jnr said on Thursday. “At your direction, we are going to know by September. We’ve launched a massive testing and research effort that’s going to involve hundreds of scientists from around the world,” Kennedy said at a meeting of US President Donald Trump’s cabinet. “By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we’ll be able to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3306063/trump-health-chief-robert-f-kennedy-jnr-says-us-will-know-cause-autism-epidemic-soon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3306063/trump-health-chief-robert-f-kennedy-jnr-says-us-will-know-cause-autism-epidemic-soon?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:05:17 +0000 Employees across the massive US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people. The notices come just days after US President Donald Trump moved to strip workers of their collective bargaining rights at HHS and other agencies throughout the government. Kennedy announced a plan last week to remake HHS, which, through its agencies, is responsible for tracking health trends and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3304798/trump-healthcare-cuts-eliminate-10000-jobs-strip-union-rights-amid-measles-outbreak?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3304798/trump-healthcare-cuts-eliminate-10000-jobs-strip-union-rights-amid-measles-outbreak?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:59:43 +0000 The top vaccine official with the US Food and Drug Administration has resigned and criticised the nation’s top health official for allowing “misinformation and lies” to guide his thinking behind the safety of vaccinations. Peter Marks sent a letter to Acting FDA Commissioner Sara Brenner on Friday saying that he would resign and retire by April 5 as director of the Centre for Biologics Evaluation and Research. In his letter, which was obtained by Associated Press, Marks said he was “willing to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3304438/top-us-vaccine-official-quits-slams-trump-health-chief-rfk-jnrs-misinformation-and-lies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3304438/top-us-vaccine-official-quits-slams-trump-health-chief-rfk-jnrs-misinformation-and-lies?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Mar 2025 17:49:48 +0000 Utah has become the first US state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, amid opposition from dentists and national health organisations who warn the move will lead to medical problems and disproportionately affect low-income communities. Republican Governor Spencer Cox signed legislation on Thursday that bars cities and communities from deciding whether to add the mineral to their water systems. Fluoride strengthens teeth and reduces cavities by replacing minerals lost during normal wear... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3304385/utah-bans-fluoride-drinking-water-becoming-first-us-state-do-so?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3304385/utah-bans-fluoride-drinking-water-becoming-first-us-state-do-so?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Mar 2025 20:59:27 +0000 The White House withdrew US President Donald Trump’s nomination of former Republican congressman and vaccine critic Dave Weldon to serve as director of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, a surprise move that came shortly before his scheduled Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday. Weldon, a doctor who has a long history of opposing vaccines, said in a four-page statement posted by The New York Times that he had been informed 12 hours before the hearing by the White House that... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3302296/trump-drops-vaccine-critic-dave-weldon-nominee-head-cdc?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3302296/trump-drops-vaccine-critic-dave-weldon-nominee-head-cdc?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:55:28 +0000 An unvaccinated child in Texas has died from measles, authorities said Wednesday, marking the first US fatality from the highly contagious disease in nearly a decade as health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jnr played down a growing outbreak. The death comes as immunisation rates decline nationwide, with the latest cases concentrated in a Mennonite religious community that has historically shown vaccine hesitancy. It arrived at a delicate moment for US public health as Kennedy, who has long spread... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3300284/unvaccinated-texas-child-dies-measles-outbreak-first-us-fatality-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3300284/unvaccinated-texas-child-dies-measles-outbreak-first-us-fatality-years?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Feb 2025 18:23:18 +0000 It wasn’t just comedians and Hollywood celebrities who celebrated the SNL50 Anniversary Special on February 16. Even members of the Kennedy family were present at the lavish bash – including Caroline Kennedy and her rarely seen husband Edwin Schlossberg. The couple, who have been married since 1986, were pictured arriving at the Saturday Night Live event in honour of the sketch comedy show’s milestone 50-year anniversary. Kennedy’s appearance comes less than a month after she published a... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3299384/snl50-who-caroline-kennedys-husband-edwin-schlossberg-pioneering-artist-and-designer-came-1960s-new?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3299384/snl50-who-caroline-kennedys-husband-edwin-schlossberg-pioneering-artist-and-designer-came-1960s-new?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Feb 2025 21:00:09 +0000 The Republican-controlled US Senate approved Robert F. Kennedy Jnr as health secretary on Thursday, disregarding alarm from the medical community over his history of promoting vaccine misinformation and denying scientific facts. Known widely as “RFK Jnr”, the 71-year-old nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy secured the nomination by a vote of 52-48, becoming the latest contentious addition to US President Donald Trump’s cabinet. Former Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell voted no,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3298597/vaccine-sceptic-robert-f-kennedy-jnr-confirmed-trumps-health-secretary?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3298597/vaccine-sceptic-robert-f-kennedy-jnr-confirmed-trumps-health-secretary?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:07:39 +0000 Kerry Kennedy believes that despite her fundamental political differences with her brother, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, they can “still find ways of loving each other”, she said in an interview with CNN. According to The Hill, there has been widespread speculation that US President Donald Trump has picked RFK Jr to be Health Secretary in his new administration. The rumours have caused widespread alarm. RFK Jr has been known to make false claims about vaccines, plus other erroneous, health-related... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3295804/meet-kerry-kennedy-rfk-jrs-sister-who-opposes-him-and-donald-trump-human-rights-activism-troubled?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3295804/meet-kerry-kennedy-rfk-jrs-sister-who-opposes-him-and-donald-trump-human-rights-activism-troubled?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:00:19 +0000 As first lady of the United States, Jackie Kennedy Onassis restored the White House, championed the arts, and advocated for historic preservation. With her modern, elegant and simple style, she also set a high standard for first lady fashion. Now, another member of the Kennedy family is seeking to carve out her own space in the fashion world – Kyra Kennedy, the daughter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr and his second wife, Mary Richardson, who died in 2012. Kyra Kennedy was inspired by her mother She... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3283401/meet-kyra-kennedy-daughter-robert-f-kennedy-and-aspiring-fashion-designer-she-was-part-glamorous?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3283401/meet-kyra-kennedy-daughter-robert-f-kennedy-and-aspiring-fashion-designer-she-was-part-glamorous?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:00:07 +0000 Amid rumours of Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s alleged affair with reporter Olivia Nuzzi, the American politician did not attend his niece Grace Kennedy Allen’s pre-wedding celebrations on Saturday, according to Page Six. Per the outlet, 70-year-old Kennedy Jr allegedly cheated on his wife Cheryl Hines, 58, with the 31-year-old former correspondent for New York magazine, who he was also accused of “sexting” earlier this year. It’s perhaps not surprising that he’s been laying low since the news emerged... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3279707/who-robert-f-kennedy-jrs-activist-niece-grace-kennedy-allen-and-why-wasnt-he-her-pre-wedding?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3279707/who-robert-f-kennedy-jrs-activist-niece-grace-kennedy-allen-and-why-wasnt-he-her-pre-wedding?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Sep 2024 10:00:12 +0000 New York Magazine has placed Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi on leave after she disclosed she had “engaged in a personal relationship” with someone relevant to the 2024 presidential campaign. That person, according to multiple reports, was Robert F. Kennedy Jnr, the controversial Democrat-turned-independent presidential candidate who pulled the plug on his campaign nearly a month ago and endorsed former president Donald Trump. “Had the magazine been aware of this relationship, she would... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3279472/new-york-magazines-olivia-nuzzi-placed-leave-over-alleged-robert-f-kennedy-jnr-affair?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3279472/new-york-magazines-olivia-nuzzi-placed-leave-over-alleged-robert-f-kennedy-jnr-affair?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Sep 2024 01:19:23 +0000 Robert F. Kennedy Jnr’s name will remain on the ballot in the swing state of Wisconsin, a judge ruled on Monday. Dane County Circuit Judge Stephen Ehlke ruled that Wisconsin law clearly states presidential candidates who have submitted nomination papers cannot be removed from the ballot unless they die. Kennedy’s campaign submitted nomination papers before the state’s August 6 deadline. “The statute is plain on its face,” Ehlke said, adding later: “Mr Kennedy has no one to blame but himself if... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3278791/judge-rules-robert-f-kennedy-jnrs-name-will-stay-wisconsin-ballot?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3278791/judge-rules-robert-f-kennedy-jnrs-name-will-stay-wisconsin-ballot?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Sep 2024 22:28:21 +0000 Lynn Farah Lynn Farah Lawyers are globally known for charging exorbitant fees – but how rich are some of the most successful, controversial and famous among them really? From Hollywood celebrity lawyers and a Southeast Asian mogul, to legal legends who have since been disbarred, some of the world’s richest lawyers could give Tinseltown and Silicon Valley a run for their money. We take a closer look at their wealth, with the help of Celebrity Net Worth, Forbes and other sources. 8. Robert Shapiro, 81 Estimated net... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3270822/8-richest-lawyers-world-net-worths-ranked-robert-f-kennedy-jrs-former-running-mate-nicole-shanahan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3270822/8-richest-lawyers-world-net-worths-ranked-robert-f-kennedy-jrs-former-running-mate-nicole-shanahan?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Sep 2024 20:00:10 +0000 Donald Trump has added former White House hopefuls Robert F. Kennedy Jnr and Tulsi Gabbard to his transition team if he wins November’s US presidential election, his campaign said on Tuesday. Kennedy and Gabbard hail from outside the Republican Party sphere where former president Trump draws most of his support. “As president Trump’s broad coalition of supporters and endorsers expands across partisan lines, we are proud that Robert F. Kennedy Jnr and Tulsi Gabbard have been added to the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3276163/trump-adds-robert-f-kennedy-jnr-and-tulsi-gabbard-transition-team?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3276163/trump-adds-robert-f-kennedy-jnr-and-tulsi-gabbard-transition-team?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 Aug 2024 19:01:53 +0000 Ben Affleck is said to be “hanging out with” a new woman in his life, after his highly publicised split from pop star Jennifer Lopez. According to US media, the Good Will Hunting actor has been spending time with Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s 36-year-old daughter Kick Kennedy. They were recently seen at the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel, among other places, notes the source. Since news emerged about the pair’s supposed fling, netizens have taken to platforms like Reddit to point out how Kick... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3275884/who-ben-afflecks-rumoured-new-fling-kick-kennedy-robert-f-kennedy-jrs-daughter-once-dated?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3275884/who-ben-afflecks-rumoured-new-fling-kick-kennedy-robert-f-kennedy-jrs-daughter-once-dated?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Aug 2024 10:00:13 +0000 Independent US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jnr said on Friday he would suspend his campaign, and endorsed Republican Donald Trump, likely ending a presidential bid that he began as a Democrat trading on one of the most famous names in American politics. Hours later, Kennedy joined Trump onstage at an Arizona rally, where the crowd burst into “Bobby!” cheers. His campaign indicated that he feared staying in the race would siphon support from former US president Trump, who is locked... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3275739/robert-f-kennedy-jnr-suspends-us-presidential-campaign-endorses-donald-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3275739/robert-f-kennedy-jnr-suspends-us-presidential-campaign-endorses-donald-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:46:48 +0000 Independent US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jnr is considering ending his campaign to join forces with Republican rival Donald Trump, Kennedy’s running mate said in an interview posted online on Tuesday. The US vice-presidential candidate, Nicole Shanahan, said that as independents she and Kennedy ran the risk of drawing support from would-be Trump voters and clearing the way for Democrats Kamala Harris and Tim Walz to win the November election. “Or we walk away right now and join... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3275250/robert-f-kennedy-jnr-weighs-dropping-us-presidential-bid-join-donald-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3275250/robert-f-kennedy-jnr-weighs-dropping-us-presidential-bid-join-donald-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Aug 2024 19:32:46 +0000 Conor Kennedy, the eldest child of Robert F. Kennedy Jr and Mary Kennedy, and who briefly dated Taylor Swift in 2012, is engaged! View this post on Instagram A post shared by GIULIA (@giulia) The activist, 30, revealed the joyous news in a joint post with his fiancée, Brazilian singer Giulia Be, which the couple shared on Instagram on August 12. “Easiest yes of all time,” wrote Be, alongside pics and a video of the couple. Here’s what we know about the... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3274612/who-taylor-swifts-political-scion-ex-conor-kennedy-who-just-got-engaged-robert-f-kennedy-jrs-son?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3274612/who-taylor-swifts-political-scion-ex-conor-kennedy-who-just-got-engaged-robert-f-kennedy-jrs-son?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:00:20 +0000 Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jnr once retrieved a bear that was killed by a motorist and left it in New York’s Central Park with a bicycle on top, sparking a mystery that consumed the city a decade ago. Kennedy describes the incident in a video that was posted to social media Sunday, adding it will be included in a forthcoming New Yorker article that he expects to be damaging. It’s the latest bizarre incident in Kennedy’s quixotic campaign that has divided his famous... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3273187/robert-f-kennedy-jnr-says-he-dumped-dead-bear-new-yorks-central-park-prank?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3273187/robert-f-kennedy-jnr-says-he-dumped-dead-bear-new-yorks-central-park-prank?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Aug 2024 02:58:12 +0000 Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jnr has failed to qualify for next week’s debate in Atlanta, according to host network CNN, falling shy of benchmarks both for state ballot qualification and necessary polling. The missed markers mean that the June 27 showdown will be solely between Democratic President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. That denies Kennedy a singular opportunity to stand alongside the leading candidates in an attempt to lend legitimacy... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3267432/robert-kennedy-jnr-fails-qualify-cnns-debate-meaning-trump-biden-showdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3267432/robert-kennedy-jnr-fails-qualify-cnns-debate-meaning-trump-biden-showdown?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Jun 2024 20:17:51 +0000 Independent US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jnr believed he may have been attacked by a worm that ate part of his brain and then died inside his head, US media reported on Wednesday. Kennedy, 70, made the claim in a 2012 deposition as part of his divorce from his second wife, according to The New York Times, which said the scion of the storied political clan reported severe memory loss and mental fog. A New York surgeon who reviewed his brain scans told Kennedy his health issues... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3261935/us-presidential-candidate-robert-f-kennedy-jnr-says-he-thinks-worm-ate-part-his-brain?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3261935/us-presidential-candidate-robert-f-kennedy-jnr-says-he-thinks-worm-ate-part-his-brain?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 May 2024 18:38:41 +0000 Robert F. Kennedy Jr is running as an independent candidate in the 2024 US elections. Born into a political dynasty, he is the nephew of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, and the son of the 1960s attorney general Robert F. Kennedy. Both his uncle and his father were famously assassinated. RFK Jr is an environmental lawyer who helped win many big cases during his career. As he pushes on in battleground states and speculation swirls about former US president Donald Trump... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3251078/future-first-lady-meet-cheryl-hines-robert-f-kennedy-jrs-wife-who-was-rob-reiners-pa-and-larry?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3251078/future-first-lady-meet-cheryl-hines-robert-f-kennedy-jrs-wife-who-was-rob-reiners-pa-and-larry?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Feb 2024 11:00:13 +0000