Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump ’s nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, spent much of his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday downplaying his role in the anti-vaccine movement. But Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was unconvinced.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is one of the most famous of Trump’s nominees, and certainly one of the most contentious. But the first day of his confirmation hearing wasn’t oriented around the kinds of personally agonizing questioning that defined Pete Hegseth’s confirmation process.

A clash between Bernie Sanders and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at his confirmation hearing for Secretary of Health and Human Services took an unexpected turn on Wednesday when the senator defined a "onesie" in a line of questioning about Kennedy Jr.

Kennedy appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday as he seeks confirmation as the nation's health secretary.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Trump's nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services testifies during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing for his pending confirmation, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was asked about anti-vaccine onesies sold by a nonprofit he formerly chaired, and recently resigned from, during his confirmation hearing Wednesday.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), thought to be a possible “yes” vote on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. because they have some shared views on food safety and obesity, grilled Kennedy on his views on abortion and vaccines.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is drawing the ire of many on the left after the progressive politician voted to confirm Marco Rubio as Secretary of State. The unanimous vote, 99-0, handed President Donald Trump his first confirmed Cabinet member on the same day as his inauguration.

Bernie Sanders laid into Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after Kennedy said he would assure people that vaccines "do not cause autism" only after he's seen the data.

Department Health and Human Services (HHS) nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. refused to say that vaccines do not cause autism at his confirmation hearing on Thursday. During an appearance before the Senate Health,

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's choice to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services, arrives to testify before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)