Author: Ramsey Touchberry and Gabrielle M. Etzel
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RFK Jr. confirmed as HHS secretary with support from all GOP senators except McConnell
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday to be President Donald Trump’s secretary of health and human services, capping off a weekslong political battle that threatened to divide Republicans. Kennedy cleared the GOP-controlled chamber mostly along party lines, 52-48, to become Trump’s 15th Senate-confirmed nominee in the first weeks of his…