Fox News' Chad Pergram provides details on the Senate's 51-49 vote to confirm Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services.

Kennedy managed to allay the concerns of several key GOP senators over his anti-vaccine activism. Mitch McConnell was the lone Republican to vote against him.

Sen. Mitch McConnell issued a blistering indictment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Thursday, with the Kentucky Republican saying his childhood bout with polio heavily influenced his decision to vote against Kennedy as Health and Human Services secretary.

McConnell cited what he called Kennedy’s “record of trafficking in dangerous conspiracy theories and eroding trust in public health institutions.”

Sen. Mitch McConnell again broke ranks with Republicans, who voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Thursday.

McConnell's vote comes a day after he voted no on the confirmation of new National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday.

The Senate Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary, putting a noted vaccine skeptic in charge of America's massive public health system. The 52-48 vote was mostly along party lines,

Senator Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, released a Thursday statement that credited his decision to vote against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's pick for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, to Kennedy ...

RFK Jr.'s confirmation comes after months of controversy and debate, largely focused on his past comments casting doubt on the safety of vaccines.