Democrats grill Trump's controversial health secretary

Fri, 16 May 2025 22:23:05 +0000

President Donald Trump's health secretary gave mixed messages Wednesday on whether children should be vaccinated and defended a brutal series of budget cuts in a grilling by congressional Democrats.The hearing -- ostensibly about Trump's 2026 budget proposal -- offered Democrats a chance to pressure Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on layoffs, budget cuts and a measles outbreak that has killed three children and sickened more than a thousand.