US election 2024: Robert F Kennedy named new Health Secretary, Republicans clinch House majority
Donald Trump has nominated Robert Kennedy Jr to head up the Department of Health and Human Services, and his criminal lawyer as deputy Attorney-General, to work with Matt Gaetz in the Justice Department.
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