Robert Kennedy Jr.

Anti-vaccine advocates have called on the Trump administration to cut education funds for states that don’t offer vaccine exemptions. Connecticut pediatricians and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) pushed back.

U.S. Health and Human Services Department Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was on Capitol Hill Thursday for hearings about his department’s 2026 budget. He argued with U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-5) and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) while he was there.

New York Attorney General Letitia James, joined by 19 other state attorneys general, including Connecticut’s William Tong, has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) were among many Democrats who opposed his nomination.

Fracktivists, as anti-fracking activists are called, hope to play a role in New York’s presidential primary. Activists are asking Democrats Hillary…