RFK Jr.’s new food pyramid emphasizes protein, healthy fats. Here’s what to know about the dietary guidelines.

The Trump administration has unveiled a new food pyramid and dietary guidelines for Americans that call for “prioritizing high-quality protein, healthy fats, fruits, vegetables and whole grains” while avoiding highly processed foods and refined carbohydrates.  “As secretary of Health and Human Services, my message is clear: Eat real food,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. […]

Kennedy’s duck quacking ringtone interrupts White House press briefing

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A White House press briefing focused on Make America Healthy Again policies briefly paused Wednesday when Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s phone went off, showcasing a duck-quacking ringtone.  “I’m sorry,” Kennedy said as he paused his remarks at the White House press briefing’s […]

RFK Jr. says it may be “better” if fewer children receive the flu vaccine

Washington — It may be a “better thing” if fewer children receive the flu vaccine, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told CBS News, after the Trump administration announced sweeping changes to childhood vaccine recommendations.  This week, the Centers for Disease Control announced vaccines to fight respiratory syncytial virus, meningococcal disease, flu, and COVID […]

Kennedy, Rollins Unveil Historic Reset of U.S. Nutrition Policy, Put Real Food Back at Center of Health

WASHINGTON — JANUARY 7, 2026 — U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins today released the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030, marking the most significant reset of federal nutrition policy in decades. The new Guidelines deliver a clear, common-sense message to the […]

RFK Jr. weighs in on Kennedy Center name change: “I have bigger fish to fry”

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. weighed in Wednesday on the decision to rename the Kennedy Center to the Trump-Kennedy Center, distancing himself from the move after several members of his own family publicly criticized it. In an interview with CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes, Kennedy acknowledged he understood relatives […]

RFK Jr’s Food Pyramid Announcement Interrupted by His Quacking Ringtone

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unveiled his new dietary guidelines Wednesday during a White House press briefing. Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist who doesn’t believe in germ theory, is often called a quack—a slang term for a huckster merely posing as a medical professional. And it seems like Kennedy has either embraced the idea that he’s a […]

Somalia’s Ambassador to the UN Linked to Medicaid Fraud in Ohio

Abukar Dahir Osman, the permanent representative of Somalia to the United Nations, is linked to a home healthcare agency in Cincinnati, Ohio, that was prosecuted for Medicaid fraud, officials with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have confirmed. This week, online reports began circulating that Osman had ties to Progressive Health Care Services, a […]

Republicans Sound Alarm over $5.7 Billion for Refugees in Spending Bill

Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Mike Lee (R-UT) have balked at the billions of dollars included for refugee funding in one of the nine appropriations bills for fiscal year 2026. The appropriations bill for the Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) contains $5.69 billion in funding for refugee assistance services, […]