White House Puts RFK Jr. on Tighter Leash

“The White House is more tightly controlling the messaging and policies—including around vaccines—coming from the Department of Health and Human Services ahead of the midterm elections,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Aides close to President Trump decided to take a more active role in managing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. department in the face of polling that shows his vaccine moves are unpopular.”

“Although Trump brought Kennedy into his administration with the promise that the vaccine skeptic and ultraprocessed-food critic could ‘go wild on health,’ administration officials grew increasingly frustrated with what they viewed as foul-ups inside Kennedy’s department… Aides close to Trump grew worried that perceived disorganization and a focus on vaccines could damage the president’s party in November.”