During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested he wouldn’t undermine vaccines. “I am not going to go into HHS and impose my preordained opinions on anybody at HHS,” he said. “I’m going to empower the scientists at HHS to do their job and make sure that we have good science that is evidence based.”

Good afternoon, Chicago. A fourth person has died after a suspicious fire erupted at an apartment building in the Austin neighborhood yesterday morning, the Chicago Fire Department said today.

During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested he wouldn’t undermine vaccines. “I am not going to go into HHS and impose my preordained opinions on anybody at HHS,

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Thursday expressed concern about the "tone of our political discourse" as he defended the role judges play in a democracy and argued for the need to protect them and their families from threats.

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy warned that the "tone of our political discourse" puts freedom at risk, as he expressed the need to protect judges from threats.