Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters during a campaign stop, Monday, May 13, 2024, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Here’s how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could make the first debate stage under stringent Biden-Trump rules

To make the first debate stage, Robert F. Kennedy has to secure a ballot place in at least a dozen more states and improve his showing in national polls.
 
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters during a campaign event, Sunday, April 21, 2024, in Royal Oak, Mich. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. challenges Donald Trump to debate at Libertarian Convention

 
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters during a campaign event, Sunday, April 21, 2024, in Royal Oak, Mich. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

Kennedy says he loves his family ‘either way’ after relatives endorse Biden’s campaign over his

 
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. waves to supporters during a campaign event, Saturday, April 13, 2024, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. secures ballot access in battleground state of Michigan

 
President Joe Biden returns a salute from Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, April 18, 2024. The President is traveling to Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Kennedy family makes ‘crystal clear’ its Biden endorsement in attempt to deflate RFK Jr.’s candidacy

 

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters during a campaign event, Saturday, April 13, 2024, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. convenes hundreds in Iowa to try for access to November ballot

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has launched a one-day blitz to gain access to the state’s presidential ballot as an independent candidate.
 
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaks to supporters during an event, Saturday, March 30, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. questions prosecutions for Jan. 6 attack, says he wants to hear ‘every side’

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suggesting that the prosecution of rioters who violently attacked the U.S.
 
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaks to supporters during a campaign event, Saturday, March 30, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Kennedy campaign blames vendor for email sympathetic to Jan. 6 insurrectionists

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign has terminated a contract with a vendor it blamed for sending a fundraising email that referred to people facing charges for the Jan. 6 insurrection as “activists” who were “stripped of their constitutional liberties.”
 
Nicole Shanahan waves from the podium during a campaign event for Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Oakland, Calif. Shanahan has been picked as Kennedy Jr.'s running mate. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Who is Nicole Shanahan, the philanthropist picked by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his running mate?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has picked a California lawyer and philanthropist who’s never held elected office to be his running mate in his independent bid for president.
 
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. right, waves on stage with Nicole Shanahan, after announcing her as his running mate, during a campaign event, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. picks Nicole Shanahan as his running mate for his independent White House bid

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has chosen Nicole Shanahan to be his vice presidential pick. Kennedy is mounting an independent White House bid that has spooked national Democrats.
 
FILE - Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaks during a campaign event, Oct. 9, 2023, in Philadelphia. The lack of excitement many Americans feel about a presidential rematch has heightened interest in alternatives to the major-party candidates like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose famous name has helped him build buzz for his independent bid. He plans to announce his vice presidential nominee later this month in Oakland, Calif, and is stoking rumors that he might pick New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Who is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and why is he running for president?

The lack of excitement many Americans feel about a presidential rematch has heightened interest in alternatives to the major-party candidates — none more so than Robert F.
 
FILE - Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks during a campaign event at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to announce vice presidential running mate March 26 in California

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to announce a running mate for his independent presidential campaign on March 26 in Oakland, California.
 
FILE - Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign event, Nov. 14, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. Robert Kennedy Jr.’s presidential ambitions resulted in public family drama after a political action committee aired a Super Bowl ad invoking the Democratic family’s legacy to implicitly compare the independent candidate to his assassinated uncle, President John F. Kennedy. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, FIle)

Super Bowl ad for RFK Jr. stirs Democratic and family tension over his independent White House bid

Robert Kennedy Jr.’s presidential ambitions resulted in public family drama after a political action committee aired a Super Bowl ad invoking the Democratic family’s legacy to implicitly compare the independent candidate to his assassinated uncle, President John F.
 
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent candidate for president, announces he has qualified for the 2024 presidential ballot in Utah, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, at a campaign event in Salt Lake City. Utah is the first state where Kennedy has met all the requirements to appear on the ballot. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. files as presidential candidate in Utah, the first state to grant him access

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he has filed to run as a presidential candidate in Utah after meeting the 1,000-signature requirement needed to qualify.
 
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a voter rally, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

In battleground Arizona, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. draws Biden and Trump voters united by distrust

Independent candidates rarely succeed in U.S. politics, if they can make the ballot at all. But they don’t usually carry a famous last name like that of Robert F.
 
Rory Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy II, and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, left to right, are shown in these file photos. They said in a joint statement, Oct. 9, 2023: "Bobby [Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.] might share the same name as our father, but he does not share the same values, vision, or judgment ... We denounce his candidacy." (AP Photos. File)

From Barbie’s unexpected wisdom to dissent among Kennedys, these are the top quotes of 2023

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s siblings topped a Yale list of 2023’s most notable quotations with their condemnation of his presidential candidacy. Former New York Rep.
 
FILE - The limousine carrying mortally wounded President John F. Kennedy races toward the hospital seconds after he was shot, Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas. The 60th anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination, marked on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, finds his family, and the country, at a moment many would not have imagined in JFK's lifetime. (AP Photo/Justin Newman, File)

60 years after JFK’s death, today’s Kennedys choose other paths to public service

The 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination finds his family, and the country, at a moment many would not have imagined in JFK’s lifetime.
 
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks during a campaign event at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, in Miami, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee )

Man arrested after trespassing twice in one day at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s home in Los Angeles

Police say they have arrested a man who trespassed twice in one day at the California home of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
 
Padrig and Gina Fahey hold a photo of their son, Braden, 12, as they stand for a portrait in California on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Braden collapsed at football practice in August 2022 and died of a malformed blood vessel in the brain. The Faheys couldn’t understand how Braden’s face appeared on the cover of the book “Cause Unknown,” which was co-published by an anti-vaccine group led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., or why his name appeared inside it. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Takeaways from AP’s reporting on who gets hurt by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine work

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent years disseminating false information about vaccines in a time when spreading conspiracy theories has become a powerful way to grow a constituency.
 
FILE - Robert Kennedy Jr., left, stands at a rally held in opposition to a proposed bill that would remove parents' ability to claim a philosophical exemption to opt their school-age children out of the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Rising to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic due to his strident opposition to vaccines, now Democratic presidential candidate Kennedy Jr. portrays himself as a true Democrat inheriting the mantle of the Kennedy family. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Takeaways from AP’s reporting on inconsistencies in RFK Jr.'s record

As Democratic presidential primary candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. challenges President Joe Biden, the stories he tells on the campaign trail about himself, his life’s work and what he stands for are often the opposite of what his record shows.
 
FILE - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., testifies before a House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 20, 2023. Rising to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic due to his strident opposition to vaccines, Democratic presidential candidate Kennedy Jr. portrays himself as a true Democrat inheriting the mantle of the Kennedy family. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

RFK Jr. says he’s not anti-vaccine. His record shows the opposite. It’s one of many inconsistencies

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. challenges President Joe Biden, the stories he tells on the campaign trail about himself, his life’s work and what he stands for are often the opposite of what his record shows.
 
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., testifies before a House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

RFK Jr. denies making antisemitic comments as congressional Republicans give him a platform

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is denying that he traffics in racist and hateful online conspiracy theories, testifying at a House hearing on government censorship despite requests from outside groups to disinvite him.
 
FILE - Attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at the New York State Capitol, May 14, 2019, in Albany, N.Y. Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched his longshot bid to challenge President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination next year. Kennedy, a member of one of the country’s most famous political families who has in recent years been linked to some far-right figures, kicked off his campaign in Boston on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

Anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. launches presidential campaign

Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has launched his longshot bid to challenge President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination next year.
 
FILE - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is broadcast on a large screen as he speaks during an anti-vaccine rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit filed by families and Children's Health Defense, Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine group. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

US court sides with NY in fight over school vaccine rules

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday against a group of New York parents who sued after the state made it more difficult for children to get a medical exemption from school immunization requirements, which were tightened after a major measles outbreak in 2019.
 

Judge won’t make Sen. Warren retract letter about COVID book

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge in Seattle has declined to order Sen. Elizabeth Warren to retract statements she made criticizing a book that promotes misinformation about COVID-19 and suggesting that companies that sold it might face liability.
 

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1. “Reminders of Him” by Colleen Hoover (Montlake)

2. “Atomic Habits” by James Clear (Avery)

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is broadcast on a large screen as he speaks during an anti-vaccine rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

RFK Jr. remarks on Anne Frank, vaccines draw condemnation

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Anti-Defamation League say anti-vaccine activist Robert F.
 

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1. “The Great Reset, Glenn Beck with Justin Trask Haskins (Forefront Books)

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FILE - Sirhan Sirhan reacts during a parole hearing on Feb. 10, 2016, at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego. California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, rejected releasing Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan from prison more than a half-century after the 1968 slaying left a deep wound during one of America’s darkest times. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, Pool, File)

RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan will remain in prison

California’s governor has rejected releasing Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan from prison more than a half-century after the slaying shook the world in 1968.
 

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1. “Atomic Habits” by James Clear (Avery)

2. “It Ends With Us” by Colleen Hoover (Atria Books)

3. “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Washington Square Press)
 

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1. “It Ends With Us” by Colleen Hoover (Atria Books)

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1. “Atlas of the Heart” by Brene Brown (Random House)

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1. “Twelve and a Half” by Gary Vaynerchuk (Harper Business)

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1. “Call Us What We Carry” by Amanda Gorman (Viking)

3. “Cat Kid Comic Club: Perspectives” by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic)
 
FILE - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. arrives for a hearing about whether stricter vaccine requirements were constitutional at the Albany County Courthouse Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, in Albany, N.Y. Kennedy has been a key part of the anti-vaccine movement for years, but doctors and public health advocates told the AP that COVID-19 launched him to a new level. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

How a Kennedy built an anti-vaccine juggernaut amid COVID-19

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — While many nonprofits and businesses have struggled during the pandemic, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine group has thrived.
 
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