Senate votes to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary (1 Viewer)

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    Natasha Korecki | NBC News

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    The GOP-controlled Senate voted Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, to lead the country’s most powerful health care agency.

    Kennedy was confirmed as health and human services secretary on a mostly party-line vote of 52-48. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., broke ranks on yet another of President Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees, joining all Democrats in opposition.

    Still, it's another win for Trump, all of whose Cabinet-level nominees who have come before the Senate have been approved.

    Kennedy will now be in...

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