Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before the Senate Finance Committee, Washington, D.C., September 04, 2025 (Andrew Harnik/Getty)

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Amid Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s latest disinformation, conspiracy theories, and ineptitude, I joined the Irish Times’ In The News podcast to ask, “How in the world is this headcase still the US Health Secretary?”

I chat with host Sorcha Pollak about Kennedy’s doubling down on his views and falsehoods in a Congressional hearing. I review the damage of his health and medical malpractice.

And I consider if there is any line that Republican legislators will draw over his behavior.

This is a Government which has given up on science to protect people and instead rewards misinformation and disinformation, irrespective of the effect that it has on people’s lives.