The Senate Finance Committee will meet on Jan. 29 to discuss the confirmation of RFK Jr., whose stances on vaccines and abortion have raised questions from Democrats and Republicans alike.

Senate Democrats blocked a bill that proponents said would ensure that newborns surviving abortions received medical care and critics said would add legal risks for doctors. The Born-Alive Abortion ...

The bill, which is unlikely to pass, would make it unlawful for “a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo.” ...

The GOP also wants to get Kristi Noem confirmed Friday as Homeland Security secretary. Pressure is building on Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in his bid to become Health and Human Services secretary, amid ...