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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks into a microphone from behind a podium at a Trump rally in Arizona during the 2024 presidential campaign.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a one-time rival to Donald Trump for the presidency, is now the President-elect’s nominee to run the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Here, Kennedy speaks at a Trump campaign event in Glendale, Ariz., in August.

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The announcement that President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Robert F.