Latest Robert F. Kennedy Jr. News

Robert Kennedy didn't make the debate stage but he answered the same questions during a rival event

Jun. 27, 2024 22:44 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wasn't with his better-known rivals, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, when they debated Thursday in Atlanta. But Kennedy responded in real time to the same questions — about...

Biden and Trump go head to head: How to watch the first general election presidential debate

Jun. 27, 2024 06:45 AM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — The first general election debate of the 2024 election season is here, and it's a historic moment no matter what happens on stage. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are taking part in Thursday night's debate in Atlanta. Not only is it the...

North Carolina party recognition for groups seeking RFK Jr., West on ballot stopped for now

Jun. 26, 2024 23:45 PM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A divided North Carolina election board decided Wednesday to scrutinize further the attempts by political organizations to become official state parties by collecting signatures, with the goals of their supporters to get Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West on this fall's...

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

Jun. 26, 2024 17:04 PM EDT

Uniontown Herald Standard. June 25, 2024. Editorial: Pennsylvanians deserve a better indigent defense system In 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Miranda vs. Arizona that criminal defendants were entitled to say nothing so as to not incriminate themselves, and...

Supreme Court rejects COVID-19 vaccine appeals from nonprofit founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Jun. 24, 2024 10:26 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected two appeals related to COVID-19 vaccines from Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine nonprofit founded by independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The justices did not comment in letting stand rulings...

RFK Jr.'s campaign files petitions to get on presidential ballot in swing-state Pennsylvania

Jun. 20, 2024 19:28 PM EDT

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed paperwork Thursday to get on the ballot for the November election in swing-state Pennsylvania, the state's election office said. Kennedy's filing comes six weeks before the Aug. 1 deadline, after...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fails to qualify for CNN's debate. It'll be a showdown between Biden and Trump

Jun. 20, 2024 15:10 PM EDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has failed to qualify for next week's debate in Atlanta, according to host network CNN, falling shy of benchmarks both for state ballot qualification and necessary polling. The missed markers mean that...

Why Robert F. Kennedy's Jr.'s current presidential polling numbers might not hold up into November

Jun. 09, 2024 08:00 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has reached 15% or more in three approved national polls. One more, and he will have met one of CNN's benchmarks to qualify for the debate June 27 with Democratic President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican nominee...

Kennedy says he has secured ballot access in enough states to win. That's not yet true

Jun. 07, 2024 19:28 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., claimed Friday that he's qualified for the ballot in enough states to win the presidency as an independent candidate, but there's a major caveat: at least 10 of the states have not certified his candidacy. Kennedy is racing to secure a place on...

RFK Jr. sues Nevada's top election official over ballot access as he scrambles to join debate stage

Jun. 03, 2024 19:18 PM EDT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign filed a lawsuit Friday against Nevada’s top election official, alleging a requirement that independent candidates must name their running mate by the time they start gathering signatures for ballot access is unconstitutional. ...