Latest Robert F. Kennedy Jr. News

Election Day in the US is approaching fast. Early voters have already started casting their ballots

Sep. 20, 2024 16:19 PM EDT

The voting window for the Nov. 5 presidential election is now open. Early in-person voting started Friday in three states, after absentee ballots began going to voters last week. Here is a look at some key developments in the roughly six weeks remaining until Election Day. ...

New York magazine says its star political reporter is on leave after a relationship was disclosed

Sep. 20, 2024 15:07 PM EDT

New York magazine says that its highly regarded Washington correspondent, Olivia Nuzzi, is on leave after disclosing that she violated the publication's standards by having a personal relationship with a former reporting subject. The newsletter Status, which broke the story, and The...

Wisconsin officials ask state Supreme Court to decide if RFK Jr. stays on ballot

Sep. 20, 2024 14:10 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Election officials in Wisconsin asked the state’s liberal-controlled Supreme Court on Thursday to decide whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’s name should stay on the presidential ballot before there's an appellate ruling. Kennedy has been trying to get his...

Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to decide whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stays on ballot

Sep. 20, 2024 13:30 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’s name should stay on the fall presidential ballot. Kennedy has been trying to get his name off ballots in key battleground states since he suspended his campaign in August...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is being investigated for collecting dead whale

Sep. 19, 2024 18:29 PM EDT

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A federal law enforcement agency confirmed it's opened an investigation into Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after he allegedly cut off the head of a dead whale and took it home two decades ago. The former independent presidential candidate disclosed the investigation...

Judge rules Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name will stay on Wisconsin ballot

Sep. 16, 2024 18:24 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge denied Robert F. Kennedy's request Monday to erase his name from the presidential ballot in swing state Wisconsin, ruling that state law requires candidates to remain on the ballot unless they die. Dane County Circuit Judge Stephen Ehlke's decision...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becomes a frequent campaigner for Donald Trump

Sep. 16, 2024 00:27 AM EDT

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Three weeks after dropping his independent presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has become a ubiquitous campaigner for Donald Trump, urging his own loyal followers to cast their lot with the former president who said he'd give Kennedy a job if he returns to the...

North Carolina's absentee ballot release was delayed by RFK Jr. ruling, but will begin next week

Sep. 13, 2024 18:21 PM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's first absentee ballots for the November election will now be distributed starting late next week, the State Board of Elections announced Friday, days after appeals court judges prevented original ballots containing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name from being...

The first general election ballots are going in the mail as the presidential contest nears

Sep. 11, 2024 06:43 AM EDT

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The first general election ballots for the presidential race are going out Wednesday as Alabama officials begin mailing them to absentee voters with the Nov. 5 contest less than two months away. North Carolina had been scheduled to start sending absentee...

RFK Jr. wins effort to leave ballot in North Carolina, but stays on in Michigan

Sep. 09, 2024 23:31 PM EDT

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The highest courts in two states ruled differently Monday on efforts by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be removed from their presidential ballots, with a divided North Carolina Supreme Court affirming he should be omitted and the Michigan Supreme Court reversing a lower court...