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RFK Jr. sues North Carolina elections board as he seeks to remove his name from ballot

3:57pm August 31, 2024

by Olivia Diaz, Associated Press/Report for America

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suing the North Carolina State Board of Elections in a last-ditch attempt to get his name removed the state’s ballot ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

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Nicole Shanahan says she and RFK Jr. may drop out and endorse Trump

12:54pm August 21, 2024

Shanahan, a wealthy California attorney and Kennedy’s running mate, made the comments on a podcast episode posted Tuesday.

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Who or what did Trump call 'the greatest cutter' this week? Find out in the quiz

5:00am August 16, 2024

After the blissful news avalanches of campaign hijinks and the Olympics, we're back to the usual soup of science, retail and animals.

Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Speaks At The Libertarian National Convention

RFK Jr. admits to dumping a dead bear in Central Park, solving a decade-old mystery

7:10pm August 05, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

The presidential candidate said he'd planned to take the roadkill home and skin it, but got waylaid by a long day of falconry and steak dinner. The mystery of the bear cub made national news in 2014.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running as a third party candidate for president.

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RFK Jr. calls Biden-Trump debate 'sad,' sees political opening

10:11pm June 28, 2024

Independent candidate RFK Jr. spoke to All Things Considered about the Biden-Trump debate and what it means for his third-party run for the presidency

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , who is running as a third party candidate for president, made news this week for his deposition from 2012 that "a worm ... got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died."

RFK Jr. is not alone. More than a billion people have parasitic worms

3:35pm May 09, 2024

by Gabrielle Emanuel

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke about a time when, as he put it, "A worm ... got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died." Here's a global perspective on these worms.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at an event in Oakland, Calif. on March 26.

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The Kennedys endorse Biden, not their family member RFK Jr.

3:04pm April 18, 2024

by Elena Moore

The Kennedys have been critical of Robert F. Kennedy's third-party run, which has the potential to draw votes away from President Biden — who the family endorsed Thursday.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Monday in Philadelphia that he will run for president as an independent.

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RFK Jr. says he's running for president as an independent

2:43pm October 09, 2023

by Tamara Keith

Kennedy, an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist, had been mounting a longshot challenge to President Biden for the Democratic nomination.