MAHA Faces the R.F.K. Rumor Mill

Robert Kennedy Jr.
Robert Kennedy Jr. appears before the Senate Finance Committee in September 2025. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Leigh Ann Caldwell
June 16, 2026

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Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the ropes at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services? Not according to Trump officials Mehmet Oz and Lee Zeldin, who were among the speakers at a MAHA Action event at Ned’s Club last night to vigorously assure the crowd that R.F.K. is definitely not leaving the administration. “The best thing you can do when you hear a rumor is to let it go wither on the vine and not give it any oxygen,” declared Cheryl Hines, Kennedy’s wife, according to an audio recording that I received. “That’s absolutely, utterly false. No truth to it,” added MAHA Action president Tony Lyons, who also addressed the gathering.