HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got into a heated back-and-forth on Capitol Hill Wednesday with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., during a hearing about his agency's budget for 2026.

Kennedy appeared at a House appropriations hearing Wednesday to defend the White House’s requested budget for his agency.

HHS Secretary Kennedy said the department would increase hiring at the Indian Health Service, which he said is “chronically understaffed.” ...