On Thursday, New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan — a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee — had heard enough from Donald Trump’s controversial nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, and her tearful but angry scolding of RFK Jr. brought the hearings to a poignant halt.

Maggie Hassan fought back tears at a hearing as she discussed her son's struggles with Cerebral palsy and Robert F. Kennedy's vaccine views.

Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan fought back tears as she confronted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his unwillingness to completely disavow past statements pushing the scientifically-refuted claim that vaccines cause autism—making a striking personal revelation in the process.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will face the Senate Health Committee on Thursday morning for a second day of confirmation hearings, after testifying before the Senare Finance Committee on Wednesday.

Senator Bill Cassidy, a physician and key G.O.P. vote, joined Democrats in aggressively questioning Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick for health secretary. He did not say how he would vote.

Watch live as RFK Jr. faces questions from senators in his confirmation hearing as President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Kennedy struggled to identify and explain the fundamental aspects of Medicare, which provides coverage to older and disabled Americans.

Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan grilled RFK about changing his stance on abortion at his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday for Health and Human Services Secretary in the Trump administration.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s second confirmation hearing highlights vaccine skepticism, bipartisan concerns, and his plans as health secretary nominee.

Sen. Hassan has said that one of her motivations for entering politics was to ensure that people with disabilities like her son, Ben, would be able to have the same opportunities as any other person.

If Thursday's confirmation hearings revealed anything, it's that they both seem to spend a lot of time on weird online forums.