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Big Paychecks, Bigger Problems: How a bloated bureaucracy exposes Congress’ funding failure
FIRST ON FOX: A new report from a government watchdog group begs the question of why – with nearly 800,000 federal bureaucrats drawing six-figure salaries and the average payroll of the federal workforce far outpacing its size – is Washington still unable to fund the basics of government?
Open The Books, a project of American Transparency – a 501(c)3 nonprofit, nonpartisan charitable organization, closely tracks government spending and released an expansive report Wednesday ahead of a looming agreement between Republicans and Democrats to reopen the government, showing the swamp has gotten bigger, richer and more secretive since 2020.
The report, which analyzed all publicly disclosed federal salaries for Fiscal Year 2024, found a total of 2.9 million civil service employees with a total payroll of $270 billion plus an additional 30% for benefits. While the total number of employees rose by 5% since 2020, payroll grew nearly five times as much.
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Currently, the federal workforce is costing American taxpayers $673,000 per minute, $40.4 million per hour and just under $1 billion per day, according to Open The Books. This includes almost 1,000 workers who are out-earning the president's $400,000 per year salary, 31,452 non-War Department federal employees who out-earned every governor of all 50 states, and 793,537 people making $100,000 or more. Those making $300,000 or more have seen an 84% increase since 2020, while there has similarly been an 82% increase in those earning $200,000 or more, the report points out.
Meanwhile, during Open The Book's investigation, the fiscal watchdog group also found that the names of 383,000 federal workers across 56 different agencies were redacted, amounting to a total of $38.3 billion in pay. According to Open The Books CEO John Hart, "You can't have accountability without visibility."
"The Trump administration has a historic opportunity to bring much-needed transparency to the administrative state. While federal employees don't add as much to the debt as safety net programs, defense, and overall agency spending, they are an indicator of government's growth," Hart said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "Our investigators found far too many redactions and blind spots that DOGE should have already fixed. You can't have accountability without visibility. Taxpayers need a much clearer picture of the federal workforce than they have today."
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, has been working with Open The Books to fight for greater transparency. In a letter sent in September to Scott Kupor, the director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Ernst said she had identified "numerous examples" of full-time federal employees earning two salaries while moonlighting for other agencies or government contractors – something that is typically prohibited under the law. Ernst pointed out that this was being done without the approval or knowledge of these workers' managers.
"From 2021 to 2024, a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) employee held multiple other full-time government contractor jobs, frequently billing taxpayers for more than 24 hours of work in a single day," Ernst chronicled in her letter. "In addition to HUD, she was paid by AmeriCorps and the National Institutes of Health. Since she teleworked in all three positions, she was able to hide her overlapping jobs and get away with billing taxpayers $225,866 for hours she never worked. She claimed she worked 26 hours on 13 of the 21 workdays in a single month."
Ernst also described a second example of a human resources official at the Peace Corps who was caught falsifying timecards submitted to different agencies, which led to the employee double-billing taxpayers for tens-of-thousands of dollars. She laid out several other examples in the letter as well.
"Until recently, outside of death and taxes, the expanding Washington bureaucracy was one of the few certainties in life," said Ernst. "I am proud to have partnered with the Trump administration and DOGE to successfully downsize the bloated bureaucracy, but there is much more work to be done to make Washington more efficient."
One can "look no further" than the "failed Schumer shutdown" Ernst said, pointing out that taxpayers will be on the hook for more than $12 billion in back pay for 750,000 non-essential federal employees who did not work for a month-and-a-half.
In October, Ernst introduced the Non-Essential Workers Transparency Act, aimed at providing the public with an exact accounting of how much back pay the government will be required to fork over in the case of a shutdown.
The bill would require executive agencies to submit detailed reports to Congress within 30 days of a lapse in appropriations that must include the total number of employees and contractors employed by the agency at the time of the shutdown, the total salaries paid by the agency during the prior fiscal year, the number of furloughed during the lapse and their annual pay, the number of employees not furloughed and the sum of their pay, and a requirement that all this information be posted publicly on the agencies' websites.
Super Bowl champion, Browns great Bernie Kosar reveals health update amid delayed liver transplant
Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar continues to face serious health issues.
On Wednesday, the Super Bowl winner confirmed he underwent "two aggressive procedures" to address internal bleeding.
Kosar remains in need of a liver transplant, which has been postponed. A third operation is also on the horizon.
An infected donor organ caused the delay, Kosar said in a video posted to his X account. The 61-year-old is now asking for support.
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"Grateful for all the thoughts and prayers. I am in the hospital getting some care and keeping that fighter’s spirit strong," Kosar wrote on X.
The Browns quoted tweeted Kosar's post and wrote, "Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Bernie. We love you and are with you every step of the way. If anyone can stay strong through this, it's you."
"All the duress right now, I could really use your love, support and actual prayers today," Kosar said in the video as he sat in a hospital bed.
Kosar also mentioned Veterans Day and shined a light on his ongoing efforts to help others through his Kosar Wellness foundation.
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"Yesterday was Veterans Day. And being able to proudly, not only be able to help my ex-teammates and players, but proudly help our veterans and first responders who are in tragically way more challenging situations than me. So, as bad as I'm feeling and as much help and support as I can use from you today, please support us and all the other people that are so worse off than me."
Kosar told FOX 8 in Cleveland his latest surgery was successful.
"Went great," Kosar said. "Now praying for a liver."
Some of Kosar's former teammates reached out with messages of support for the Browns great.
"BK, my prayers are with you," former Browns running back Earnest Byner told the outlet. "I always respected and loved you.
"I’d like for you to keep fighting. Keep your hopes up. Know that we love you. Know that I love you."
In 2024, Kosar told Cleveland Magazine he had learned he had been diagnosed with two conditions — cirrhosis of the liver and Parkinson’s disease. Kosar was placed on a liver transplant list. Doctors told the outlet that the NFL legend had shown signs of improvement following the diagnosis.
Kosar started his professional football career with the Browns in 1985. He spent nine seasons in Cleveland, departing after appearing in seven games in 1993. Kosar finished the year with the Dallas Cowboys, winning the Super Bowl at the end of the 1993 season.
Kosar threw for 21,904 yards during his run with the Browns. He remains in third place on the Browns' all-time passing yards list. Cleveland advanced to three AFC championship games with Kosar.
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House Democrat accuses fellow Dem of violating a 'free and fair election' in stunning public move
Stunning interparty tensions erupted on the House floor when one Democrat accused another of undermining the Constitution.
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez, D-Wash., unexpectedly rose during House votes on an unrelated issue on Wednesday night to demand a vote on condemning Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, D-Ill., for unexpectedly dropping his re-election bid — which effectively made way for his chief of staff to run in his place.
As is the custom for forcing a House vote via a "privileged resolution," Gluesenkamp Perez read her legislation out loud.
She accused Garcia of having "filed nominating petitions to be on the Democratic primary ballot in March 2026" before "on Nov. 5, 2025, on the last day of filing, Representative Garcia's chief of staff, Patty Garcia, submitted her own paperwork to enter the Democratic primary."
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"Whereas on Nov. 6, after the filing deadline, Representative Garcia confirmed that he would not be seeking another term in 2026 and would be withdrawing his nomination, nominating petitions. Whereas Representative Garcia's chief of staff was the only Democrat who filed to run in the primary at the direction of Representative Garcia, undermining the process of a free and fair election," the moderate Democrat continued.
She said "Garcia's actions are beneath the dignity of his office and incompatible with the spirit of the Constitution."
"Now, therefore, be it resolved that the House of Representatives disapproves of the behavior of the representative from Illinois, Mr. Garcia, under rule nine, a resolution offered from the floor by a member other than the majority leader or the minority leader as a question of the privileges of the House, has immediate precedence," Gluesenkamp-Perez finished.
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A "privileged resolution" is a mechanism for forcing a House vote on legislation within two congressional work days.
If not withdrawn, that means the full House could vote on condemning Garcia next week.
The move, a rare example of interparty hostilities between Democrats spilling out onto the House floor, appeared to catch other lawmakers by surprise. Fox News Digital did not see Garcia's immediate reaction.
Garcia's chief of staff Patty Garcia, to whom he is not related, launched her campaign to take over his House seat on Wednesday.
The congressman had initially filed to run for re-election in recent weeks before dropping out recently, citing his health and a desire to spend time with his grandchildren.
Fox News Digital reached out to his office for comment.
NYU professor claims many mothers shifted to GOP in 2024 to help their struggling sons
NYU professor Scott Galloway argued that one of the most notable shifts in the 2024 election came down to mothers trying to help their sons.
Galloway has spoken numerous times about the struggles young men face in a changing world, while the modern progressive movement appears to ignore their interests as a group. During an appearance on Nicolle Wallace’s podcast "The Best People," Galloway said he "won the jackpot" for being a White man born in the 1960s, part of a generation that had access to wealth and affordable homes.
"Men of my generation have a debt, and the way I try to pay that debt is I try to raise awareness around the struggles of young men, because they’re being held accountable and guilty for my privilege," he said.
The message is not always well received by his liberal allies, however, he said, noting that "when I start talking about this stuff, there’s an understandable gag reflex from progressives, from women, from non-Whites."
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Wallace recalled an earlier conversation they’d had on this subject, concluding that, in the 2024 election, "it wasn’t just young men lured into the Trump-adjacent manosphere, but also their mothers."
"We don’t like to have these conversations because, you know, the truth sometimes doesn’t reflect either gender well, and the reality is there’s still a lot of women who will vote for who they perceive as best for their husbands and sons," Galloway said.
He noted that the three groups who shifted most prominently from blue to red between the 2020 and 2024 elections were Hispanics, voters under age 30 and women ages 45 to 64.
He explained that, from a young man’s perspective, "Everything I need to get ahead — all the keys to dating, savings, pride, owning a home, being successful — are getting harder and more expensive," he said. As a result, he said many people just want to shake up the system.
"As you referenced, I thought the most interesting shift was that women ages 45 to 64 pivoted hardest toward red, and my thesis is that’s their mothers — because if your son is in the basement, ‘vaping and playing video games,’ you don’t give a s--- about territorial sovereignty in Ukraine or transgender rights," he continued.
Galloway said that the basic social contract in any society is that if you play by the rules and are a good citizen, your children will have a better life than you did. He claimed that for the first time in nearly three centuries of U.S. history, people in their 30s are generally worse off financially than their parents were at the same age.
"Almost half of men under 24 are living at home. One in five men age 30 are living at home. One in three will live at home at some point before 25," he said. "And all I can tell you is, if you’re the parent of a struggling kid, your whole world shrinks to that kid."
While he said these problems affect women as well, men are more at risk because of how society tends to work. Men will date women poorer than themselves, but women tend not to date men poorer than themselves.
"When the pool of ‘horizontal and up’ males keeps shrinking, there’s a lack of household formation," he said, noting that 75% of women say economic status matters in a partner.
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As a result, today’s economic and social trends have left a large pool of romantically unviable men with few opportunities for advancement.
"The most unstable, violent societies in the world all have one thing in common — a disproportionate number of young men lacking economic and romantic opportunities," he warned.
House advances bill to end government shutdown with hours until final vote
The record-breaking U.S. government shutdown appears to be on a path to finally ending after 43 days.
Federal funding legislation aimed at opening the government survived a key test vote in the House later Wednesday, teeing it up for final passage in a matter of hours.
That means the bill could hit President Donald Trump's desk as soon as Wednesday night, likely ending what has been the longest shutdown in U.S. history.
The White House announced that Trump would sign the bill in a statement of administration policy obtained by Fox News Digital.
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"The Administration urges every Member of Congress to support this responsible, good faith product to finally put an end to the longest shutdown in history," the statement said.
The bill advanced through a procedural hurdle known as a rule vote, which is where lawmakers decide whether to allow legislation to get debated before a final vote on passage.
Rule votes generally fall along partisan lines and are not an indication of whether a bill will be bipartisan.
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The vast majority of House Democrats still oppose the bill, but it's possible that at least several moderates will defy their leaders to support it.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., reiterated to reporters hours before the vote that Democrats were frustrated the bill did not do anything about COVID-19 pandemic-era healthcare subsidies under Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Those enhanced tax credits expire this year.
"House Democrats are here on the Capitol steps to reiterate our strong opposition to this spending bill because it fails to address the Republican healthcare crisis, and it fails to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credit," Jeffries said.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., sounded optimistic in comments to reporters Wednesday morning ahead of the vote.
"I wanted to come out and say that we believe the long national nightmare will be over tonight," Johnson said. "It was completely and utterly foolish and pointless in the end."
Meanwhile, the shutdown's effects on the country have grown more severe by the day.
Many of the thousands of air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents who had to work without pay were forced to take second jobs, causing nationwide flight delays and cancellations amid staffing shortages at the country's busiest airports. Millions of Americans who rely on federal benefits were also left in limbo as funding for critical government programs ran close to drying out.
At the heart of the issue was Democratic leaders' refusal to back any funding bill that did not also extend the enhanced Obamacare subsidies. Democrats argued it was their best hope of preventing healthcare price hikes for Americans across the U.S.
Republicans agreed to hold conversations on reforming what they saw as a broken healthcare system, but they refused to pair any partisan priority with federal funding.
In the end, a compromise led by the Senate — which saw eight Democrats in the upper chamber join colleagues to pass the bill in a 60 to 40 vote — included a side deal guaranteeing the left a vote on extending the enhanced subsidies sometime in December.
Johnson has made no such promise in the House, however.
And the lack of a guarantee on extending those subsidies has angered progressives and Democratic leaders.
"What were Republicans willing to give in the end, other more than a handshake deal to take a future vote on extending the healthcare subsidies?" Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Ala., said Wednesday. "We all know that a future vote is the equivalent of asking two wolves and a chicken to vote on what's for dinner. It is dead on arrival."
The full House will now vote on the legislation during the 7 p.m. hour.
The bill kicks the current federal funding fight to Jan. 30, by which point House GOP leaders said they were confident they'll finish work on a longer-term deal for fiscal year 2026.
"There are nine remaining bills, and we'd like to get all of those done in the next few weeks. And, so, [House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla.] and his appropriators will be working overtime," House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told Fox News Digital.
Asked if he thought they'd get it done by that date, Cole said, "I think we can."
Clippers lose All-Star guard for rest of season with hip fracture
The Los Angeles Clippers will be without All-Star guard Bradley Beal for the rest of the season with a hip fracture, the team announced on Wednesday.
Beal is expected to make a full recovery in six to nine months.
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"We met with numerous doctors and specialists around the country in collaboration with the entire Clippers medical staff over the last few days, and came to the decision unanimously that the surgery will allow Brad to have a full and complete recovery," Mark Bartelstein of PrioritySports told ESPN.
Beal joined the Clippers on a two-year, $11 million contract in the offseason after two seasons with the Phoenix Suns and 11 years with the Washington Wizards. He was expected to add some extra depth to the roster with James Harden and Kawhi Leonard.
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However, Beal only played in six games with the Clippers, averaging 8.2 points and 1.7 assists per game before the injury. He was already set to miss Wednesday’s game against the Denver Nuggets before of left hip soreness. He was already missing games because of a left knee injury and lower back soreness.
Los Angeles is 3-7 this season.
Beal earned three All-Star selections in his 11 seasons with Washington. He played all 82 games for the Wizards in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons. Since then, he’s only played at least 60 games once.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Former Gavin Newsom chief of staff charged in $225K fraud and corruption scheme, DOJ says
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff was arrested Wednesday and charged with a number of fraud crimes for allegedly plotting to steal $225,000 and give it to a friend, the Justice Department said.
Dana Williamson, 53, was charged in a 23-count federal indictment charging her with conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, defrauding the United States, obstructing justice, filing false tax returns and lying to authorities.
Williams allegedly participated in a scheme to funnel the money from a dormant political campaign to another person's account for personal use.
"This is a crucial step in an ongoing political corruption investigation that began more than three years ago," U.S. Attorney Eric Grant said in a statement. "As it always has, the U.S. Attorney’s Office will continue to work tirelessly with our law enforcement partners to protect the people of California from political corruption."
Court documents named Sean McCluskie as the co-conspirator who received those funds. At the time, he was chief of staff for someone listed as "Public Official 1." McCluskie is the former chief of staff for former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.
Becerra previously served as California attorney general before he was appointed to the health secretary position by former President Joe Biden.
Beginning in April 2022, Williamson began helping McCluskie by using her political consulting company to bill Becerra's campaign for services. The funds were sent to McCluskie’s wife for work done for Williamson, which was never performed as part of a "no-show job," federal prosecutors said.
Williamson prepared to join Newsom’s office in late 2022. As a result, she arranged for an unnamed former public official to take over her role in the scheme, authorities said.
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Williamson was Newsom’s chief of staff until late 2024.
"Ms. Williamson no longer serves in this administration," a Newsom spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "While we are still learning details of the allegations, the governor expects all public servants to uphold the highest standards of integrity.
"At a time when the president is openly calling for his attorney general to investigate his political enemies, it is especially important to honor the American principle of being innocent until proven guilty in a court of law by a jury of one’s peers."
The investigation into the matter began during the Biden administration. The indictment doesn't mention Newsom.
The indictment also alleges that Williamson conspired with a business associate to create false, backdated contracts after receiving a civil subpoena in January 2024 from the U.S. Attorney’s Office regarding Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans made to Williamson’s business.
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"Disguising personal luxuries as business expenses — especially to claim improper tax deductions or to willfully file fraudulent tax returns — is a serious criminal offense with severe consequences," said IRS Criminal Investigation Oakland Field Office Special Agent in Charge Linda Nguyen.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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California university students' third attempt to form TPUSA chapter denied
A third attempt by students at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego to establish a school-supported Turning Point USA (TPUSA) chapter was denied by the university's Associated Student Body (ASB) Board of Directors.
The decision was announced in an email sent to students by university President Kerry Fulcher Nov. 5.
"I felt silenced when I got that email," said Luke Cole, the elected secretary of the chapter and a third-year student at the university. "I felt like I couldn’t speak anymore."
The email, obtained by Fox News Digital, said the motion was brought to a vote by the ASB Board of Directors and failed to pass after a review process. The email expressed concerns over the organization’s Professor Watchlist. According to TPUSA's website, the Professor Watchlist aims to "expose and document" professors who discriminate against conservative students.
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"While the applicants indicated they would not participate in the watchlist, their application included phrasing that mirrors language used on TPUSA’s website in connection with it," Fulcher wrote in the email. "That practice is not aligned with ASB’s purpose of fostering constructive communication and interaction between students, faculty, and administration."
The email also cited the club's intent to affiliate with TPUSA Faith, an initiative that aims to "unite the Church" and "eliminate wokeism," according to its website. Fulcher said that was a violation of the university's church and parachurch policies.
"This policy is in place to ensure that outside churches or ministry organizations, however well-intentioned, do not duplicate efforts already being led by our campus ministry team and use university resources to advance their own programming," Fulcher wrote in the email.
Fulcher said the authority to approve or deny student-initiated clubs rests solely with the ASB Board of Directors. According to PLNU's website, the school hosts a "B.R.E.A.K." club which "emphasizes the importance of gender equality on a school campus." Hosts discuss issues such as "privilege" and "gender justice."
The school also hosts a "Center for Justice and Reconciliation" group that focuses on "immigration and racial justice" and allows students to "process injustices in their communities," according to the website.
The decision has left students crestfallen. Ginger Friess, a first-year student at the university, told Fox News Digital that, after Charlie Kirk’s death, she felt called to serve her campus through founding a TPUSA chapter.
"For me, it was about finding truth and making space for that on this campus," said Friess. "I watched students and faculty, who identified as Christian, celebrate human death on campus … and I was deeply troubled by that.
"[Kirk] invited all people, all students on campus to an open mic. We want to open up the conversation."
Brooklyn Stratton, a third-year student at PLNU and elected vice president of TPUSA Point Loma, said she and other young conservatives felt targeted on college campuses after Kirk’s death.
"I just wanted to make a community for other students who [were] also feeling this way to get together," said Stratton. "College is our formative years. … I feel like not giving people the opportunity to explore which side of politics they’re on doesn't align with free speech at all."
The formation of a TPUSA chapter was also rejected twice in 2021, according to the campus’ student newspaper.
Associate Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs Lora Flemming shared in a statement with Fox News Digital that the university is a place where "students from a variety of backgrounds are welcomed into a community shaped by faith."
"The outcome of this club application should not be misunderstood as a departure from our Christian mission or a rejection of conservative perspectives," Flemming said in the statement. "Calling into question the university’s Christian identity or discrediting our ASB leaders because of disagreement over this club decision is not reflective of how Christians are called to engage with one another in truth and grace."
Friess shared that her grandfather was one of Turning Point USA’s first donors in 2012, motivating her to begin a chapter herself.
"Ultimately, I hope to create loving people. People that are willing to have the boldness to advocate for the eternal goodness for others," said Friess. "And also to equip conservative students with a heart for Christ."
Despite the students’ efforts being denied, they made clear this was not the end for TPUSA in Point Loma. The students shared that they were looking into the appeal process and meeting off campus.
"My school is really trying hard to stay neutral, but the way they’re staying neutral really isn’t neutral at all," said Stratton. "I guess the question I’m wondering is, ‘Is my administration at Point Loma Nazarene University giving a space for not only diversity of being but diversity of thought?’"
Fox News Digital contacted PLNU ASB’s President Kenzie Lopez and Director of Student Relations Nathan Blanco. Blanco declined to comment and Lopez did not respond before the time of publication.
White House hits back after JFK’s grandson calls RFK Jr. a ‘rabid dog’
The White House dismissed comments from Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of John F. Kennedy, about Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., labeling his cousin a "rabid dog."
Schlossberg, the son of diplomat Caroline Kennedy, launched a bid Wednesday to run for a U.S. House of Representatives seat in New York in the 2026 election. If his campaign succeeds, he would replace Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler to represent New York’s 12th Congressional District.
"I don't even think such ridiculous comments are worth responding to," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Wednesday. "Obviously, those things are not true. And Secretary Kennedy is doing a phenomenal job bringing transparency and the gold standard of silent science back to our health care system."
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Schlossberg appeared on MSNBC Wednesday, where he compared Kennedy to a dog, adding Trump is "obsessed" with the Kennedy family and that’s why Kennedy is a Cabinet member with the Trump administration.
"He put a collar on my cousin, RFK Jr., and has him there barking, spreading lies and spreading misinformation," Schlossberg said.
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Likewise, Schlossberg took aim at his cousin directly, specifically pointing to Kennedy’s decision to fire advisors on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine panel in June and the rise in measles cases in areas like West Texas. The Texas Department of State Health Services announced that the outbreak ended in August.
"RFK Jr. is a dangerous person who is making life-and-death decisions as secretary of Health and Human Services," Schlossberg said.
"I mean, when he’s not making infomercials for Steak ‘n Shake and Coca-Cola, he’s spreading misinformation and lies that are leading to deaths around the country."
The Department of Health and Human Services did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Schlossberg, 32, graduated from Harvard Law School in 2022 and joined Vogue as a political correspondent in 2024.