Overview

• Stevens announced she is drafting articles of impeachment, accusing Kennedy of violating his oath and jeopardizing public health and affordability.
• The planned articles target four areas: cutting life‑saving research, restricting vaccines and spreading conspiracies, raising costs and endangering lives, and lying in confirmation while failing statutory duties.
• Her announcement followed a Trump–Kennedy news conference that linked autism to acetaminophen use in pregnancy and to childhood vaccines, claims major outlets report lack scientific support.
• Stevens points to actions such as firing CDC vaccine advisers, proposing FDA reorganizations, and reducing funding for cancer, pediatric, addiction, and SIDS research.
• Passage is viewed as unlikely in the Republican‑controlled House, though some GOP lawmakers have shown unease with recent health moves, and a White House spokesman dismissed the effort as a distraction.