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RFK Jr.’s Unsupported Claims About Tylenol-Autism Study He Called ‘Garbage’ During an April 17 congressional hearing, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for retraction of a new Danish study that didn’t find a link between Tylenol and autism, repeatedly calling it “garbage” and baselessly suggesting that it was industry-generated and “fraudulent.” Definition of ‘86’ at the Heart of Comey Indictment A federal indictment against former FBI Director James Comey hinges on the meaning of “86.” The Department of Justice said it indicates a threat of physical harm, while the more common dictionary definition is to throw out or get rid of something. Providing Context for Leavitt’s Examples of ‘Violent Rhetoric’ Two days after an armed man tried to enter the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt cited rhetoric from Democrats that she said is “inspiring violence” against President Donald Trump and other Republicans. But several of the statements she quoted were stripped of their original context, a point that House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries made in a rebuttal. Project 2025 Series Wins National Headliner Award FactCheck.org has won a National Headliner Award for online beat reporting of government and political coverage.