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What RFK’s new lane means
Robert F. Kennedy is officially running for president as an independent. In a Monday afternoon Philadelphia rally, the Kennedy family scion harkened back to the Declaration of Independence and “the one other president who did not have a political party” (George Washington), promising to take on D.C. influence and the powerful industry players who sway it, including pharmaceutical companies.