<p>US health secretary falsely claims at Mike Rogers rally that Arabs have never won major prizes in science or literature </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/robert-f-kennedy-jr">Robert F Kennedy Jr</a>, the US health secretary, faced backlash on Wednesday for a “wildly racist tirade” during a campaign stop in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/michigan">Michigan</a> in which he falsely asserted that Arabs never won major awards in science or literature.</p><p>Kennedy was speaking at the Monday night event in Grand Rapids in support of Mike Rogers, the Republican US Senate candidate who is trailing his Democratic midterms opponent <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/21/abdul-el-sayed-michigan-senate-democrats">Abdul El-Sayed</a>, a Muslim, in polling.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/28/rfk-jr-michigan-arabs-comment">Continue reading...</a>