Joseph P. Kennedy II

His sister Kerry Kennedy criticized his remarks, and his brother Joseph Kennedy II said “they play on antisemitic myths and stoke mistrust of the Chinese.”

The relatives say the family has for decades been committed to vaccines and that Mr. Kennedy’s anti-vaccine messages are putting children at risk.

In 1992, Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy II went on a fact-finding trip to Germany. Before he came home, he needed a punch line.

Joseph P. Kennedy III is seeking the seat now held by Representative Barney Frank, who is retiring.

Despite a decade of efforts, not a single offshore turbine has been built in the United States, The New York Times’s Tom Zeller Jr. writes. Now that may be changing.

Joseph P. Kennedy II said he would not seek the Senate seat Edward M. Kennedy held for almost 50 years, probably ending for now the family’s long and storied role in Massachusetts politics.

The state’s attorney general is the only candidate for the seat so far, as the state waits to see if Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s nephew, Joseph P. Kennedy II, will run.

Amid speculation about contenders for Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s seat, Gov. Deval Patrick said he would push the state legislature to change the law so he could name an interim successor.

Amid a plunge in oil revenues, Venezuela’s national oil company is suspending a program providing discounted heating oil to poor communities in the United States.

State-owned Venezuelan oil company Citgo's decision to pay for television commercials by Citizens Energy Corp, nonprofit heating assistance progam run by Rep Joseph P Kennedy II, is drawing some criticism from conservatives; commercials have drawn criticism from among others, Wall Street Journal's editorial page and on Sean Hannit's talk show on Fox News Channel, for their acknowledgement of 'our friends in Venezuela' and their reliance on Venezuelan government's financing, especially in wake of Pres Hugo Chavez's speech at United Nations in September; commercials, which advertise 'heating oil at 40 percent off from our friends in Venezuela at Citgo,' began to be shown on Nov 17 in local TV markets in 16 states served by Citizens Energy; photo (M)