Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been busy trying to tip the midterm elections in President Donald Trump’s favor even as he’s been largely absent from the agency he’s supposed to oversee, according to a leaked recording. The secretary of health and human services has been accused of being “checked out” of the day-to-day work of responding to disease outbreaks, overseeing food and drug safety, and managing major public health programs. Kennedy hit back, saying he has a packed calendar at HHS.