In the spirit of the season, the Washington Examiner has identified 12 issues we believe will shape and influence 2025 and beyond. The incoming Trump administration has made the fight against illegal immigration and the use of tariffs its flagship policy items. The U.S. will also possibly undergo a health revolution, while very real questions need to be answered on everything from Social Security reform to the military to the changing landscape of the energy sector. Part 2 is on Make America Healthy Again.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for health and human services secretary, is expected to hit the ground running in 2025 to transform priorities in healthcare policy fundamentally. 

Kennedy was once considered by former President Barack Obama to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, and his shift from his family’s Democratic roots to the front face of Republican healthcare priorities has been one of the clearest examples of a reorientation of the political parties in the United States.