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Special Counsel Jack Smith Lacks Standing to Defend the D.C. Circuit's ruling on Presidential Immunity in the Supreme Court

Defendant standing must exist at all stages of any litigation and must be raised by the justices of the Supreme Court even if the litigants themselves fail to raise it

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HHS Secretary Becerra Considering California Governor Run

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra may leave Biden administration to run for California governor, potentially impacting state and federal p...

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HHS Funding Secured As Major Government Shutdown Avoided

With passage of the fiscal 2024 appropriations package, Medicare and Social Security are among the key agencies to receive funding through September 30.

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‘I’m Not Gonna Let Up Until We See Changes’

Health care exchange workers say the Biden administration should force their employer to provide good jobs.

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US health secretary on Alabama’s IVF ruling: ‘Pandora’s box was opened’ after fall of Roe

Xavier Becerra says US must provide federal protections for reproductive rights if it hopes to avoid further restrictions

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Biden's plan would raise salaries for Head Start teachers but could leave fewer spots for kids

A new plan from the Biden administration could significantly increase salaries for hundreds of low-paid early childhood teachers caring for the country’s poorest children

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Border policy dominates Senate hearing on supplemental request - Roll Call

Senate appropriators sparred over immigration as Republicans pushed for border policy changes they want in an emergency spending package.

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Michael Hiltzik: Merck says it's being 'coerced' into negotiating its drug prices with Medicare. That's nonsense

No one really expected the pharmaceutical industry to lie down and take it when Congress authorized Medicare to start negotiating prices of the prescription drugs it buys for enrollees.

Los Angeles Times

Biden to pick Mandy Cohen to lead the CDC - Roll Call

Biden's pick spent five years as the head of North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services and served in the Obama administration.

Roll Call

US reveals 8-year-old girl died in border patrol custody

The passing of a young Panamanian girl marks the second death of a minor in two weeks in US immigration custody.

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The COVID public health emergency ends this week. Here's what's changing

Three years ago, the emergency declaration enabled certain tools for fighting the pandemic and protecting Americans. Now that it's expiring, here's what is changing — and what's not.

WEKU

US often didn't screen workers at migrant centers: Watchdog

A government watchdog says the federal Health and Human Services Department often failed to perform required background checks on workers at emergency holding centers for migrant children who crossed the border alone during a surge in 2021

The Independent UK

Amid a child labor crisis, U.S. state governments are loosening regulations

New York Times journalist Hannah Dreier says hundreds of thousands of immigrant kids are working illegally. Washington Post reporter Jacob Bogage explains how states are loosening child labor laws.

WEKU

On Nutrition: Do’s and don’ts for feeding infants

I had a conversation with a young mom who was surprised to hear some of the new guidelines for feeding infants in the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 (www.dietaryguidelines.gov). The recommendations are updated every five years by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services.

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Xavier Becerra violated Hatch Act by supporting Sen. Alex Padilla’s election, watchdog says

WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra violated the Hatch Act when he expressed support for Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla’s election at an event last year, a government watchdog said Tuesday.

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HHS Secretary Becerra says ‘every option’ being weighed after abortion ruling

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is weighing every option to strike down a “reckless” ruling by a federal judge in Texas that suspended U.S. approval of a key drug used in medication abortions, Xavier Becerra, the secretary of Health and Human Services, said on Sunday.

The Guardian - US

AOC urges Biden to ignore Texas ruling suspending approval of abortion drug

Democratic New York congresswoman says there is ‘extraordinary precedent’ for Biden to decline to enforce ruling

Salon

They openly ripped off Medicare

Health plans will be allowed to pocket hundreds of millions of dollars in overcharges for audits before 2018

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2 killed, 1 wounded when shooter opens fire inside Dallas County medical examiner’s office

A shooter killed one person and wounded another before turning the gun on themself Tuesday afternoon in the Dallas County medical examiner’s office in the Stemmons Corridor, county officials confirmed.

Los Angeles Times

How does 988 work?

Help for a mental health crisis is now just three digits away: 9-8-8.

Inverse

Need to use 988? 4 key questions about the new mental health crisis hotline, answered

You can chat online, text, or use an actual phone to reach counselors at the 988 crisis lifeline. Here's everything you need to know about the new service.

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House Passes New Human Trafficking Bill

Here's what's in the $1 billion reauthorization package.

Tribune News Service

Senate Judiciary kicks off series of abortion policy hearings

WASHINGTON — An hour before the Supreme Court issued its June 24 decision overturning the national right to an abortion, the chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri issued a personal plea to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra: Please declare a…

Los Angeles Times

Biden, under growing pressure, signs executive order on abortion

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday aimed at protecting women’s reproductive rights, a response to rising pressure from within his party to address last month’s Supreme Court ruling revoking federal protections for abortion with greater urgency and conviction — and a new attempt to galvanize voters…

Los Angeles Times

Biden, under growing pressure, signs executive order on abortion

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday aimed at protecting women’s reproductive rights, a response to rising pressure from within his own party to address last month’s Supreme Court ruling revoking federal protections for abortion with greater urgency and conviction.

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