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Appeals court to weigh reimposing fines for Texas foster care failures, removing judge on case

Texas Health and Human Services could face $100,000-per-day fines for violating a judge's orders. The state wants the judge off the case.

The Texas Tribune

Largest US Migrant Child Housing Provider Faces Shocking Abuse Allegations

Justice Department lawsuit reveals shocking pattern of sexual abuse and harassment at Southwest Key Programs, raising concerns about the safety of migrant ...

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Health Secretary Xavier Becerra Addresses Reproductive Health Care Concerns

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra addresses challenges in reproductive health care and emphasizes the administration's commitment to safeg...

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Biden Administration Seeks Partial End To Child Migrant Oversight

The Biden administration seeks changes to court oversight of child migrant custody conditions, raising concerns and proposing new safeguards.

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Federal judge to consider a partial end to special court oversight of child migrants

For 27 years, federal courts have held special oversight over custody conditions for child migrants

The Independent UK

After Multiple Strikes, the Biden Administration Forces an Employer to Apply Again for Its Multibillion Dollar Contract

A new contract that requires “labor harmony” could be a model to empower millions who work for federal contractors nationwide.

Capital & Main

State rejects health insurers' pleas to halt plan that will shake up coverage for 1.8 million Texans

Affected Texans who receive Medicaid coverage would be shifted to new insurers next year if the state health and human services agency sticks to its plan. It’s now up to the executive commissioner to make a final decision.

The Texas Tribune

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Biden Administration Seeks To Modify Child Migrant Care Agreement

The Biden administration's move to partially end court oversight of child migrant care sparks debate over border policies.

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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

Reason

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.

Kiplinger

‘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.

Capital & Main

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

The Guardian - US

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

The Independent UK

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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.

Los Angeles Times

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.

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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.

Al Jazeera

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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WEKU

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.

The Independent UK

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

WEKU

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.

Tribune News Service

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.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

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.

Tribune News Service

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

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