Xavier Becerra

The Senate has confirmed California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as health secretary, becoming the first Latino to hold the job

President Joe Biden’s pick for health secretary is taking heat for his defense of abortion rights from Republicans looking to define him as out of the mainstream

Health secretary nominee Xavier Becerra told senators Tuesday that confronting the coronavirus pandemic will be his first priority if confirmed, but he also pledged to expand health insurance, rein in prescription drug costs and reduce racial and ethnic disparities in medical care.

The health care team assembled by President-elect Joe Biden points to stronger federal management of the nation’s COVID-19 response, a leading role for science and an emphasis on fair and equitable distribution of vaccines and treatments

President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for Secretary Health and Human Services delivered remarks on Tuesday. “It’s our turn to discover the breathtaking opportunities before us in the midst of this hardship and pain,” Becerra said. “It’s our turn to build up and to back up our doctors and medical professionals.”

President-elect Joe Biden is putting a defender of the Affordable Care Act in a leading role to oversee his administration’s coronavirus response. He has picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his health secretary. If confirmed by the Senate, Becerra will be the first Latino to head the Department of Health and Human Services.

President-elect Joe Biden has picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his health secretary.

California will become the first state to sue the Trump administration over guidelines issued this week that bar international students from remaining in the United States if they can take classes online, state Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Thursday afternoon. The lawsuit, which was expected to be filed Thursday in Northern California’s U.S District Court, seeks a preliminary injunction against enforcement...

California, Michigan and three other states are suing the U.S. Department of Education over pandemic relief funds

A San Diego Superior Court Judge ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $343.99 million for hiding the dangers and risks of its surgical mesh product for women.

California’s attorney general says he has been investigating Facebook’s privacy practices since 2018.

California and 22 other states sued Friday to stop the Trump administration from revoking the authority of the nation’s most populous state to set emission standards for cars and trucks. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra sued the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a day after it issued a regulation designed to pre-empt the state’s authority to set its own rules...

A federal judge in Fort Worth who recently declared the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional has stayed his ruling to allow for appeals.

A decades-old law has been the stumbling block behind a string of recent legal defeats for President Donald Trump, stymying his push to reverse Obama-era policies, NBC News reported. Courts have cited the Administrative Procedure Act, from 1946, when blocking the administration’s attempts to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, delay a regulation requiring oil and gas companies...