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Xavier Becerra suggested White House would be willing to ignore Texas court 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.

White House has proposed relatively flat funding for NIH and is seeking $1 billion increase for NIH's newer, flashier cousin, ARPA-H.

You might get the impression from the Biden administration's insulin price cut and its initiative allowing Medicare to negotiate over other pharmaceuticals that the drug pricing issue is finally being taken seriously in Washington.

Kentucky lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill to regulate Delta-8 THC, a psychoactive cannabinoid.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As lawmakers debate who is to blame for California’s high gas prices, Attorney General Rob Bonta is seeking millions of new dollars to investigate and possibly sue oil companies over the matter.

The Biden administration says it is creating a new task force to crack down on an explosion of the illegal exploitation of migrant children for labor in the U.S. Hundreds of companies that employed nearly 4,000 children last year were found in violation of federal labor laws, a dramatic increase…

WASHINGTON — The insurance industry and Republicans are using the debt ceiling fight and President Joe Biden’s vows not to cut Medicare to fend off changes to private Medicare Advantage plans, which are popular among the public but have faced criticism about their costs to the government.

Medicare Advantage, a Medicare alternative primarily run by private health insurers, becomes a battleground in the war over federal spending.