All posts tagged "Xavier Becerra"

Two Democratic candidates for California governor traded blows as one tried to ask him questions that the other said sounded like "MAGA talking points."

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra was asked to respond to comments made by his fellow Democratic candidate Matt Mahan that "suggested that you're interested in growing the size of government, saying that he wants to cut it," CNN anchor Elex Michaelson.

"Mayor Mahan should take a look at my record, and you'll realize that the largest health enterprise in the world, the Department of Health and Human Services, is big. It's because we have to make sure we're doing everything to improve the health care for 33 million Americans." ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff was federally indicted on allegations of stealing $225,000 from Xavier Becerra.

Dana Williamson, 53, who served as Newsom's chief of staff from 2023 until December 2024, along with Becerra's former chief of staff Sean McCluskie, former high-ranking Capitol aide and lobbyist Greg Campbell, and two others, are accused of working together to take money from under Becerra's former political campaign account, The San Francisco Chronicle reports on Wednesday.

Becerra was then secretary of Health and Human Services during former President Joe Biden's administration....

WASHINGTON — Top US House of Representatives Democrat Nancy Pelosi on Thursday appointed three close allies to a "supercommittee" tasked with finding at least $1.2 trillion in deficit cuts over ten years.