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Former HHS secretary Xavier Becerra surged to the front of California’s crowded governor race after Swalwell’s exit, but is drawing renewed backlash from progressive critics over immigration handling, oil money donations, and his stance on single-payer health care, as Steyer and Porter attack his establishment credentials ahead of the June 2 top-two primary amid late fundraising and debates over his record.
An unaccompanied 17-year-old Honduran migrant housed at a Florida shelter died while under the care of the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement. The minor was taken to the hospital after being found unconscious and was pronounced dead an hour later. An investigation by a medical examiner is underway, and the ORR said it will continue to receive more information on the death from the care provider. This is the second unaccompanied migrant child to die in the custody of HHS this year.