Schultz, of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services, vice Daniel Meron.

WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate

U.S. District Court Judge Edward Korman has said that politics was behind efforts by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to block the unrestricted sale of the Plan B One-Step morning-after pill and its generic competitors.

WSJ: US government files morning-after pill appeal

Mr. Clemens, who won seven Cy Young Awards in his 24-year baseball career, is on trial in U.S. District Court here, accused of lying to Congress in 2008 when he repeatedly denied having used steroids or human growth hormone.

WSJ: Roger Clemens Trainer, Brian McNamee Says He Kept Drug Waste