Presented by Otsuka — The subject: Drug costs {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story PBMs in the hot seat Pharmacy benefit manager (PBMs) executives will appear before the House Oversight Committee Tuesday to face what is likely to be a bipartisan grilling over whether the companies are contributing to the high costs...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story FEC chair suggests Harris may not get Biden war chest The chair of the Federal Election Commission suggested that Vice President Harris may not be able to access the millions of dollars remaining from President Biden’s campaign....
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle faced growing, bipartisan calls for her resignation during a brutal hearing Monday on the attempted assassination of former President Trump. Lawmakers from both parties on the House Oversight Committee — which is known for its fiery hearings and partisan rhetoric — expressed exasperation, frustration and at times disbelief at Cheatle’s...
Vice President Kamala Harris, who said she will seek the Democratic nomination after President Biden decided not to continue his reelection campaign, has previously staked out health positions to the left of President Biden. But there isn’t expected to be much daylight between her policy priorities and President Biden’s. Harris will be able to claim...
Senate Ethics Committee leaders on Monday notified convicted Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) that panel members have voted to “initiate an adjudicatory review of his alleged violations of Senate Rules,” setting the stage for a possible future vote to expel or censure him. Ethics Chairman Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Vice Chairman James Lankford (R-Okla.) said that...
The Alpha PAC, one of the nation’s most prolific Black male-led PACs, has endorsed Vice President Harris’s candidacy for president and is calling for Black men around the nation to support Harris. In a statement released Monday, Everett B. Ward, chair of the PAC, said the “battle-tested” Harris is the clear choice come November. “At...
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) on Monday said he would consider being Vice President Harris’s running mate if asked. “Obviously, if somebody asked, I’d take a serious look at it, but my phone hasn’t rung yet,” Polis told CNN’s Dana Bash, responding to a question about whether he would accept an offer to be Harris’s...
President Biden’s decision to drop out of the White House race and endorse Vice President Harris could give Democrats a jolt of energy from young voters as Harris seeks her party's nomination just over 100 days out from Election Day. While some young voters had been prepared to grit their teeth and vote for Biden...
The American families of hostages held by Hamas are pushing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to announce in a Wednesday speech to Congress that he will accept the cease-fire deal laid out by President Biden, describing anything less as a total failure. Eight U.S. citizens are among the 120 hostages held by Hamas since the...
Democrats woke Monday to a transformed presidential race after President Biden withdrew his candidacy Sunday afternoon and threw his support behind Vice President Harris. Since then, Democrats have been coalescing around her. Harris garnered high-profile endorsements from Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a handful of Democratic governors and more. On Monday, she...
Pundit Chris Matthews is encouraging Vice President Harris to distance herself from the policies of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party as she runs for president this fall. Matthews, during an appearance on MSNBC early Monday, said Harris should lean into her personal story, saying “she has a chance to say, 'Here's who I...
