John Murray is now CEO of Monument Advocacy. Founder and CEO C. Stewart Verdery, Jr. has transitioned to full-time business development, long-term strategic planning and client engagement, the firm said, and Murray and Verdery will both lead Monument’s new seven-person senior leadership team. “After 18 years, it is appropriate to allow a new CEO to...
President Biden on Wednesday will posthumously award the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military honor, to two Civil War soldiers for their part in one of the earliest special operations in U.S. Army history. Biden will award Pvt. Philip G. Shadrach and Pvt. George D. Wilson “for their gallantry and intrepidity while participating in a...
Adult film actress Stormy Daniels posed a question in a Tuesday interview about how widespread the concern for a second term for President Trump in the White House should be. “Shouldn’t we all be worried about that?” Daniels responded when MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow asked if she was concerned about Trump getting elected to the...
Paramount’s parent company, National Amusements, has come to a tentative deal on a possible merger with media conglomerate Skydance. Paramount had previously reportedly stopped talks with Skydance on a merger and news about talks crumbling came out mid-last month. However, according to a Tuesday report from CNBC, sources said that a preliminary deal which has...
Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday doubled down on her support of President Biden amid calls for him to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race after his poor debate performance last week against former President Trump. “Look, Joe Biden is our nominee. We beat Trump once and we’re gonna beat him. Period,” Harris said in...
Nearly a third of Democrats believe President Biden should end his reelection bid following his lackluster debate performance against former President Trump last week, according to a new poll. A Reuters/Ipsos poll, published Tuesday, found 32 percent of Democrats think Biden should give up his reelection bid just days after he squared off against Trump...
Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said in an interview that aired Tuesday he plans to talk to President Biden soon to give him an assessment of his "standing" with Americans in the wake of the president's rough debate performance. “I did plan to … talk with him later today or … tomorrow morning,” Clyburn said in...
CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Tuesday rebuked Rep. Bennie Thompson's (D-Miss.) defense of President Biden's poor debate performance, arguing it was more than "just a bad debate." When Tapper asked how concerned he was about Biden's standing in the wake of his disastrous debate showing, Thompson replied, "Well, just like all of us who have...
President Biden on Tuesday blamed foreign travel for his poor debate performance, saying that he almost fell asleep on the stage last week. “I wasn’t very smart. I decided to travel around the world a couple of times … shortly before the debate,” he said while talking to donors at a fundraiser in Virginia. “I didn’t...
Cracks are beginning to emerge in President Biden’s backing within the Democratic Party, fueling questions about whether he will remain at the top of the ticket in the final stretch to Election Day. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), a nearly 30-year veteran in the House, shattered Biden’s wall of public support among elected lawmakers on Tuesday,...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story New Alzheimer’s drug gets FDA approval The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday approved Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug, clearing the way for another entry into the market of a new class of drugs that moderately slows the...
House Democrats are calling on five major pharmacy chains to commit to dispensing mifepristone in states where it remains legal, following the recent Supreme Court decision that preserved the current accessibility of the drug. In letters sent to Walmart, Safeway, Kroger, Costco, and Healthmart, a group of more than 50 House Democrats — led by...
