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House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) sees the House Speaker’s gavel within reach, as the House GOP conference nominee for the speakership heads to the floor shortly after noon on Tuesday in an attempt to unify the GOP conference and end the chaos that started two weeks ago when now former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the position.

House Democrat leaders view House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), the leading candidate for Speaker of the House, as an “insurrectionist” and an “extremist extraordinaire.”

On Thursday’s “PBS NewsHour,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) responded to a question on linking Ukraine funding and Israel aid by stating that while he’s waiting to see the funding requests from the Biden administration, “it should be

Rep. Steve Scalise won the Republican nomination for Speaker of the House but failed to garner enough support to win on the House floor.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Democrats were ready to enter into a bipartisan agreement to run the House of Representatives.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that House Republicans were in the middle of a “civil war.”

On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) criticized Republicans for not addressing “issues related to gun safety that we should be tackling.” And argued that “We should be tackling gun safety and some

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) stated that “more voters all across the country will begin to pay attention” to President Joe Biden’s accomplishments on the economy as the election gets

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has the strongest favorability rating of any Congressional leader, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll. 

Initial reports indicated House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries raked in $29 million during the second fundraising quarter, but a review of campaign finance indicates he only scored six million, placing his total far behind House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA). 

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) called the presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a “false flag operation” claiming that it was being “run by right-wing political operatives” to hurt Democrats.

Antisemitic remarks among Democratic officials are “absolutely unacceptable” and have “got to stop,” according to Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy who slammed a leading Democrat’s recent claim that Israel is a “racist” country.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) challenged Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to prove certain members of his conference are not antisemitic after Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said that “Israel is a racist state” over the weekend — a comment she later walked back.

Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) predicted Sunday on MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki” that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) will be the Speaker of the House after the 2024 election.

The top Democrats in the Senate and House called on Friday for former President Donald Trump’s “supporters and critics alike” to allow the federal case against Trump related to classified documents to “proceed peacefully in court.”

American taxpayers will foot a more than $135 million bill to cover care, food, and housing costs for border crossers and illegal aliens living in the sanctuary city of New York City, Democrats announced this week.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) stated that the Democrats who voted against the bill to raise the debt ceiling did have some objections to the substance of the bill, but they

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) argued that despite Republicans using the threat of default to try to get “painful, deep cuts” “because we know that Democrats, President Biden, folks in the

Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Tuesday came out in support of the debt ceiling agreement between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that he guarantees the Democrats will pass a discharge petition to lift the debt ceiling if House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) deal fails to pass.

Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that “none of the things in the bill are Democratic priorities” while discussing the debt ceiling deal.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) told him that Democrats don’t see “one thing” in the debt ceiling deal in their favor.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Friday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” that extreme MAGA Republicans want to crash the economy because they believe “it will be in their political benefit in 2024.”

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) told reporters on Monday that he’s open to freezing the federal spending at current levels to secure a debt ceiling deal, while acknowledging the idea is not liked throughout his party.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) defended Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg as someone who has “an extraordinary track record in law enforcement” and also stated that Bragg has an “exemplary record”

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Democratic strategist James Carville reacted to the rift between New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) and President Joe Biden over immigration by stating that leaders in Congress, including Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) slammed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for claiming that Republicans are creating a “fictional argument” around the invasion on the southern border.

Hakeem Jeffries, minority leader of the United States House of Representatives, claimed Thursday that Republicans are creating a “fictional argument” around the invasion on the southern border.

Hollywood star Tim Robbins has slammed prominent Democrat lawmakers for threatening to jail independent journalist Matt Taibbi over his reporting on the Twitter Files, which showed large-scale collusion between the federal government and Twitter to censor conservatives.

The House Republicans’ campaign arm is labeling House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) a “bigot” and asking why Democrats in the lower chamber are not demanding his apology.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who has claimed to have a “vague recollection” of the controversy surrounding his antisemitic uncle, told reporters on Thursday that he never supported the views of his antisemitic uncle, Leonard Jeffries, despite defending him and Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan in his college newspaper.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) responded to a question on whether there are any proposals — like clawing back unspent COVID relief funds — for raising the debt ceiling that he

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) argued that, apart from the conditions House Republicans have placed on lifting the debt ceiling, only raising the debt ceiling for a year “makes no sense”

The House Democrats’ campaign arm outraised its Republican counterpart by nearly $12 million in the first three months of the year while heavily counting on its congressional leadership for the cash.

Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) leadership demanded answers on Friday from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for lying and defending his antisemitic uncle, Leonard Jeffries, and Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), a rising star in the Republican Party only black Republican in the Senate, criticized House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for his “inflammatory and disgusting” comments in a college editorial.