More than 80 House Democrats are noncommittal or opposed to Hakeem Jeffries as speaker, a sign of deep divisions over leadership, money in politics, and policy priorities.
A former D.C. police officer whose name appears on a January 6 memorial plaque now faces a superseding indictment alleging multiple sexual assaults across Virginia and Maryland, court filings say.
Fox reporter Bill Melugin pressed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries about Nancy Pelosi’s 2011 claim that President Obama did not need Congress to authorize strikes in Libya. Jeffries said the cases were different and that he was not in Congress then. The exchange highlighted a persistent question about political double standards on war powers.