Hakeem Jeffries

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to step down from her leadership role after her fellow Democrats lost their majority in last ...

Mr Jeffries, an attorney who has represented New York's Eighth District since 2013, has served as the Democratic caucus chair since the start of the 116th ...

If elected, the 52-year-old chair of the House Democratic Caucus would become the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, of New York, is considered the top pick to be the Democrats' leader in the House, after Nancy Pelosi announced she will step down.

It's the worst-kept secret in the nation's capital: Brooklyn and Queens Rep. Hakeem Jeffries is the odds-on favorite to succeed Nancy Pelosi as Democratic ...

Mr. Jeffries, a Democrat, would be the first Black politician to head a House or Senate caucus for either major party.

House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries is believed to be the leading candidate to replace House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as Democratic leader after her ...

Jeffries will likely prioritize keeping the Medicare drug provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act intact and stopping Republicans' attempts to cut Medicare ...

Nancy Pelosi, the most powerful Democrat in Congress, has stepped down. The man most likely to succeed her is New York lawmaker Hakeem Jeffries. The 52-year-old has served at the fifth-highest rank of Democratic leadership since 2019.

House Democrats appear likely to choose New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries to succeed Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a potentially historic move to elect the first Black ...

House Democrats quickly coalesced behind Brooklyn native Hakeem Jeffries as their next leader to succeed Speaker Nancy Pelosi after she announced on ...

The expected formal announcement will be made one day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would not be seeking a leadership role in the new Congress.

Hakeem Jeffries is poised to become House Democrats' next leader now that Nancy Pelosi has stepped down, but that's not necessarily a sign of progress.

Republicans regained a slim majority in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Congress, in last week's midterm elections. California Republican ...

New York Democrat, 52, is favorite to succeed Nancy Pelosi after declaring candidacy for House minority leader.