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AP Race Call: Democrat Hakeem Jeffries wins reelection to U.S. House in New York’s 8th Congressional District

Democrat Hakeem Jeffries wins reelection to U.S. House in New York’s 8th Congressional District

Hakeem Jeffries chooses calm over chaos as Democrats work to win the House majority

Democrat Hakeem Jeffries stumps in California in a bid to reclaim House control

Hakeem Jeffries rejects GOP spending bill as ‘unserious and unacceptable’

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Hakeem Jeffries compares Donald Trump to an ‘old boyfriend’

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries compared Donald Trump to “an old boyfriend” who “just won’t go away” during his DNC speech on Wednesday.

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House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries says he met privately with Biden and shared views about the ‘path forward’

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Hakeem Jeffries isn’t speaker yet, but the Democrat may be the most powerful person in Congress

Without wielding the gavel or holding a formal job laid out in the Constitution, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries might very well be the most powerful person in Congress right now.

How Hakeem Jeffries’ Black Baptist upbringing and deep-rooted faith shapes his House leadership

Hakeem Jeffries’ Black Baptist upbringing has shaped his role as House minority leader. Jeffries, a liberal Democrat, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, a conservative Republican, recently took turns reading Scripture at the National Prayer Breakfast.

The federal debt tops $34 trillion and some in Congress want a commission to find ways to tackle it

A bill to create a bipartisan commission that would tackle the nation’s soaring debt and make policy recommendations to Congress has won approval from a House committee. House Republicans are making the bill a priority.

President Biden, House members among mourners for former Texas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson

Mourners had gathered in Dallas to remember a longtime Texas congresswoman. The funeral for former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson was held Tuesday at Concord Church in Dallas. Johnson served in Congress for 30 years.

House Republicans drop Jim Jordan as their nominee for speaker, stumbling back to square one

Republicans have dropped Jim Jordan as their nominee for House speaker, setting them back to square one with no clear plan ahead. This comes after Jordan failed Friday in a third try for the speaker’s gavel.

House speaker live updates | Next round of voting set for Thursday after Jordan comes up short again

There will be no further votes for House speaker on Wednesday after Republicans reached an impasse on how to move forward.

GOP’s Jim Jordan fails again on vote for House speaker as frustrated Republicans search for options

Rep. Jim Jordan has failed to win the vote to become House speaker on a crucial second ballot. Next steps are uncertain as Republican lawmakers float other options. The hard-edged ally of Donald Trump appears to have no path to the gavel.

Live updates | Jordan loses 20 Republicans in speaker’s vote, creating uphill climb to win gavel

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries is calling on Republicans to work with Democrats to elect a speaker. Jeffries said Tuesday evening after Rep. Jim Jordan lost the speaker’s vote that it’s fine if the next speaker is a Republican.

Rep. Jim Jordan has lost the first ballot for speaker. Here’s what’s next

Rep. Jim Jordan is facing strong opposition to his speakership bid as 20 fellow Republicans voted against him on a first ballot. Those GOP lawmakers voted for a candidate other than Jordan on Tuesday, leaving him well short of winning the gavel.

Republicans reject Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on a first ballot, signaling more turmoil ahead

Republicans have rejected congressman Jim Jordan for House speaker on the first ballot. A second vote was shelved Tuesday as the staunch ally of Donald Trump works to shore up support, signaling more turmoil ahead.

GOP’s Jim Jordan is shoring up support and peeling off detractors ahead of a House speaker vote

Hard-charging right-wing Republican Rep. Jim Jordan is shoring up support to win the House speaker’s gavel. One by one Jordan, has been peeling off detractors who view the Ohio Republican as too extreme.

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Republicans nominate Steve Scalise to be House speaker but struggle to unite quickly and elect him

Republicans have nominated Rep. Steve Scalise to be the next House speaker. Now they must try to unite their deeply divided majority to elect the conservative in a floor vote after ousting Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the job.

Government shutdown risk spikes as House Republicans leave town in disarray amid hard-right revolt

With the collapse of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s latest plan to avert a federal shutdown, lawmakers have left town with no endgame in sight.

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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

AP Election Brief | What to expect in Pennsylvania’s special election

For the third time in less than eight months, a special election will decide control of the narrowly divided Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Special election in western Pennsylvania to determine if Democrats or GOP take control of the House

Majority control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives will once again come down to a special election. Republican voters face a strongly Democratic lean in a Pittsburgh district to flip power back to their caucus on Sept. 19.

Nancy Pelosi says she’ll seek House reelection in 2024, dismissing talk of retirement at age 83

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she’ll seek reelection to Congress in 2024. Her announcement Friday in San Francisco comes as Democrats are trying to win back the majority in the House.

Hillary Clinton says ‘justice is being pursued’ in Trump Georgia case. Follow live updates

Former President Donald Trump has been indicted over his efforts to overturn the results of his 2020 presidential election loss in Georgia.

Biden and House Democrats hope to make curbing ‘junk fees’ a winning issue in 2024

The White House is taking on “junk fees,” those extra charges tacked on to plane tickets, hotel rooms, hospital bills and more.

Trump lawyer calls indictment an ‘attack on free speech and political advocacy.’ Follow live updates

Donald Trump’s attorney John Lauro is calling the latest indictment of the former president “an attack on free speech and political advocacy.”