Democrats put forth Jeffries as their speaker candidate when Republicans struggled to elect former Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) and then later during the October 2023 competition to replace ...

But as the speaker drama has gone on, Jeffries' strategy is "plainly working," not just for Democrats but in terms of likely producing a "better result for the country as well." Jeffries' self ...

declaring in a PBS News interview “Hakeem will be speaker,” a reference to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York. Democrats need to flip just four seats to win control of the House ...