Hakeem Jeffries

With Nancy Pelosi stepping down, New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, chair of the House Democratic Caucus, is her likely successor as Democratic leader.

Most recently, he has supported the Equality Act and the Respect for Marriage Act, two important pieces of LGBTQ legislation.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who announced Thursday she will relinquish her leadership role after Republicans clinched majority control of the chamber, ...

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) announced Thursday that he will remain in Congress next year but won't seek a leadership position, joining Speaker ...

There is growing support among key national lawmakers for New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries to succeed Nancy Pelosi as House Democrats' leader.

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.

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 ...

Brooklyn Congress Member Hakeem Jeffries (r.), pictured with President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a March 2022 event in Philadelphia, ...

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.

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

A native of Crown Heights in Brooklyn, Hakeem Jeffries has risen to the top ranks of American politics.

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 ...

With Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announcing she will step back from House leadership after two decades as the chamber's top Democrat, a New Yorker is ...

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.

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

Reps. Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), Katherine M. Clark (Mass.) and Pete Aguilar (Calif.) are expected to announce they are seeking the top three leadership ...

If elected, Jeffries, 52, would become the first Black leader of a congressional caucus. Reps. Katherine Clark, 59, and Pete Aguilar, 43, are seeking to ...

Jeffries said Democrats will be locked in a "fierce governmental, political and messaging struggle."

U.S. lawmaker Hakeem Jeffries launched a bid on Friday to become Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, a day after the chamber's speaker, ...

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries announced Friday he was running to replace outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the leader of the House Democrats next Congress.