House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday rebuffed critics who claim former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been undercutting his leadership of congressional Democrats. Pelosi (D-Calif ...

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

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 person to lead a party in Congress.

Hakeem Jeffries, widely seen as Nancy Pelosi’s successor, formally asks colleagues for support. Mr. Jeffries is slated to set in motion a long-sought generational change at the top of the House ...

Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the New Yorker poised to succeed Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the leader of House Democrats, is a political liberal, a former corporate lawyer and an exceedingly careful ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he has no issues with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, telling NBC’s Kristen Welker that he does not think she is undermining him with her election ...

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., expressed optimism that Democrats can be united following the retirement of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, arguing the party's diversity would remain one of its ...

WASHINGTON — New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the fourth-ranking House Democrat, said Friday that he will run to replace House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the party's leader after Republicans took ...

House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries is believed to be the leading candidate to replace House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as Democratic leader after her decision to step down, which she ...

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the 52-year-old New York lawmaker and former House Democratic Caucus Chair, has succeeded former Speaker Nancy Pelosi as leader of the House Democratic caucus in the 118th ...

Chairman of the House Democratic caucus, Jeffries is seen by many as Pelosi’s successor. If elected by House Democrats, he would be the first Black party leader in either the House or Senate.