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President Joe Biden stands on a stage with supporters during a campaign event at Renaissance High School in Detroit, July 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

More congressional Democrats call on Biden to drop out and ‘pass the torch’ to new candidate

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters to discuss a proposal of sending crucial bipartisan support to aid Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after weeks of inaction on Capitol Hill Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Democratic Leader Jeffries does not guarantee his party will save Speaker Johnson again

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks during his weekly news conference on Capitol Hill, Feb. 7, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Hakeem Jeffries rules out help from Democrats to salvage FISA bill

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol is seen on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023, in Washington. Republicans are heading to the House for the second time this Congress to try and elect a speaker, marking what they hope will be a unifying moment for a party that has been in turmoil for weeks. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

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

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., leaves the chamber just after a stopgap spending bill advanced on a procedural vote but with final passage uncertain, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jeffries says that Dems need more time to review new stopgap bill, GOP not ‘trustworthy’

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., arrives to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the Capitol, in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jeffries urges House Republicans to bring Senate temporary spending measure to floor

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about the debt limit talks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden declares ‘America will not default,’ says he’s confident of budget deal with GOP lawmakers

By Seung Min Kim and Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, of Calif., listens during a news conference in the Rayburn Room at the Capitol in Washington, May 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)

Biden meets Congress leaders in urgent debt ceiling talks, weighs cutting short foreign trip

By Lisa Mascaro, Fatima Hussein and Seung Min Kim - Associated Press

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters just after he was elected by House Democrats to be the new leader when Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., steps aside in the new Congress under the Republican majority, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jeffries slams GOP for false border-fentanyl claims

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the top Democrat in the House, speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, April 28, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top House Democrat says GOP passed ‘ransom note,’ not a budget, as default looms

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., listens during a news conference Thursday, March 30, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

House Dem leader pressed to apologize for comparing Black conservatives to slaves in past editorial

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference Thursday, March 30, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Jeffries says White House did not undercut Democrats on bills

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of N.Y., speaks before President Joe Biden at the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference, Wednesday, March 1, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Hakeem Jeffries: Dems ‘incredibly unified’ after Biden infuriates party by overriding D.C. crime law

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Incoming House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., receives the gavel from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of N.Y., on the House floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, early Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

New leadership dynamic in House shows politics doesn’t need to be personal

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., derides the new Republican majority over plans to consider a national sales tax and other issues, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Leader of the loyal opposition in House boasts ‘very positive’ relationship with Speaker McCarthy

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times