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New York Representative Hakeem Jeffries will become the top Democrat in the House of Representatives-and the first Black lawmaker to lead either party on Capitol Hill-when the new Congress is sworn in next year.Jeffries's unanimous election by his fellow Democratic lawmakers comes less than two weeks after the current Speaker of the House, 82-year-old Nancy Pelosi, said she would not seek another leadership term.

Conservative legal pundit and Fox News contributor Andy McCarthy called for Republicans to abandon the notion that Donald Trump could ever be elected president again.McCarthy wrote a column for National Review to explain Why Trump Can't Win and that Trump's political momentum is fleeting.He assessed that Ron DeSantis will jump into the Republican primary eventually, and it's way too premature to say Trump kneecapped the Florida governor's candidacy when he hasn't even declared yet.

The DC Department of Motor Vehicles is designing a specialty license plate with a slogan reading "We Demand Statehood."Reportedly available by October, the new plates represent a verbal escalation over the city's current standard plates, which read "End Taxation Without Representation."

WASHINGTON Representative David Cicilline, Democrat of Rhode Island and an impeachment manager in the second trial of former President Donald J. Trump, announced Tuesday that he would be leaving Congress in June.Mr. Cicilline, 61, will become the president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, the state's largest funder of nonprofit organizations.

On Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) came out in opposition to a bipartisan effort to ban TikTok, condemning Republicans and Democrats for a move he said could chill First Amendment-protected speech."I hope saner minds will reflect on which is more dangerous: videos of teenagers dancing, or the precedent of the US government banning speech," Paul said on the Senate floor Wednesday.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has announced that House Democrats have taken a key procedural step that could be used to bypass House Republican leadership and enable Democrats to attempt to force a vote to raise the debt ceiling, according to a new letter obtained by CNN.The move is the next step House Democrats need to take to preserve all of their options as lawmakers stare down a June 1 deadline of potential default if Congress doesn't act to address the debt limit before then.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on April 7, 2022.Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Progressive lawmakers on Thursday voiced dismay that President Joe Biden is requesting a nearly $30 billion increase in U.S. military spending just months after the Pentagon failed its fifth consecutive audit, admitting it could not properly account for more than half of its trillions of dollars in assets.

When Congress put a cap on Social Security contributions in 1983, they didn't anticipate 40 years of rising inequality.Dennis Dunne and Aileen Kirshoff attend a rally against cuts to social security on February 23, 2023 in Huntington, New York.Sean Zanni / Getty Images for MoveOn Is your salary less than $160,200?

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday declined to criticize President Joe Biden's decision to allow Congress to potentially nix reforms to the criminal code of Washington, DC, even as many in the party are breaking with the White House.A Senate vote to scrap the DC law is expected this week.

Democrats in the Illinois House on Thursday unveiled a proposal to ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines and eliminate the ability for most people under 21 to obtain a gun permit in the state.The legislation, filed on the final legislative session day of 2022, is a response to the mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, where seven people were killed and dozens of others injured by a shooter using an assault-style rifle and high capacity magazines.

The incoming chair of the House Oversight Committee, Republican Rep. James Comer, has openly bashed the investigation.Committee Ranking Member James Comer speaks during a House Oversight Committee hearing at the Rayburn House Office Building on December 14, 2022, in Washington, D.C.Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images A House committee that has spent more than a year investigating the fossil fuel industry's climate disinformation efforts has reportedly decided not to hand the subpoenaed documents it compiled over to the Senate, a reversal that would likely spell the end of the probe as industry-friendly Republicans take over the chamber.

House Democrats formally elevated Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York to be their leader on Tuesday, uniting around a liberal lawyer and disciplined political tactician as the face of their opposition to the new Republican majority.On a day otherwise consumed by raucous infighting among Republicans, Mr. Jeffries's ascent made history.

Earlier on Tuesday Feinstein's office told POLITICO that Feinstein "continues to make progress in her recovery" from shingles, but that her staff "don't have a timeline yet for her return to Washington, which is dependent on her medical team saying it is safe to travel."A Feinstein spokesperson confirmed the senator and Schumer spoke Monday.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer did not address the absence of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein during his weekly press conference on Tuesday, but typed up notes show the Democratic leader had prepared an answer should a question about Feinstein come up.I spoke with Sen. Feinstein yesterday.We are both hopeful she can return next week, the notes, which were captured in a photo, read.

Fox Business anchor Dagen McDowell broke from some of the praise the House-passed Parents Bill of Rights was receiving on Friday to argue Republicans should have done the opposite if education mattered to them.The Parents Bill of Rights Act would require schools to publish their curriculum to the public and give parents far more influence over policies and materials.

A bipartisan pair of members from the U.S. House of Representatives last week reintroduced a bill that seeks to solidify the mortgage insurance premium (MIP) deduction.The bill, House Resolution (HR) 1384, is sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)and co-sponsored by Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.),and if passed, it would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the income gap and make the MIP deduction permanent.

Rep. Judy Chu and other House Democrats have fired back after a Republican congressman questioned her loyalty to the U.S. using what they say is anti-Asian rhetoric.On Wednesday, Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) appeared on a Fox News show to discuss President Biden's appointment of Dominic Ng to lead the country's trade interest in Asia.

:: Calling attention to a national student debt crisis, activists rallied outside the Supreme Court amid fears the Supreme Court would strike down President Biden's loan forgiveness plan.Hello, and welcome to this week's selection of top stories in pictures.:: Weather and the talk of it were hard to miss as snow dominated SoCal headlines following intense winter storms that brought Los Angeles its longest cold snap in almost 20 years.

Plaskett, a former prosecutor, made history in the role as the first delegate to serve as an impeachment manager.Fellow impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.),now the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, was once her law professor at American University.Jeffries also nominated three members of the Oversight Committee for the select panel: Reps.

They urge the House Ethics Committee to investigate the Santos campaign's questionable financial practices.Rep. George Santos is seen outside a House Republican Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol on January 10, 2023.Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Rep. George Santos (New York) is facing several government investigations and an increasing number of legal complaints, including the first one filed in Congress on Tuesday.

Democrat Jennifer McClellan easily won the special election for Virginia's 4th Congressional District last week.The fact that a Democrat comfortably retained a Democratic seat in a district President Joe Biden would have won under its new lines by 36 points in 2020 is not surprising.What is notable is that McClellan didn't just win, she outperformed Biden's 2020 margin by 13 points.

Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee on Tuesday announced her campaign for US Senate in California, joining a competitive Democratic primary to fill retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein's seat.Today I am proud to announce my candidacy for U.S. Senate.I've never backed down from doing what's right.And I never will.