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Republicans woke up Wednesday morning licking their wounds after a shellacking in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Many are now determining what the path forward for their party ought to be and how far to push back on President Trump from the minority. After enjoying a governing trifecta for the first two years of the second Trump…
Minnesota Senator-elect Peggy Flanagan called Wednesday for Senate Democrats to replace Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, renewing a campaign pledge a day after winning her race and helping Democrats secure control of both chambers of Congress. The post ‘Time for New Leadership’: Peggy Flanagan Calls for Democrats to Replace Chuck Schumer appeared first on Breitbart .
The Senate minority leader and his party’s progressives set aside their differences to win, but possible fights lie ahead.
The progressive group Indivisible called for Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday to replace Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) as majority leader after the party secured control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections. “Yesterday, voters made it very clear that they want a new generation of Democratic fighters,” the group wrote in a…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) officially announced his candidacy to be the next speaker of the House on Wednesday afternoon, less than a day after Democrats’ resounding victory in the lower chamber. He is aiming — and expected — to be the first black speaker in congressional history. “Congratulations on your election to the […]
During an interview with CNN on Wednesday, House Democratic Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) responded to a question on if he supports new investigations by stating that “we ran on affordability. We won decisively on affordability. We now have a The post Jeffries on New Investigations: ‘We Ran on Affordability’, But Later Says There’s Duty to Check ‘Corruption’ appeared first on Breitbart .
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) formally launched his bid for speaker of the House on Wednesday in a letter to colleagues obtained by Axios. Why it matters: Jeffries is widely expected to become speaker after House Democrats' landslide midterm win. He would make history as the first African American to serve in the role. What he's saying: "I write to humbly request your support in connection with my candidacy to serve as the next Speaker of the House of Representatives," Jeffries wrote. He added: "We must now deliver the dramatic change the American people are demanding in the majority." Read the letter in full, via DocumentCloud :
Republicans woke up "in shock" Wednesday morning after they got hit with the biggest midterms wave in 50 years. Within hours, that shock was turning into rage. Why it matters: The battle for control of what's left of the Republican conference — headlined by Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Oho) — is the first salvo in a quest to bring GOP lawmakers back from the political wilderness. Johnson set the tone Wednesday morning, when he took himself out of the running for leader, citing the toll the job has taken on his family. A key outstanding question is the extent to which Republican finger-pointing leads to a wholesale shake-up of the party's leadership ranks, versus a slight readjustment. Driving the news: The intra-party blame game quickly hit a fever pitch. "Dear Republican Senate and House "Leadership," No, the polls were not wrong. You were. Even with record amounts of money at your disposal, you managed to get absolutely annihilated," Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) wrote on X Wednesday morning. "Please do us all a favor and step aside so new leadership can take a truly conservative direction," Steube added. "When you have the worst defeat in modern history, you need a new playbook," another GOP lawmaker told Axios. State of play: The fallout is rippling across the entire House GOP leadership team, with every top position facing a contested race. Minority leader: Scalise and Jordan are squaring off in a rematch of their bitter 2023 battle for the speakership. Minority whip: Tom Emmer faces a challenge from Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas). NRCC Chair: Rudy Yakym and Brian Jack will face off for the post. Current NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) is on track to lose his own reelection bid. Zoom in: Behind the leadership infighting, Republicans are reckoning with what went so disastrously wrong on Election Day, with some blaming the Trump administration's policies for their losses. "Iran, Iran, Iran ... we should have never done
DEARBORN, Michigan — Sen.-elect Abdul el Sayed’s (D-MI) victory in Michigan will test whether Democrats can accommodate a progressive insurgent who has repeatedly challenged the party establishment or whether his combative style will make him a headache for current Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). El Sayed’s election has given progressives a significant new voice […]
‘I’m running to be your Republican Leader’
Key Senate progressive Chris Van Hollen said Wednesday that Democrats should demand a “bold agenda” targeting entrenched corporate interests in Washington before agreeing to back Chuck Schumer or any other aspiring Senate majority leader.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is officially running to be Speaker of the House after Republicans' midterm losses on Tuesday night.
Data: Financial Modeling Prep ; Chart: Ben Geman/Axios Oil prices fell sharply Wednesday as traders weigh signs — including a widely circulated post by Vice President JD Vance — that the midterm election will add pressure on the White House to find an offramp from the Iran conflict. Why it matters: Elections have consequences. Wednesday's price drop — around $8 per barrel — deepened after Vance posted on X that "everyone knows" the war is why Republicans got pummeled and "any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there." Sen. Chuck Schumer (D), the likely Senate majority leader in the next Congress, vowed that Democrats will push to end the war. "This crude price drop is entirely about the U.S. election and the belief that Trump will de-escalate rather than escalate on Iran. JD Vance's statement amplified that sentiment," Ben Cahill, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council, told Axios via email. What they're saying: Pavel Molchanov, an analyst with Raymond James, said in remarks circulated to reporters that Vance's post was a "key catalyst" for today's oil price plunge. "The market is saying that Congress and members of his own administration are likely to start acting as a constraint on President Trump's war in Iran," Seb Barker, a strategist with the hedge fund, Marshall Wace, tells the Financial Times. Catch up quick: Oil prices were already falling to start the week on signs of new U.S.-Iran diplomacy. What we're watching: "[I]t remains unclear whether Vance's comments signal a more dovish stance toward Iran," Molchanov said. "For oil prices to sustainably move lower, a durable off-ramp is needed," he added.
Democratic leader says party expects at least 255 House seats and promises to deliver on affordability.
President Donald Trump refused to weigh in on the House GOP leadership race to replace Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) in the top Republican spot next Congress. “We’ll stay out of it,” Trump told reporters Wednesday afternoon. “The speaker was fantastic. The people under him were fantastic. All good people.” Trump also denied that he asked […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) ribbed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday over the Democrats’ landslide midterm victory, saying the GOP leader was right in predicting the polls were wrong — just not in the way Johnson intended. Johnson, heading into Tuesday’s midterms, said repeatedly that the polls forecasting large Democratic gains were simply…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said no members of Congress have talked to him about impeaching President Donald Trump after Democrats‘ decisive victory Tuesday night. “I haven’t had a single member of the House Democratic Caucus talk to me about impeachment,” Jeffries told reporters Wednesday morning. “We’ve been relentlessly focused on affordability and on […]
In remarks the day after his party flipped control of Congress, the Senate Minority Leader said voters had spoken clearly about their priorities, and said it's up to the Democratic party to deliver.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) said there will be Senate Republican support for ending the war with Iran as soon as possible and threatened that Democrats will use the “power of the purse” to starve the Defense Department of funding if necessary to bring a swift end to the conflict. “We are going to…
In the face of an electoral rout, Senate Majority Leader John Thune declared that Senate Republicans will work with President Donald Trump against "Democrat extremism."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he'll be re-elected as majority leader despite five newly elected Democratic senators opposing his bid.
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) knocked off Washington state Senate Minority Leader John Braun to secure her third term in Congress. Gluesenkamp led with 55% of the vote when the Associated Press called the race at 1:04 p.m. on Wednesday. Braun lagged behind the Washington Democrat at 44% for a seat President Donald Trump won […]
After Tuesday's bruising defeat for Republicans, House Speaker Mike Johnson will not stay on as minority leader come January.
'Instead of standing firm on our principles, you have governed out of fear,' Rep. Steube told Republican leadership.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Wednesday that President Donald Trump had yet to call them, despite the president’s pledge to work with Democrats after their sweeping midterm victories. “No, not yet,” Schumer said when asked during a victory press conference whether he had heard from Trump […]
Republican Study Committee Chair August Pfluger (R-Texas) is running against House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) for the minority whip position after Democrats won control of the lower chamber. Pfluger wrote in a letter to his Republican colleagues on Wednesday the GOP must be “crafting a strategy to win back the majority.” “We started 2025…
Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., spoke about the Democrats’ sweeping midterm election win, saying, “What we have now seen is a generational remake of the Senate map that is going to change America.”
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) says he will be reelected as Senate majority leader next month when Democrats hold leadership elections despite the dissent of a handful of newly elected senators who threatened not to support him serving another term as leader. “The issue is not me. I’ll be reelected as majority leader. But the issue…
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who’s poised to become the first Black speaker of the House, called the Democrats' sweeping midterm win a “victory for the American people.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) posted a photo of himself grilling on social media, except it’s Republicans who seem to be getting cooked. “54 seats and counting,” Schumer wrote on X. “And I learned how to grill … these burgers and dogs are fully cooked.” The post shows the New York senator smiling as […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Democrats will deliver a "dramatic change" in direction after winning back the majority in the midterm elections. Jeffries will make history as the first Black speaker of the House.
Plus: 🏠Johnson triggers leadership fight {beacon} It’s Wednesday. We tried to sleep, briefly. Wow, did Election Day fly by. In today’s issue: The blue wave hits hard Awaiting Mississippi, Alaska results Undecided House races Johnson won’t run for minority leader Trump, Vance react to drubbing First College Football Playoff rankings Programming note: We’re Joshua Feldstein and Julia…
Democrats wasted no time gloating and warning the Trump administration about a pending flood of subpoenas and investigations once the 2026 midterm blue wave became clear. Why it matters: Democrats are eager to exercise their oversight powers over the president and his allies, but they must navigate that while addressing Americans' No. 1 election concern — the high cost of living. Driving the news: Before the AP even called the House for Democrats, expected House Oversight Chair Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) said in a statement that the president's allies should "[l]awyer up." He seconded the sentiment in a Wednesday post to X. Sen. Ron Wyden posted on X Tuesday night, "[s]ubpoenas." In response to a post from former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who said the Trump administration was "too successful" during its first year, Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) responded, "[w]ant to say that under oath?" The big picture: Voters aren't necessarily asking Democrats to choose between the cost of living and accountability. They want action on both. About half of voters said the high cost of living and government corruption were "crucial" to their votes for Congress, per the AP's Voter Poll. Roughly four in 10 voters said the economy was the top issue facing the country, compared with three in 10 who said it was democracy. Seven in 10 said Congress isn't doing enough to check presidential power. What they're saying: When asked about Wyden and Garcia's comments in an interview Wednesday morning, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) — the overwhelming favorite to become House Speaker — told TODAY that the "American people clearly don't want us to try and get even." "They want us to get things done to make their life more affordable. At the same period of time, what we have seen is unprecedented corruption unleashed on America, the likes of which we have never seen before." "And when you have people in high office who are so focused on enriching themselves, their family
The boss of New York State Democratic Party taunted Republicans and joked they should bring President Trump to Long Island after the party was trounced in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., spoke after the Democrats took control of Congress, calling the midterm elections a “generational remake of the Senate map.” Schumer also detailed affordability concerns and called for an end to the Iran war.
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) will run for another term as the top Senate Republican after a midterm cycle that cost his party a majority in both houses of Congress. Unlike Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who announced he would step down from leadership on Wednesday morning, Thune is planning to run for minority leader in the […]
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is reportedly planning to run for House Minority Leader after Republicans lost their majority in the House of Representatives on Tuesday night. The post Ohio’s Jim Jordan to Run for House Minority Leader appeared first on Breitbart .
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer outlined an aggressive legislative posture toward President Trump following Democrats’ landslide midterm election victory — calling him “corrupt” and a “wannabe king” who risks “legislative razor wire.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) teased the left's plans to target Republicans in a social media post the morning after the midterm election. The post Chuck Schumer Teases Targeting Republicans: ‘These Burgers and Dogs Are Fully Cooked’ appeared first on Breitbart .
The US Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer talked to the press after the midterm election results. Democrats are riding their sweep of Congress into a new era, eager to meet voter demands for change with plans to tackle high costs of living and confront President Donald Trump's final years in the White House.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is set to speak Wednesday after Democrats secured enough seats to reclaim control of the House in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Jeffries is now poised to become the next House Speaker when the new Congress convenes in January, putting him at the forefront of Democrats’ efforts to challenge President Trump’s…
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) will run for minority leader, setting up what will likely be a contentious contest against House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for the position. A source familiar with Scalise’s plans shared them with The Hill, swiftly following news that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told staff on Wednesday morning…
House Speaker Mike Johnson told Republican aides that he would step down, according to a person familiar with the comments, after the party suffered heavy losses in the midterm elections.
WASHINGTON — Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei celebrated the resounding Tuesday night defeat of President Trump’s allies in Congress. “The process of the US’s collapse has accelerated,” the maimed and in-hiding Khamenei gloated on X. Republicans suffered a stunning wipeout that many of Trump’s political advisers attributed to the war with Iran, which caused higher...
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) announced Wednesday he will run for minority leader, formally entering the race to lead House Republicans in the next Congress after they suffered a major blow in the midterms. He will likely face a contentious fight against current House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.). Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)…
Helena Foulkes spent decades in corporate before making a run for governor: ‘You can go for something and it doesn't work, and yet other gifts come’
A day after Democrats won the House majority, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told his staff in a phone call that he will not run for minority leader, according to four sources on the call. NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez reports on the GOP's path forward.
