#Latest news with #Speaker2026Washington Post08-05-2025PoliticsWashington PostHakeem Jeffries is trying to put himself out thereHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) isn't quite a household name. He's trying to change that. If Democrats win the House in 2026 and his colleagues elect him as speaker, the typically buttoned-up, on-message Jeffries could become the only member of his leaderless party with real power in President Donald Trump's Washington.
Washington Post08-05-2025PoliticsWashington PostHakeem Jeffries is trying to put himself out thereHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) isn't quite a household name. He's trying to change that. If Democrats win the House in 2026 and his colleagues elect him as speaker, the typically buttoned-up, on-message Jeffries could become the only member of his leaderless party with real power in President Donald Trump's Washington.
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