Rep. Hakeem Jeffries

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)
May 2, 2024
The minority leader of the House Democrats, it was Brooklyn's Jeffries who provided the votes needed to keep the government…
U.S. Capitol, theGrio.com
December 29, 2023
Despite some wins, Congress has been widely criticized for not passing legislation on two major issues: gun reform and police…
September 29, 2023
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are remembering the life and legacy of U.S. Senator of California, Dianne Feinstein.
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May 24, 2023
Director Gina Prince-Bythewood and Hakeem Jeffries are among the honorees of the 2023 Motion Picture Association Awards.
February 10, 2023
Hakeem Jeffries, the first Black party leader in Congress, sits down with theGrio for a Black History Month primetime special…
February 9, 2023
“I quote [The Notorious B.I.G.] frequently,” Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader, tells theGrio’s April Ryan in a sit-down interview.
February 8, 2023
TheGrio examines five takeaways from President Biden's State of the Union address that uniquely concerns Black Americans.
February 7, 2023
The families of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and others, will join the parents of Tyre Nichols as Biden delivers the…
February 3, 2023
Democrats are decrying “hypocrisy” after Republicans ousted U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., theGrio.com
January 5, 2023
On the third straight day of votes in the U.S. House of Representatives to select the speaker of the House
January 4, 2023
Republicans failed to elect a speaker after Kevin McCarthy could not overcome opposition from his party's right flank.
January 3, 2023
A new and expanded Congressional Black Caucus was sworn in during a Tuesday ceremony for the 118th Congress.
November 30, 2022
House Democrats on Wednesday elected Rep. Hakeem Jeffries  to be the first Black American to head a major political party in…
November 18, 2022
Nancy Pelosi’s decision to not to seek reelection as party leader has opened a new pathway for U.S. Rep. Hakeem…
May 15, 2022
After a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, leaders said the need to combat white supremacy, domestic terrorism and gun…
President Joe Biden
February 24, 2022
"I'm hoping that the [U.S.] doesn't make the mistake of going into Ukraine trying to nation-build," U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson…
February 9, 2022
Rep. Beatty shared a series of tweets making her claims, and Rogers apologized to the Congressional Black Caucus chair by…
US Reps. Lauren Boebert and Ilhan Omar
November 30, 2021
Democrats on the Hill push Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to publicly call out Boebert after contentious phone call with…
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson
November 26, 2021
Rep. Johnson recalls her time in Congress and her fellow members share words of praise and admiration for her years-long…
November 18, 2021
Gaetz told Newsmax his office may reach out to Rittenhouse "and see if he'd be interested in helping the country…