Senate Majority Chief Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) issued a joint assertion Friday calling on Congress to keep away from a possible default “compelled by excessive MAGA Republicans,” the opening salvo in what can be a months-long battle over elevating the federal debt restrict. Lawmakers ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Thursday ripped Democrat election denier Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for calling former President Donald Trump a “pretend president” who gained an “illegitimate” election. Talking on the Senate flooring, McConnell publicly slammed Jeffries for purveying false election claims about 2016, as Jeffries has refuted Trump as ...