The House of Representatives minority leader vowed that Democrats would take on the attacks on DEI "head-on" along with civil rights groups.

Do You Have A Plan In Place To Combat Trump’s DEI Executive Order?’ During Thursday's House Democrats' press briefing, House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) answered reporter questions about DEI and economic policies.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is holding a press conference Thursday at 11:30 a.m. EST, as Republicans look to get President Trump’s agenda rolling in Congress. Speaker Mike

A federal judge in Seattle has temporarily blocked President Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional."

Lyndon Johnson’s Executive Order 11246, which required racially diverse hiring from federal contractors, had survived five Republican presidents. It couldn’t survive Trump, who erased it with a command to end “illegal preferences and discrimination” across the government.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) hammered President ... Trump on Monday issued an executive order pardoning almost all of the more than 1,500 people prosecuted for their actions ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries met Wednesday with Latino Democratic lawmakers to sharpen the party’s strategy on immigration as President Trump barrels ahead with a wide crackdown that ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries talks about how he’ll work across the aisle with Republicans. Martin Luther King III joins Kristen Welker for a special Meet the Movement interview.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 23: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) holds a news conference at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center on January 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. Jeffries said he had ...

Donald Trump, in just 24 hours of his second presidency, repeals Lyndon Johnson’s Executive Order 11246, a pillar of affirmative action.

Donald Trump’s move to pause trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans awakened widespread Democratic resistance to the new president’s second term that was felt Tuesday on Capitol Hill, in governors’ offices and in the race to helm the party’s national committee.

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