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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., discusses his agenda with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026.
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Democrats are gathering in Denver for a What’s Next conference hosted by a new group called Majority Democrats following their historic blue wave of election wins. President Donald Trump wants his vice president to talk less about the Iran war and more about corruption and crime in Democratic-controlled cities and states after JD Vance’s blunt post-election analysis blaming the war for sweeping Republican losses was getting attention. And the incoming Democratic-majority Congress is preparing to investigate the Justice Department, which has been unchecked by Republicans for nearly two years.
