Democrats seize GOP flip-flop on Epstein to highlight hypocrisy, boost midterm momentum. “Sordid… Scandalous. Corrupt.” House ...

The House minority leader made history as he spoke for eight hours and 44 minutes in opposition to the Republicans’ massive bill.

The overwhelming consensus on Capitol Hill was that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) would only delay President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" by about an hour. As noon approached on ...

Jeffries held the House floor for more than eight hours Thursday, taking his “sweet time” with a marathon floor speech that delayed passage of Republicans’ massive tax and spending cuts legislation ...

Jeffries’ speech was reminiscent of a record-setting April speech by Democratic Sen. Cory Booker that accused Trump of ...

The “magic minute” is similar, though. The House tradition allows for a leader, like Jeffries, to turn his 60 seconds of speaking time into an even longer period after debate on a bill have ended, The ...

The House minority leader has been speaking for hours to delay the passage of the president's One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke for 8 hours and 44 minutes in denouncing President Trump's bill, a record length for a speech in the House of Representatives.

In the Senate, Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York forced Senate clerks to read the bill for almost 16 hours over the weekend. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., similarly gained attention in April ...

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., similarly gained attention in April when he spoke for more than 25 hours on the Senate floor about the first months of Trump's presidency and broke the record for the ...