Jeffries' job grows more difficult in race for House and speaker's gavel
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., describes the Democrats' fight to regain the House majority even as Republicans pursue redistricting efforts across the South following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affects majority-Black congressional districts, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., describes the Democrats' fight to regain the House majority even as Republicans pursue redistricting efforts across the South following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affects majority-Black congressional districts, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., describes the Democrats' fight to regain the House majority even as Republicans pursue redistricting efforts across the South following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affects majority-Black congressional districts, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)