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House Democrats’ new leader Hakeem Jefferies boasts he’s ready to tamp down ‘The Squad’

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters just after he was elected by House Democrats to be the new leader when Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., steps aside in the new Congress under the Republican majority, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who House Democrats elected to succeed Nancy Pelosi as party leader, made clear when he takes over in January that he isn’t going to let the far-left flank, or any other faction, rule the caucus.

White House executive chef Cris Comerford holds dishes during a media preview for the State Dinner with President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. The dinner will include a butter poached Maine lobster, beef with shallot marmalade, American artisanal cheeses, and an orange chiffon cake for desert. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mainers seeing red over Biden serving lobster at state dinner while federal regs threaten lobstermen

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Iowa Democratic Party chairman Troy Price walks off stage after speaking about the delay in Iowa caucus results, Feb. 4, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. AP VoteCast is an extensive survey of more than 94,000 voters. It reveals U.S. voters' views on some of the most significant issues affecting the nation. And some of the least significant, too. In Iowa, the survey dug into voters' feelings about being the first in the nation to caucus for their party's next presidential nominee. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Dems ready to reshuffle nominating calendar for 2024, eye booting too-White Iowa from kickoff spot

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A church parishioner watches a laptop inside Liverpool Parish Church (Our Lady and St Nicholas) in Liverpool, England, during the Church of England's first virtual Sunday service given by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, after the archbishops of Canterbury and York wrote to clergy on Tuesday advising them to put public services on hold in response to Government advice to avoid mass gatherings to help prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

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Train tracks headed west reflect the sun setting near Chicago's Union Station, Sept. 14, 2022. The Biden administration is saying the U.S. economy would face a severe economic shock if senators don't pass legislation this week to avert a rail worker strike. The administration is delivering that message personally to Democratic senators in a closed-door session Thursday, Dec. 1. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

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President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron toast during a State Dinner on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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White House executive chef Cris Comerford holds dishes during a media preview for the State Dinner with President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. The dinner will include a butter poached Maine lobster, beef with shallot marmalade, American artisanal cheeses, and an orange chiffon cake for desert. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mainers seeing red over Biden serving lobster at state dinner while federal regs threaten lobstermen

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President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt relief at Delaware State University, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, in Dover, Del. The Biden administration is no longer accepting applications for student loan forgiveness after a second federal court shut down the program. The Education Department says on its federal student aid website that it is seeking to overturn the court orders blocking the student debt relief program. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Justices block Biden’s debt plan at least through February

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Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus and her son actor Charlie Hall arrive for the State Dinner with President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters just after he was elected by House Democrats to be the new leader when Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., steps aside in the new Congress under the Republican majority, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Democrats’ new leader Hakeem Jefferies boasts he’s ready to tamp down ‘The Squad’

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Train tracks headed west reflect the sun setting near Chicago's Union Station, Sept. 14, 2022. The Biden administration is saying the U.S. economy would face a severe economic shock if senators don't pass legislation this week to avert a rail worker strike. The administration is delivering that message personally to Democratic senators in a closed-door session Thursday, Dec. 1. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

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Iowa Democratic Party chairman Troy Price walks off stage after speaking about the delay in Iowa caucus results, Feb. 4, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. AP VoteCast is an extensive survey of more than 94,000 voters. It reveals U.S. voters' views on some of the most significant issues affecting the nation. And some of the least significant, too. In Iowa, the survey dug into voters' feelings about being the first in the nation to caucus for their party's next presidential nominee. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago Friday, Nov. 18, 2022 in Palm Beach, Fla. The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the handover of former President Donald Trump's tax returns to a congressional committee after a three-year legal fight. The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee had asked for six years of tax returns for Trump and some of his businesses, from 2015 to 2020. The court's order on Nov. 22 leaves no legal obstacle in the way. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

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