Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is officially running to be Speaker of the House in the next Congress. It comes after Democrats made historic gains in Tuesday night’s midterm elections, taking back both the House and Senate for the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term. Jeffries sent a letter to fellow House Democrats on Wednesday afternoon congratulating them on their victories and adding, “I write to humbly request...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani scored a legal victory Wednesday after a state appeals court reversed a lower court ruling that had ordered his administration to redo the rollout of a tax on high-end second homes. The four-judge panel unanimously dismissed the homeowners’ lawsuit, finding that the plaintiffs lacked legal standing. The decision overturned a September ruling by a Staten Island judge who had ordered the city...

Democratic heavyweights Gavin Newsom and Marc Elias are mobilizing behind Scott Colom as the Mississippi Senate race remains too close to call, with the California governor soliciting emergency donations and Elias’ law firm preparing for a legal fight over the final count. In an overnight fundraising email obtained by Fox News Digital, Newsom’s campaign told supporters, “Please help asap,” warning that the race was entering “a phase of...