House Democrats are insisting Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is doing a steady job leading their caucus even as his lawmakers continue to defect from President Biden’s candidacy. The high-profile Democrat’s backing is critical to Biden right now as he insists to critics and allies alike that he can beat former President Trump and serve another four years. Jeffries held a listening session with Democrats on Tuesday morning...

Former Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips spoke out for the first time on President Biden’s disastrous campaign performance, after frequently attacking the president during primary season as “unelectable and weak.”  “If this has been vindication, vindication has never been so unfulfilling,” Phillips told reporters Tuesday in his first public remarks on Biden’s electability since his debate against former President Trump late last month.  “I made my case...

Former President Donald Trump published a screed on Tuesday warning Republican lawmakers that they have no choice but to pass the SAVE Act, warning “our whole voting system is under siege.”  The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act would amend the National Voter Registration Act, requiring states to obtain proof of citizenship from voters for federal elections, and purging non-citizens from voter rolls.  “Republicans must pass the Save...