Overview
- Hakeem Jeffries, who said Sunday on Fox News that impeachment is “of course not” a top priority, set an economy-first message for a potential Democratic House.
- Several Democrats continue to press for removing the president through impeachment or the 25th Amendment, a process that lets the vice president and Cabinet declare a president unfit.
- The Independent reports that some Democrats have already filed impeachment articles against the president and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over threats tied to the conflict with Iran.
- Party leaders say the votes are not there with Republicans running the House and Senate, as Rep. Gregory Meeks noted in explaining why removal efforts have stalled.
- Democrats warn that centering impeachment could distract from prices, health care, and groceries, and Jeffries is pitching outreach to working-class voters to build a majority.