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Digital rights group Fight for the Future asked House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to remove Rep. Lou Correa (D-Calif.) from his position as ranking member of the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee, according to a letter exclusively shared with The Hill.   The group said Correa should be removed from the position for being “openly hostile to reform efforts” and “far out of line with the majority of the Democratic caucus” and President Biden’s “goal of curbing anticompetitive behavior by wealthy…

Members of Rise and Resist participate in their weekly "Truth Tuesday" protest at News Corp headquarters on February 21, 2023 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesTwo top Democrats in congress are calling on Fox Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch and the leadership of Fox News "to stop spreading false election narratives and admit on the air that they were wrong to engage in such negligent behavior."Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, both Democrats…

WASHINGTON—President Biden met Tuesday with Democratic congressional leaders as the party tries to project a united front on the economy and the coming fight over lifting the debt ceiling.At the start of the meeting, Mr. Biden warned that newly empowered House Republican lawmakers could cut Social Security and Medicare, and he criticized a proposal pushed by some in the GOP to impose a national sales tax. “I have no intention of letting the Republicans wreck our economy,” he said.…

WASHINGTON —  House Democrats tapped Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday to lead them in the next Congress, and elected California Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Redlands) as House Democratic Caucus chair.The historic selection of Jeffries as the incoming minority leader means he will replace Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) in January as the highest-ranking African American member of the House and become the first Black lawmaker to lead either party in the chamber.In addition to Aguilar, Jeffries will be joined in the top…