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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) made history on Wednesday as the first black lawmaker elected to lead a party in Congress, with his Democratic colleagues lauding him as a unifier within the caucus as the party ushers in a new generation of leadership.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen backpedaled on prior remarks while underscoring Wednesday that the government may evaluate Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover if it determines a review is necessary.

Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) has filed paperwork to run for governor in 2024, leaving open a Senate seat that could attract a packed field of GOP candidates in Indiana during the next election cycle.

A trend of increasing governing trifectas may point to a decrease in bipartisanship across the country at the state level.

The Food and Drug Administration is reportedly drawing up plans to allow gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships to donate blood without abstaining from sex for 90 days, parting from a long-standing policy that barred men who are currently having sex with men from donating.

Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin died at 96 on Wednesday.

The University of California has reached a tentative labor agreement with its postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers, a significant step toward ending a strike that has dragged on for over two weeks.

An all-staff memo was sent to employees at CNN by CEO Chris Licht indicating that the network has begun the process of layoffs.

Democrats elected Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to lead the House caucus in the next Congress on Wednesday, ushering in a new generation of House leadership with Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) as the next minority whip and Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) as House Democratic conference chairman.

South Korea scrambled its fighter jets on Wednesday after several warplanes from both China and Russia entered its air defense zone.