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AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - Inside the backlash over the Jeffries-Kushner meeting Wed Aug 26 09:00:06 2026

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries ' long-standing tensions with his party's left flank resurfaced this week after news broke of his meeting with President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. Why it matters: Jeffries will have to make nice with the left next year if Democrats win back the House with only a narrow majority. Blowups like this are not helping. - The Democratic leader defended the meeting in a video posted to social media on Monday, saying that Kushner "asked for a meeting, and I took it, to discuss the affordability crisis." - Jeffries (D-N.Y.) suggested Kushner, whose dealings with Saudi Arabia have drawn scrutiny from Democratic congressional investigators, remains a top oversight target. - "No one is going to get a…

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AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - Scoop: Democrats face threat of primary challenges over Iran war powers vote Wed Mar 4 21:02:08 2026

Progressive groups are preparing to primary any House Democrat who votes against a war powers resolution constraining the Trump administration from carrying out military operations in Iran, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The threat raises the stakes of a highly charged Thursday vote which has split a group of hawkish Democratic centrists from the rest of their party. - "Any Democrat voting against this resolution is really voting against the base of the party, and it will be a very politically perilous vote," a senior progressive House Democrat told Axios. - The lawmaker, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss plans that have not been previously publicized, said there are "several progressive groups that will primary…

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Source	https://www.axios.com/2026/03/04/democrats-iran-war-powers-vote-primary
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