In a bizarre House floor moment, Rep. Jeffries waved a stuffed Elmo while accusing Republicans of targeting Sesame Street in ...

Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wielded a doll of Elmo while speaking against a rescissions package that ...

On the House floor yesterday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries ridiculed his Republican colleagues for praising cuts to ...

The House passed a bill this week to cut funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting as part of the president’s efforts ...

Republicans had faced backlash last month after tech mogul Elon Musk publicly backed complaints that Congress hadn’t codified ...

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a rescissions package to revoke $1.1 billion of funding for NPR and PBS for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

Democrats had raged against the cuts, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) brandishing an Elmo doll during his remarks to argue that children’s television programming was on the ...

“Republicans are attacking Elmo,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said during debate on the House floor Thursday. “I never realized Elmo was more important to my colleagues on ...