Top US House Democrat vows to go after those ‘enriching themselves’

Hakeem Jeffries, the leading Democrat in the US House, vowed to pursue accountability for what he called corruption by people in high office, saying they had focused on enriching themselves and their associates. His remarks came as Democrats appeared to win a sweeping midterm victory, putting Jeffries on track to become House speaker.

Democrats campaigned heavily on the cost of living, with voters facing high petrol prices and persistent inflation, which the article says was partly driven by Donald Trump’s tariff policies and the US war on Iran. Jeffries said voters had rejected extremism and corruption, while wealthy Republican donors, including Elon Musk, had spent hundreds of millions of dollars backing candidates.