“House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is engaged in a major effort to redefine what his unpopular party stands for, readying a new Democratic agenda intended to turbocharge efforts to recapture the House in 2026 and make him speaker,” the Washington Post reports.“Jeffries has heard the many complaints from Democratic lawmakers clamoring for a proactive agenda following the party’s devastating losses in the 2024 election — one that doesn’t revolve entirely around fighting President Donald Trump. He’s racing to release a plan to revive a depressed base and sell voters on a Democratic Party that hears their concerns on affordability, safety and helping the working class.”“But the effort is running up against the harsh political realities of the moment, from Trump’s aggressive efforts to revamp the congressional map through redistricting in Republican-led states to a tarnished Democratic brand with abysmal approval ratings, according to polls.”