Nancy Pelosi

In her first 60 Minutes profile, Pelosi spoke with Lesley Stahl about the possibility of becoming speaker of the House. Read More

As it happenedended 1668793987Nancy Pelosi steps down as Democratic leader after losing House Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington email With the Republican Party projected to win a slim majority in the US House…

Rep. Nancy Pelosi with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.). Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images House Democrats want their longtime leader and the first female speaker, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), to break history one more time — and stay intimately involved in House operations. Why it matters: Pelosi has a store of institutional…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) announcement Thursday that she will not seek a leadership position for the House Democratic Caucus next session will end her 20-year tenure as the top Democrat in the body.  Pelosi has been elemental in many key moments since she took over as House Democrats’ leader in…

Politics The future leaders of House Democrats are shuffling into place. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in September. Samuel Corum/Getty Images With this kind of stagecraft, it was unlikely Speaker Nancy Pelosi would go the ho-hum route and announce she was running for another term as House minority leader.…

Though we don’t mourn her stepping down, without her at the helm, Democrats may have even fewer guardrails to prevent the party’s continued leftward drift...Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the attack on her husband, Paul, by an intruder in their family home made her think about staying on as the House Democratic leader because she “couldn’t give them that satisfaction” of intimidating her out of politics. But Pelosi said Thursday she was…

Kari Lake is not backing down from the race for Arizona governor, but she will have to stop using Tom Petty’s music. Lake, who lost the gubernatorial race, has refused to concede and signaled she may challenge the result. She also released a promotional video set to Petty’s hit song…

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page about Nancy Pelosi's decision to step down as House Speaker after 20 years and what's next for Democrats. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Well, the suspense is over on two things we've been watching for after this year's midterm elections.…

House Democrats look to a new generation of leaders after Pelosi's announcement With House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying she will step down as party leader after two decades at the top, House Democrats look to a new generation of leaders. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: A day after the midterm election…