Nancy Pelosi

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced on Thursday that she will step down and not seek a Democratic leadership role in the upcoming Congress. "When I first came to the floor at 6 years old, never would I have thought that someday I would go from homemaker to…

With only a few weeks left to pass two high-profile antitrust bills targeting Big Tech, the White House is privately pushing the offices of the Democratic leaders in Congress to pass the legislative package during the lame duck session, according to sources familiar with the matter. In private meetings with…

NEW YORK (AP) — A day after Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she would step aside, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York launched a history-making bid Friday to become the first Black person to helm a major political party in Congress as leader of the House Democrats. In a letter to…

Reps. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.). Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), the chair of the House Democratic Caucus, on Friday formally announced his bid to succeed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-N.Y.) as the House Democratic leader. The big picture: Jeffries, a Brooklyn native and former…

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that she will be stepping down from House leadership — and the speakership — after 15 years. AFP Representative Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat and the first woman to hold the post of speaker of the House, announced on 17 November, that she will step…

Politics Pelosi attended Kennedy's inauguration as a college student in 1961. This week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that she would step down from party leadership, opening the door for a new generation of Democratic lawmakers to lead the party. The 82-year-old will not retire, and will continue to represent her…

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…