Nancy Pelosi

Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the iconic San Francisco liberal who has led congressional Democrats for two decades and broke the glass ceiling as the first woman to control the House of Representatives, said on Thursday she'll step aside as leader at the end…

The Democrats’ better-than-expected midterm election prompted personal pleas for her to stay from the president and Senate majority leader. But in a floor speech attended by nearly every member of her Democratic caucus, including plenty of teary allies, Pelosi declared it was time for a “new generation” of leaders. Clad…

WASHINGTON —  After months of speculation about her future, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) said Thursday she would not seek to lead House Democrats for another term but would remain in Congress. The decision — capping a 35-year career in which Pelosi became the most powerful woman in Congress in…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks on the House floor at the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 17.Carolyn Kaster/The Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she will not seek a leadership position in the new Congress, ending a historic run as the first woman with the…

Colleagues have long pointed to her upbringing in old-school city machine politics — she kept a “favor file” for her father — to explain what often seemed like an innate sense of how to reward, punish and cajole them to win support in leadership elections and on the legislative battlefield.…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will announce her "future plans" to House Democratic colleagues on Thursday, her spokesperson said Wednesday evening. Driving the news: Control of the House in the 2022 elections was called for Republicans on Wednesday. The big picture: If Pelosi stayed on she would be relegated to…

WASHINGTON — A video recorded by a man charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol shows rioters inside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the insurrection. The video, shown to jurors at the trial of Riley Williams, was shot by Kevin Lyons, another Jan. 6…

Chuck Hoskin Jr., chief of the Cherokee Nation, testifies during the House Rules Committee hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that House Democrats will explore how to seat a nonvoting U.S. House delegate promised to…

A federal grand jury indicted David DePape on assault and attempted kidnapping charges Wednesday in connection with a violent break-in at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home last month. DePape, 42, faces a pair of federal charges: assault on an immediate family member of a U.S. official with the…

A man already in custody in last month's attack on the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on charges of assault and attempted kidnapping. The charges stemming from the Oct. 28 break-in at the couple's San Francisco home are the same as…