Nancy Pelosi

WASHINGTON ― House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday ordered the immediate removal of portraits in the U.S. Capitol of four previous House Speakers who served in the Confederacy. “There is no room in the hallowed halls of Congress or in any place of honor for memorializing men who embody…

When asked during a TIME 100 Talks discussion on Thursday whether she thinks police unions need to be “reined in,” Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said no, adding that she believes the unions “know that there’s some things that have to change and want to…

Does anyone think Trump would ever leave the White House of his own accord, no matter what the results of the election? Vox interviewed Amherst College law professor Lawrence Douglas, who wrote a book called Will He Go? Trump and the Looming Election Meltdown in 2020. I’m not trying to…

Jeanine Santucci USA TODAYPublished 6:37 AM EDT Jun 11, 2020WASHINGTON – As government and industry leaders across the country are moving away from associations with the Confederacy, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has called for the removal of 11 Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol Building."The statues in the Capitol…

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic resolution on Tuesday that would have condemned President Donald Trump for the use of gas and rubber bullets against peaceful protesters near the White House. Protests have swept U.S. cities, including Washington, D.C., since the May 25 killing of George Floyd,…

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday that decisions would be made “in just a short period of time” on legislation to address racial profiling and actions by police, amid days of mass protests in the United States. She said lawmakers were discussing different…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday accused Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg of pandering to President Donald Trump by criticizing Twitter's fact-check of Trump's false claims. "Facebook, all of them, they're all about making money," Pelosi said. "Their business model is to make money at the expense of the truth and the…

Speaking to reporters Thursday, the California Democrat blasted Republicans — at the urging of Trump — for “abandoning their commitment" to national security. "This has always been bipartisan," Pelosi said at a press conference. "All of the sudden, commitment to national security disappeared by a tweet, the twinkle of a…