Nancy Pelosi

Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement paves the way for a new generation of Democratic lawmakers to fill the leadership ranks.

When I think of Nancy Pelosi, I think of dignity. History will note she is the most consequential Speaker of the House of Representatives in our.

The 82-year-old is the most powerful Democrat in Congress and the first woman to serve as speaker of the House.

US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi said today she will not seek a leadership position in the new Congress, a pivotal realignment making way ...

Pelosi has said that a recent attack on her husband would affect her decision. Kevin McCarthy is the top candidate for speaker in the next Congress.

Nancy Pelosi announced that she will step aside after leading Democrats for nearly 20 years and in the aftermath of the brutal attack on her husband.

Nancy Pelosi shattered the "marble ceiling" to become the first woman to lead the U.S. House. But as Republicans secure a House Majority, her latest term as ...

From becoming the first woman speaker to leading the impeachments of Donald J. Trump, Nancy Pelosi has been one of the most visible women in Washington.

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 ...

If elected, the 52-year-old chair of the House Democratic Caucus would become the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress.

Mr. Jeffries, a Democrat, would be the first Black politician to head a House or Senate caucus for either major party.

Nancy Pelosi, the most powerful Democrat in Congress, has stepped down. The man most likely to succeed her is New York lawmaker Hakeem Jeffries. The 52-year-old has served at the fifth-highest rank of Democratic leadership since 2019.

House Democrats appear likely to choose New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries to succeed Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a potentially historic move to elect the first Black ...

Nancy Pelosi had kept Democrats guessing for months, but once she announced she was stepping down from party leadership in the House of Representatives on ...

Stephen Colbert said that he assumed Pelosi was stepping down as party leader because she would instead “be the next host of 'The Daily Show.'”

Nancy Pelosi, the first and only woman to serve as speaker, says she will step down as a leader of the House Democrats next year.

To Republicans, Pelosi has long taken on a kind of mythic malice. But progressives, too, were not enamored of her.

None of this was assured. Unified government wasn't nearly as productive during the tenure of Democratic Speaker Tom Foley in the 1990s or under Republicans ...

Republicans regained a slim majority in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Congress, in last week's midterm elections. California Republican ...

If elected, Jeffries, 52, would become the first Black leader of a congressional caucus. Reps. Katherine Clark, 59, and Pete Aguilar, 43, are seeking to ...

The House Speaker announced on Thursday that she would be stepping down from Democratic leadership at the turnover of Congress in January. “The hour has come ...

Washington, D.C. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi released this statement on the new candidates for House Democratic leadership: “Yesterday, I said on the Floor that ...

Nancy Pelosi's decision marks the end of an era for Democrats, and triggers a search for a new generation of leadership for her caucus.

Hakeem Jeffries is seen as the likely replacement for Pelosi, where he would be the first Black party leader in Congress.

A look back at the career of Nancy Pelosi, 82, who is stepping down as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

For nearly six decades the legacies of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer have been closely linked.

New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries launched his bid for House Democratic leadership on Friday, a historic move in which he would succeed speaker Nancy Pelosi ...