Nancy Pelosi, the US House’s first and only female speaker and a dominant Democratic figure for decades, announced Thursday she will not seek re-election, ending her nearly 40-year

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was walking at a measured speed and talking with just as much purpose, descending level after level into the besieged building as her security detail sorted out the next steps out of there.

Pelosi was a hell of a lot better counting votes as speaker of the House than anybody I ever saw,” Joe Scarborough said Thursday.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to step aside after nearly four decades in Congress kicks off a wide-open contest to replace her at a time when her home city of San Francisco is roiled in

Nancy Pelosi's viral interview calling Trump a "vile creature" ignites social media controversy as conservatives criticize escalating political rhetoric.

Nancy Pelosi was the first of her kind and perhaps the last of the powerhouse speakers able to bend the increasingly fractious and Balkanized House to their will to achieve big things. Ms. Pelosi, who broke the House’s glass ceiling after learning rough-and-tumble politics in the D’Alesandro family business in Baltimore,

I think she is an evil woman, evil woman, who failed to do her job properly. She caused immense damage to this country and tarnished its reputation. I am very glad she has retired.” U.S. President Donald Trump made these remarks on the afternoon of the 6th during a meeting with reporters at the White House when asked about his thoughts on former

The Washington Post’s essential guide to power and influence in D.C. The former speaker of the House is retiring, amid Democratic debate on generational change.