Nancy Pelosi

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) listens to applause from her House colleagues after she announced that she will remain in Congress but will not run for re-election as Speaker of the House after Republicans were projected to win control of the House of Representatives, on the floor of the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Pelosi To Step Down From U.S. House Leadership, Passing To A New Generation

Nancy Pelosi, the trailblazing Democrat who as the first woman U.S. House of Representatives speaker shepherded landmark legislation and led two impeachments, said on Thursday she will give up her…

17 November 2022

Members of the media work next to police tape outside the home of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi where her husband Paul Pelosi was violently assaulted after a break-in at their house, according to a statement from her office, in San Francisco, California, U.S., October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Man Arrested in Attack on Nancy Pelosi's Husband Faces Charges

A man who clubbed U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband over the head with a hammer, shouting, "Where is Nancy?", faced charges of attempted murder and other felonies a day after the violent…

29 October 2022

Nancy Pelosi: The Most Powerful Female Politician in US History

Nancy Pelosi is the 52nd Speaker of the House of Representatives, having made history in 2007 when she was elected the first woman to serve as Speakerof the House. On January 3, the California…

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, arrives at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 7, 2020. (Getty)

Pelosi and the War Powers Resolution

Donald Trump’s hasty decision to assassinate Qassem Soleimani last week has opened up a can of worms in the region. While the administration has been tirelessly attempting to weaken the Iranian…

Ali El Shamy 10 January 2020

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