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

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to serve as speaker of the House, announced on Nov. 6 that she would be retiring after 20 terms in Congress. It was a long time coming. Pelosi, 85, said in a video to her constituents that she would not be seeking reelection in 2026 and would leave at the end of her term after nearly four decades in office.

Questions about the age and fitness for office of certain lawmakers are spurring conversations about whether Congress, as a body, is getting too old.

LASTING LEGACY — After a nearly 40-year run, Rep. Nancy Pelosi is stepping away from Capitol Hill. The first female speaker of the House, Pelosi’s time in Washington, D.C. has cemented her as one of the most powerful players in the Democratic Party — and in modern American politics.

Agree with her policies or not, Nancy Pelosi was among the most consequential legislative leaders since legends Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- On what's nearly the 30th anniversary of her service in the United States Congress, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke in San Francisco on Tuesday to a sold-out crowd at the Commonwealth Club. She's witnessed so much in ...