Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News on Republicans target Pelosi for revenge after McCarthy ousted by GOP rebels

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries elected as leader of the House Democrats

Jeffries will replace Rep. Nancy Pelosi as the top elected Democratic leader. He represents a generational shift and faces challenges in a GOP House in January.

WEKU

Jeffries elected first Black leader of a congressional caucus - Roll Call

Elected Democratic leader by his colleagues, New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said retaking House control in 2024 is a top priority.

Roll Call

Amid talk of generational change, Democrats eye committee leaders - Roll Call

House and Senate Democrats are weighing rule changes that would set limits for serving as committee leaders.

Roll Call

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

HBO to air Nancy Pelosi doc shot by daughter Alexandra

A documentary on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s life and groundbreaking political career, shot and edited by her daughter, will debut on HBO next month

The Independent UK

Pelosi didn't quite know when to quit

If Pelosi had put down the gavel a few years ago, her legacy as the greatest of all time would go unquestioned

Salon

Pelosi throws down gauntlet for Biden, other aging leaders

Pelosi handled her party's succession plan seamlessly.

Axios

Editorial: Pelosi's historic tenure should be the template for Democrats' new leaders

There are a few political figures today more maligned by conservatives than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, mostly because she has been so effective. From her guidance of the Affordable Care Act through Congress more than a decade ago to her steady hand through the tumultuous Trump era, she built a…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Pelosi And Hoyer To Step Down From House Leadership Roles After Nearly Two Decades In Power

Two of the most powerful members of the House of Representatives announced they would not seek leadership in the next Congress

Zenger

Jonathan Bernstein: Nancy Pelosi is the greatest speaker in history

Nancy Pelosi has been simply the best speaker of the House of the modern era. She is probably the best speaker in U.S. history. It was time for her to step down from her leadership role, but it likely will be a long time before we see someone of either…

Tribune News Service

Pelosi shattered the marble ceiling and leaves a historic leadership legacy

Nancy Pelosi led highly pivotal moments in recent U.S. political history. Here, a look at Pelosi's career and its impact on that history.

WEKU

Editorial: What she did: Nancy Pelosi accomplished a great deal as speaker

A nation that’s seen its share of firsts of late — first Black president, first woman heading a major-party presidential ticket, first lying demagogue businessman president, first female vice-president — might be forgiven for forgetting that it was Nancy Pelosi who in 2007 became the first woman to serve as…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Nancy Pelosi improved our lives. Her successor will investigate Hunter Biden’s laptop

The poor schmo who would do anything to follow Nancy Pelosi as House speaker is her opposite in ways that have nothing to do with ideology: In his lack of consistency, lack of discipline and lack of courage, Rep. Kevin McCarthy falls so far short of his fellow Californian’s standards…

Tribune News Service

As the Nancy Pelosi era ends, what’s next for the US House?

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

Al Jazeera

Jeffries makes historic bid to lead House Dems after Pelosi

The day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she would step aside, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries of New York announced his own history-making bid to lead the House Democrats

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Hakeem Jeffries: Nancy Pelosi’s likely successor formally declares Democratic leadership bid

Republicans are set to hold an extremely slim majority in the House of Representatives

Reason

Nancy Pelosi Embodied America's Gerontocracy Problem

She was the beneficiary of a political system that limits opportunities for new ideas and new faces to rise.

The Independent UK

Hakeem Jeffries officially declares candidacy to succeed Nancy Pelosi as House Democratic leader

Mr Jeffries told colleagues he wants to lead them in hopes to lead the caucus in ‘an effort that centers our communication strategy around the messaging principle that values unite, issues divide’

The Independent UK

Kevin McCarthy reveals why he skipped Nancy Pelosi’s departure speech

McCarthy is expected to become House speaker in the new Congress

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - US

Hakeem Jeffries on course to become first Black party leader in Congress

New York Democrat, 52, is favorite to succeed Nancy Pelosi after declaring candidacy for House minority leader

Tribune News Service

Matthew Yglesias: Nancy Pelosi will be a hard act to follow

Nancy Pelosi steps down as the most accomplished congressional leader of her era, and probably the most successful House speaker of all time in terms of legislative impact. But if there was a flaw in her tenure, it’s the one revealed as she announced her plans to step aside: House…

Fortune

Nancy Pelosi makes way for new Democratic leadership after historic political career

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won't seek another term in the role but will remain in Congress, she said Thursday.

The Conversation

Nancy Pelosi was the key Democratic messenger of her generation – passing the torch will empower younger leadership

The announcement by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that she will not run for another senior post opens the door for a new generation of national leaders in the Democratic Party.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Nancy Pelosi has been a trailblazer. The US is better for her leadership

In the debased discourse of American politics, it’s easy to characterize as “distinguished” the career of any long-serving public official. But the adjective is no exaggeration when applied to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who announced Thursday that she will not seek a leadership role in the Congress that…

Los Angeles Times

Jackie Calmes: Nancy Pelosi, the GOAT

Forget formalities. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the GOAT.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Nancy Pelosi is right again — Democratic Party needs to ‘move boldly into the future’

Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s decision to step away from her leadership role with Democrats in the U.S. House is an enormous opportunity for all Americans to reflect on the past, and plan for the future.

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

House of Representatives

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.