These days Nancy Pelosi is the physical embodiment of why the Democratic Party has collapsed into an embarrassing mess. At ...

At age 47, after her youngest child had left for college, Pelosi was encouraged by a dying congresswoman to run for her seat. She threw 100 house parties, recruited 4,000 volunteers and raised a ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently announced that she would not seek reelection as the Democratic House leader — a position she's held for 20 years — so that fresh voices could have a turn to ...

Pelosi, 83, stepped down as the Democratic House leader last November, but the speaker emerita continues to represent San Francisco in Congress Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer at PEOPLE.