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

Rep. Nancy Pelosi doesn’t seem to think it’s appropriate to talk about her political future. The 20-term congresswoman had a ...

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 ...

A lack of self-confidence is not one of House minority leader Nancy Pelosi’s problems. But Pelosi’s unabashed use of open threats and her death grip on power are a very big problem for her party.

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.