Nancy Pelosi Announces Retirement

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Thursday that she will retire at the end of her current term in Congress, marking the end of a storied political career. Pelosi, 85, became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House and led her party in the

Decision marks the close of a storied 20-term congressional career for the first woman to serve as House speaker. Pelosi, who represented California for decades, made history as the first female speaker of the House of Representatives.

Nancy Pelosi, the first female speaker of the United States House of Representatives, has announced that she will not seek re-election. Pelosi, the first and only woman to serve as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, announced Thursday that this term in Congress.