In her long career, Nancy Pelosi has been known as representative, House Speaker and Speaker Emerita. But over the past few years, Pelosi’s been handed a much less official title: “The queen of stock trading.” And there’s more than $531 million backing up that sentiment.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who served as the first and only female House speaker, said she will not run for re-election.

Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to serve as the powerful speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Thursday that she will not run for reelection to Congress in 2026, ending the four-decade career of a progressive Democratic icon often vilified by the right.

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives

Nancy Pelosi announces retirement from Congress after transforming the Democrat Party toward socialism during her decades-long career in the House.

More than just about anyone, Pelosi knows how to read a political situation with dispassion, detachment and clear-eyed calculation.

As tens of thousands descended on the Chase Center in San Francisco on Friday, blowing vape smoke and chugging last-minute Bud Lights, it’s easy to forget what an odd route headliner Shane Gillis has taken to the top of the comedy industry.

Pelosi’s retirement caps an historic career in politics that included extensive outreach toward the Jewish community, from the 85-year-old’s home district of San Francisco to the halls of Israel’s