Nancy Pelosi

Pelosi on Thursday announced she would step down from Congress at the next election.

Some US politicians made outsized gains on Wall Street in 2024, shows Unusual Whales report

The website calculated the active stock portfolio returns of each Congress member based on the value of stock held during 2024, and the data revealed that many members managed to beat the 24.9% annual return of S&P 500 index last year.

World Street | OpenAI leadership exits; Micron's AI-driven profit surge; China rolls out poverty cash aid; Pakistan secures $7B IMF loan; and more

From OpenAI's talent exodus and Nancy Pelosi’s husband’s suspicious stock trade to Micron’s profit surge and China’s cash handouts, here’s a look at recent business developments around the world.

Watch: Comedian removed from Pelosi book signing after questioning stock trading controversy

During a book signing in Texas, comedian Alex Strenger was removed after he posed as a Democrat supporter and asked Nancy Pelosi about her stock trades. He claimed he was assaulted by security.

Nancy Pelosi Backs Dalai Lama As US Congressional Delegation Visits Dharamshala

A US congressional delegation led by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul received warm felicitation early Wednesday after meeting Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Dharamshala to discuss the 'Resolve Tibet Act'. The delegation comprised former US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congress members Mariannette Miller, Gregory Meeks, Nicole Malliotakis, Jim McGovern, and Ami Bera.

Nancy Pelosi's stern message to Xi: 'Dalai Lama will live forever but President of China, you'll be gone'

The Tibet policy bill is a message to the Chinese government that we have clarity in our thinking and our understanding of this issue of the freedom of Tibet, says Pelosi.

Video shows struggle for hammer during Pelosi attack

The body-camera footage shows suspect David DePape wrest the tool from 82-year-old Paul Pelosi and lunge toward him the hammer over his head.

Nancy Pelosi to step down from US House leadership, passing to a new generation

Nancy Pelosi's allies quickly rallied around Representative Hakeem Jeffries as her likely successor as the top House Democrat while Republicans prepared to install a speaker from their party who is expected to impede President Joe Biden's legislative agenda.

Nancy Pelosi says ‘heartbroken and traumatised’ by attack on husband

An intruder had broken into US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco home on Friday morning and attacked her husband Paul Pelosi with a hammer, fracturing his skull.

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband 'violently assaulted': Spokesperson

US House Speaker Pelosi was not in the residence at the time. Hammill said the assailant is in custody and the motivation for the attack is under investigation.

‘US fears China could go for early annexation of Taiwan’

Secretary of state Blinken believes that the timeline has been accelerated under Xi’s leadership.

Explainer- How could the U.S. sanction China to deter a Taiwan attack?

After Beijing's reaction to U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's August visit to Taiwan, Washington has ramped up discussions about sanctions options and the European Union is coming under diplomatic pressure from Taipei to do the same.

U.S. warships carrying out Taiwan Strait passage, first since Pelosi visit: officials

In recent years U.S. warships, and on occasion those from allied nations such as Britain and Canada, have routinely sailed through the strait, drawing Beijing's anger.

China Watch | Nancy Pelosi's visit gave China pretext to test PLA's enhanced capability to blockade Taiwan: Richard McGregor

One of the world's leading China watchers says Xi Jinping could become China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong and hold onto power indefinitely if the Party Congress approves of a third term.

US Congress members meet Taiwan leader amid China anger

Taiwanese media showed the delegation arriving for the talks, but details of the meeting were not immediately released.

Exclusive: U.S. rethinks steps on China tariffs in wake of Taiwan response -sources

China's war games around Taiwan have led Biden administration officials to recalibrate their thinking on whether to scrap some tariffs or potentially impose others on Beijing, setting those options aside for now, according to sources familiar with the deliberations.

China extends military drills around Taiwan after Nancy Pelosi visit

A furious China has extended its largest-ever exercises around the self-ruled island it claims as its own beyond the originally scheduled four days. The drills last week have included ballistic missile launches, some of which flew over the island's capital Taipei, and simulated sea and air attacks in the skies and seas surrounding Taiwan.

China seeks excuses for military drills, and used Nancy Pelosi's visit: Taiwan minister

Joseph Wu said China would not have been able to prepare the drones, cyberattacks and misinformation campaigns in such a short period of time.

With Taiwan drills, Xi jinping tries to salvage Nancy Pelosi crisis

China's military planners have long discussed a blockade of Taiwan, but until now most likely saw practicing such a move as too provocative, security experts say.

Taiwan tensions reveal challenges for U.S. navy as Chinese threat grows

U.S. military officials repeatedly talk of "routine" patrols to support a "free and open Indo-Pacific" but the realities are increasingly challenging amid the worst Taiwan tensions since 1996, according to diplomats, military attaches and security analysts.

Taiwan says Chinese planes, ships carry out attack simulation exercise

On Friday, the Eastern Theater Command of China's People's Liberation Army said it conducted air and sea drills to the north, southwest and east of Taiwan to test is forces' "joint combat capabilities".

Scrapping US-China military talks deepens risk at dangerous time, analysts and officials say

China fired ballistic missiles over Taipei as part of four days of unprecedented military drills around the island it claims as its own – exercises due to end at noon on Sunday.

North Korea denounces Pelosi for deterrence talks during South Korea visit

North Korean state media KCNA said Pelosi's remarks were part of a U.S. scheme to escalate tensions in the Korean peninsula.

Taiwan fires flares to warn drones flying over outlying islands

The ministry said troops were on high alert in both areas, which lie just off the coast of mainland China, after Beijing launched large-scale military drills this week.