Nancy Pelosi

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US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Cecil Airport, in Jacksonville, Florida. - President Donald Trump should be able to resume "public engagements" from October 10, 2020, the White House physician announced on October 8, saying the US leader has responded "extremely well" to Covid-19 treatment. (AFP)

Trump hopes to campaign Saturday as Pelosi questions his fitness for office

With just 26 days until the election, Pelosi took the extraordinary step of proposing a commission to probe Trump's fitness for the job

09 Oct 2020 9:27 AM

A person drops applications for mail-in-ballots into a mail box in Omaha. (AP File Image)

US House passes bill to reverse changes blamed for mail delays

The rare Saturday session also approved to send $25 billion to shore up the agency ahead of the November election

23 Aug 2020 9:21 AM

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP)

Pelosi to call House back into session to vote on USPS bill

'In a time of a pandemic, the Postal Service is Election Central,' Pelosi wrote in a letter to colleagues

17 Aug 2020 12:49 PM

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks on the House floor, Thursday, July 23, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ocasio-Cortez's objections to a Republican lawmaker's verbal assault on her expanded Thursday as she and other Democrats took to the House floor to demand an end to a sexist culture of “accepting violence and violent language against women.” (AP)

AOC, Democrat women call out culture of sexist slur within Congress

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s outrage over Republican Ted Yoho’s sexist slurs broadened into an extraordinary moment on the House floor

24 Jul 2020 1:26 PM

US President Donald Trump tours a section of the border wall in San Luis, Ariz. (AP)

Trump 'wrongly' diverted military funds for border wall construction

A federal appeals court rules that the Trump administration sidestepped Congress, which gets to decide how to use the funds

27 Jun 2020 2:20 PM

A man wearing a protective face mask walks by statues of bulls on display outside a bank in Beijing (AP)

Despite gains on Wall Street, Asian stocks lower

The White House press briefing had raised hopes of recovering from a Covid-19 affected economy

11 Mar 2020 4:37 PM

"The House cannot choose our impeachment managers until we know what sort of trial the Senate will conduct," the Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives said on Twitter. (Photo: File)

US Speaker Nancy Pelosi not ready to name team for Trump's Senate trial

House managers will prosecute the case against Trump before the Republican majority Senate in a trial expected to begin in January.

24 Dec 2019 11:27 AM

Earlier, Trump had once again hit out at House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying that she is afraid to present her "phony impeachment hoax" to the Senate. (Photo: File)

'Want an immediate trial,' says Trump on impeachment proceedings

The President also asserted that Republicans have never been so united.

20 Dec 2019 8:24 AM

The US President accused the Speaker of violating her oath of office by proceeding ahead with the "invalid impeachment." (Photo: File)

You've cheapened importance of very ugly word, impeachment: Trump to US Speaker

The letter came a day before the House is set to vote on his impeachment.

18 Dec 2019 9:15 AM

Trump tweeted that if Democrats “are going to impeach me, do it now, fast". He said he wanted to get on to a “fair trial” in the Senate. (Photo: File)

'No choice but to act': US House Speaker on move to impeach Donald Trump

'The president's actions have seriously violated the Constitution,' Pelosi said from the speaker's office at the Capitol.

06 Dec 2019 8:38 AM

Pushing back against accusations from the president that the process has been stacked against him, Pelosi said Trump is welcome to appear or answer questions in writing, if he chooses. (Photo: File | AP)

'Speak under oath': Democrats invite Trump to testify in impeachment inquiry

Sondland, Trump's ambassador to EU, is among the only people interviewed to date who had direct conversations with the president.

18 Nov 2019 11:14 AM

Pelosi’s comments could offer a preview of articles of impeachment Democrats might put forward. (Photo: File)

Trump has admitted to bribery, says Pelosi as impeachment probe intensifies

'What the president has admitted to and says it’s ‘perfect,’ I say it’s perfectly wrong. It’s bribery,' Pelosi said.

15 Nov 2019 1:00 PM

Senate Minority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer told reporters at the White House that Trump insulted House Speaker Pelosi by calling her "a third-rate politician. (Photo: File)

'Trump insulted Pelosi': Democrats walk out of White House meeting on Syria

WH had invited leadership and top committee members of both Democrats and Republicans, and Congress to brief them about Syria.

17 Oct 2019 8:51 AM

During the July 25 call, Trump pressed Zelensky for an investigation into former US vice president and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, according to a summary of the call released by the Trump administration. (Photo: File)

Under pressure, Trump amps up complaints, says Nancy Pelosi may be guilty of treason

Democrats say Trump's effort was an abuse of power to gather dirt on a political rival.

07 Oct 2019 12:56 PM

When Modi came to Washington DC to address a joint session of the Congress, the Congressional leadership met him before the speech, she said. (Photo:File)

US Speaker Nancy Pelosi applauds Modi's commitment to tackle climate change

Referring to commitment shown by Modi on agreement of climate change, Pelosi said: 'It was not easy. But it was done'.

03 Oct 2019 9:58 AM

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi offered Donald Trump one last chance to avoid becoming only the fourth president in office to face impeachment proceedings. (Photo: File)

‘Undo it': Speaker Nancy Pelosi's last chance to Trump before she launched impeachment inquiry

On a 9 pm flight back to Washington that night, Pelosi started handwriting her own thoughts.

26 Sep 2019 2:24 PM

The impeachment inquiry, after months of investigations by House Democrats of the Trump administration, sets up the party’s most direct and consequential confrontation with the president. (Photo: AP)

‘No one is above the law’: Pelosi orders impeachment probe

The probe focuses partly on whether Trump abused his presidential powers and sought help from a foreign government.

25 Sep 2019 8:37 AM

Republicans said Democrats lacked the votes to obtain formal House authorization and denounced Thursday's action as a show intended to pander to Democratic voters who want Trump removed from office. (Photo: File)

Democrats vote on impeachment probe against Donald Trump

A more aggressive probe could increase pressure on House Democratic leaders who has resisted impeachment as a politically risky step.

13 Sep 2019 8:32 AM

Underscoring the stakes, Republicans formally objected after Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said during a floor speech that Trump's tweets were 'racist.' (Photo: File)

US House condemns Trump ‘racist’ tweets in extraordinary rebuke

Hours earlier, Trump tweeted, 'Those Tweets were NOT Racist. I don't have a Racist bone in my body!'

17 Jul 2019 10:28 AM

Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has said as she described how the Indian leader influenced American social activist Martin Luther King Jr. (Photo: File)

'Mahatma Gandhi was spiritual leader of non-violence,' says US House Speaker

A strong proponent of India-US relationship, Pelosi said she believes in Gandhian philosophy and thinking.

12 Jul 2019 9:21 AM

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