Nancy Pelosi

After debate backlash, California Democrat Scott Wiener says Israel carried out 'genocide' in Gaza

The California State Senator explained that he had been reluctant to call the war between Israel and Hamas a genocide because of the term's creation in response to the Holocaust.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
San Francisco city supervisor Scott Wiener comments on a pilot program to permit private commuter buses to use public bus stops in San Francisco, California, January 21, 2014
The US Capitol building is pictured at 5:04 pm, five years after the building was overrun by pro-Trump supporters, in Washington, DC, US, January 6, 2026

White House posts new January 6 account ahead of fifth anniversary

The White House published a new January 6 webpage praising President Donald Trump’s actions, assigning blame to Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, and others ahead of the attack’s fifth anniversary.

|BySHOSHANA BAKER
U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. first lady look at Gobble, one of two turkeys ceremonially pardoned for Thanksgiving, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 25, 2025.

Trump re-pardons Biden's turkeys saying Biden's auto pen pardon 'didn't count'

Trump joked that he initially wanted to rename the birds Chuck and Nancy, an apparent reference to foes Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, both Democrats.

|ByREUTERS, FRAIDY MOSER
U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) walks to a democratic caucus meeting to nominate their own candidate for the next Speaker of the House, after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as Speaker, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 10, 2023.

Nancy Pelosi, first woman to serve as US House speaker, to retire from Congress

Pelosi has been at the forefront in battling for control of the House and especially taking on Republican Donald Trump, who feuded with her in his first presidential term from 2017-2020.

|ByREUTERS

China heightens its warning to the US over Pelosi's planned visit to Taiwan

China has issued a warning to the Biden administration against Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan in August.

JULY 23, 2022ByREUTERS
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reacts to the overturning of Roe v Wade during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, June 24, 2022.

Palestinian org.: Israeli poem read by Pelosi 'romanticizes Israeli settlement'

American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) called the Israeli poet a romanticizer of an "illegal Israeli settlement" on an "ethnically cleansed Palestinian village." The song is a war anthem from the 80s.

JUNE 29, 2022BySYDNEY MAUD
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reacts to the overturning of Roe v Wade during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, June 24, 2022.

Nancy Pelosi reads Israeli poem in response to Roe v. Wade reversal

This is not the first time that the US Speaker has quoted Ehud Manor's poem.

JUNE 25, 2022ByGADI ZAIG
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi at the Knesset, February 16, 2022

Pelosi's husband charged with driving under influence of alcohol

Paul Pelosi, 82, was booked into the Napa County Detention Center on suspicion of drunk driving in May.

JUNE 24, 2022ByREUTERS
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-CA and her husband Paul Pelosi arrive for the formal Artist's Dinner honoring the recipients of the 44th Annual Kennedy Center Honors at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 4, 2021.

Letters to the Editor, May 4, 2022: Not falling

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say

MAY 3, 2022ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Pelosi, Schumer: Supreme Court poised to inflict greatest rights restriction in last 50 years

“If the report is accurate, the Supreme Court is poised to inflict the greatest restriction of rights in the past 50 years – not just on women but on all Americans," said Schumer and Pelosi.

MAY 3, 2022ByOMRI NAHMIAS
US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) joins demonstrators during a protest outside the US Supreme Court, after the leak of a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito preparing for a majority of the court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision later in 2022.

United States' Pelosi meets Ukraine president in Kyiv

She was accompanied by several lawmakers on a congressional trip that followed a visit last weekend to Ukraine by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

MAY 1, 2022ByREUTERS
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy awards US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) the 'Order of Princess Olga' medal after their meeting, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 30, 2022.

Ukrainian President Zelensky to address Congress

The virtual speech is scheduled for Wednesday.

MARCH 14, 2022ByOMRI NAHMIAS
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a news conference for foreign media in Kyiv, Ukraine March 12, 2022.

The real reason for Pelosi's visit to Israel - opinion

One would think that the primary purpose politicians have for visiting Israel would be briefings about security, but that would only be partially true.

FEBRUARY 21, 2022ByMICAH HALPERN
US HOUSE Speaker Nancy Pelosi waves from the VIP gallery in the plenum, during her visit to the Knesset last week.

Knesset speaker going to DC after Pelosi invitation

Nancy Pelosi has invited Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy for a weeklong visit to the US where he'll meet with members of Congress and Jewish leaders in Washington and New York.

FEBRUARY 21, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy in the Knesset.