Pelosi, the first woman to hold the speaker’s gavel, has represented San Francisco for nearly 40 years.

Sen. Wiener has spent years laying the groundwork for a congressional run. Why couldn't he have waited one more week?

The former House speaker is expected to make an announcement about her political future after Tuesday's elections.

Republican leaders, in turn, said it was Obama who is guilty of playing "fast and loose with the facts." They repeated their assertion that the president's proposed government-fun ...