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Pelosi forced to postpone infrastructure vote on Thursday ahead of Biden’s meeting with world leaders in RomeJoe Biden’s nearly $3tn domestic agenda remains unrealized after an 11th-hour push to rally Democrats around a pared-down package that he framed as historic, failed to close the deal in time for his meeting with world leaders in Rome at the G20 summit.But after a dramatic Thursday of...

Democratic infighting has threatened to upend Biden’s ambitious domestic agenda less than a year after taking officeHouse speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed confidence on Sunday that a deal between Democrats to salvage Joe Biden’s ambitious social agenda was “pretty much there”, paving the way for a possible vote in Congress later this week.Her upbeat words came as the president was meeting in Delaware with the...

Some observers believe passage of the reconciliation bill would be a fitting coda to her decades-long political careerAmid Democrats’ contentious negotiations over the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the reconciliation package, the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, was able to distract Capitol Hill reporters for a few minutes with her use of a certain “C” word.“I just told members of my leadership that the reconciliation bill...

Democrats say holdup is temporary despite stalemate over Biden’s sweeping economic agendaThe US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, postponed a planned vote on a $1tn infrastructure bill on Thursday night in a stinging defeat for Democrats after progressives revolted, withholding their support until an agreement could be reached to enact the full sweep of Joe Biden’s economic vision.The decision capped a frantic day of negotiations...

If neither side budges, US risks default on debt and lowered credit rating, which would cost billionsTop Democrats are expected to dare Republicans to block a stopgap funding measure, which would trigger the double-barreled fiscal crisis of the US defaulting on its mammoth debt and a shutdown of the federal government, according to two sources familiar with the proposal.The plan being considered by the...

Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker of the US Congress, has likened the 6 January attack to 9/11, saying one had been an assault on US democracy from within and the other from the outside. Speaking at a Chatham House seminar in London on Friday, she also claimed the Republicans had been hijacked by a cult that believed neither in science nor government, making it hard for...

Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle hopes meeting at his constituency will raise Lancashire town’s profileWhen Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, suggested to Lindsay Hoyle, her UK counterpart, that they hold the G7 speakers’ conference in “his district”, she might not have realised how enthusiastically the Lancastrian would embrace the idea.Hoyle said that Pelosi had asked, “We always go to London,...

Some party leaders blamed the former president in the charged moments after the insurrection – but are now embarking on a campaign of revisionism Top Republicans in Congress are embarking on a new campaign of revisionism seven months after the attack on the Capitol, absolving Donald Trump of responsibility and blaming the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, for the 6 January insurrection perpetrated by a...

Committee established by Pelosi features two Republicans, Cheney and Kinzinger, after McCarthy withdrew his nomineesThe much-anticipated House investigation into the January attack on the US Capitol begins on Tuesday, with Republicans set to boycott proceedings in an attempt to undermine any findings.A special committee established by the Democratic House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, will convene to investigate the circumstances surrounding the deadly insurrection in Washington...

The body created by the speaker will have a broad mandate to examine the facts, circumstances and causes of the Capitol attackNancy Pelosi’s creation of a House select committee to investigate the 6 January insurrection reopens the possibility of a comprehensive inquiry into myriad security failures and the causes of the deadly attack on Congress by a pro-Trump mob. Related: Nancy Pelosi signals hard...

House speaker says reported seizure of Democrats’ private phone data undermined ‘rule of law’The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, said on Sunday it was “beyond belief” that the three top justice department officials of Donald Trump’s administration had been unaware of secret subpoenas seeking private data from the former president’s political opponents.Jeff Sessions, Trump’s first pick as attorney general, his successor, William Barr, and the...

Floyd’s family brings conversation about racial injustice to the White HouseSpecial report: The fight to whitewash US historyIt was a death that shook America. One year on, as the nation mourned George Floyd’s murder by police, his family brought a conversation about racial injustice to the White House. Related: Biden to meet George Floyd’s family on anniversary of his murder – live Continue reading...

US House speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for a US diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, saying global leaders who attend the games would lose their moral authority to criticise China for human rights abuses. Pelosi's statement comes as US lawmakers have been increasingly vocal about a boycott or venue change over the treatment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China....

The Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, said on Saturday that Donald Trump was 'practically and morally responsible' for the insurrection at the US Capitol on 6 January – minutes after voting to acquit the former president in his impeachment trial for that very same act.The House majority leader, Nancy Pelosi, criticised McConnell’s remarks in a press conference on Saturday and said the issue of timing 'was...

House speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House of Representatives would vote to remove Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from committee positions after House Republican leaders declined to proactively discipline her. Pelosi said she was ‘profoundly concerned about House Republican leadership’s acceptance of an extreme conspiracy theorist’US Politics liveRepublicans take no action against Cheney or extremist Greene after vote Continue reading...

Johnson & Johnson one-dose Covid vaccine shown to workCDC director: US has ‘scaled up’ surveillance of new variantsBiden expected to appoint nuclear deal architect as US-Iran envoySign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email 2.27pm GMT Donald Trump wants the knives out for House Republican conference chairwoman Liz Cheney, the highest ranking member in her chamber that voted to impeach...

A visibly angry Nancy Pelosi accused Republican leaders of showing disregard to the victims of school shootings after the QAnon-supporting congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene was assigned a seat on the House education committee. Greene has previously suggested the 2018 mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida was a 'false flag' and was filmed harassing a teenage survivor on Capitol Hill in 2019. 'She has mocked...

Federal judge directed that Riley June Williams be released into the custody of her mother, with travel restrictionsA Pennsylvania woman facing charges that she helped steal a laptop from the office of the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, during the attack on the US Capitol will be released from jail, a federal judge decided on Thursday.US magistrate judge Martin Carlson directed that Riley June Williams...

The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has said it is possible that members of Congress could face prosecution if found to have ‘aided and abetted’ the violent attack on the Capitol earlier this month that left five people deadNancy Pelosi says lawmakers who aided in Capitol attack may be prosecuted Continue reading...

House speaker’s comments come after a congresswoman said she saw colleagues leading ‘reconnaissance’ tours before the riotUS politics live – follow all the latestThe House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has said it is possible that members of Congress could face prosecution if found to have “aided and abetted” the violent attack on the Capitol earlier this month that left five people dead.“Justice is called for...

The House of Representatives has voted 232 to 197 to impeach the US president, Donald Trump, for a second time, formally charging him with inciting an insurrection. It was the most bipartisan impeachment vote in US history. After an emotional day-long debate in the chamber, 10 Republicans joined Democrats to hold Trump to account before he leaves office next week. Donald Trump impeached a second time over...

The Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives has opened the debate on the article of impeachment against Donald Trump, arguing the president must be removed from office. Describing the storming of the Capitol as a 'day of fire', Nancy Pelosi said Trump had incited insurrectionTrump impeachment – liveHouse poised to impeach Trump for a second time following deadly Capitol riotTrump impeachment: what you...

Nancy Pelosi has accused Donald Trump of associating himself with sedition and treason in a strong statement calling for the removal of the president through impeachment after a failed call for enactment of the 25th amendment.The final vote on Tuesday night was 223 to 205, with only one Republican backing the non-binding resolution that asked Mike Pence, the vice-president, to declare Trump 'incapable' under...

Nancy Pelosi’s office confirms laptop was stolen when Trump supporters, incited by the president, invaded the buildingAt least two computers were stolen from the Capitol when a violent mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the building on Wednesday – including one from the office of the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi – raising grave information security concerns. Continue reading...