Pelosi offering her famously icy clap during Trump’s State of the Union address at the Capitol in Washington, in this file pic from Feb 5, 2019. — Doug Mills/The New York Times
WHEN US Speaker Nancy Pelosi retires at the end of her term in early 2027, she will close a remarkable 39-year run representing San Francisco in Congress.
Pelosi, now 85, has become one of the most powerful and recognisable figures in American politics. She is the first and only woman to ever serve as speaker of the US House of Representatives, steering landmark legislation through a deeply polarised Washington.
