President Donald Trump is thankful to see Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) retire from government, and sent her a parting shot Friday morning by calling her an “old and broken political hack.” Pelosi was House speaker for a portion of Trump’s second term and wanted to impeach the president twice.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was walking at a measured speed and talking with just as much purpose, descending level after level into the besieged building as her security detail sorted out the next steps out of there.

Breed has called allies, including Willie Brown, the former mayor and longtime city powerbroker, to vet the idea.

As Ms. Pelosi announced her retirement, she was celebrated for her long tenure in Washington. But back home, she was remembered for showing up at a terrifying moment when others turned away.

The Washington Post’s essential guide to power and influence in D.C. The former speaker of the House is retiring, amid Democratic debate on generational change.

Ms. Pelosi, who broke the House’s glass ceiling after learning rough-and-tumble politics in the D’Alesandro family business in Baltimore, always counseled her troops to “know their why” — their true motivation for entering politics and government.