Nancy Pelosi

Left: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference about COVID-19, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin Right: U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill. Photo by Drew Angerer/AP Images

Democrats and Republicans both strongly support new round of COVID-19 pandemic aid, study says

Bipartisanship quickly ends as sharp differences continue over the price tag and where the money goes. Democrats favor aid to hospitals, schools, and the Postal Service. GOP opposes money to states and cities, researchers from Northeastern, Harvard, Northwestern, and Rutgers found.

by Peter Ramjug October 2, 2020

Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, has a conversation with WBUR reporter Meghna Chakrabarti during the Women Who Empower Summit in the East Village. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

‘How do we achieve the goal of a woman in the White House?’ Nancy Pelosi wants to know.

At a Women Who Empower Summit hosted by Northeastern Monday, Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, discussed the challenges she faced in breaking the “marble ceiling” on her way to becoming the first woman to lead a major party in Congress, and the prospects of a woman becoming the first U.S. head of state.

by Khalida Sarwari March 9, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi strikes the gavel after announcing the passage of article II of impeachment against President Donald Trump, (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

President Trump has been impeached. Now what?

With the two chambers of Congress in a standoff, it’s anybody’s guess what might transpire, says Northeastern law professor Jeremy Paul.

by Khalida Sarwari December 19, 2019

Depiction of an empty seat at a congressional hearing

Here’s why the Constitution is frustratingly vague when it comes to impeachment

The language of the Constitution is sparse when it comes to impeachment, says Dan Urman, a Constitutional law scholar at Northeastern. The framers simply did not anticipate a government so entrenched in partisan politics.

by Molly Callahan October 11, 2019

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, is sworn in to testify before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Was Michael Cohen telling the truth? A body language expert analyzes his testimony.

It’s hard to know for sure, says Laura Dudley, a behavioral analyst at Northeastern. But there is one big “tell” you’ll see when someone is lying, and Michael Cohen didn’t have it.

by Molly Callahan February 28, 2019

President Donald Trump turns to House speaker Nancy Pelosi as he delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence watches on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

A body language expert analyzes the ‘Pelosi Clap’ and other highlights from the State of the Union

It was President Donald Trump who delivered the State of the Union address Tuesday, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was the one “who stole the show in terms of people paying attention to body language,” said Laura Dudley, a behavioral analyst at Northeastern University.

by Molly Callahan February 6, 2019

President Donald Trump gives his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 at the Capitol in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence, left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi look on. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

In his State of the Union address, Trump makes his pitch for the border in the language of unity

President Donald Trump kicked off his State of the Union address championing policies that “the Democrats would have no choice but to applaud,” said said Nicholas Beauchamp, an assistant professor of political science at Northeastern. In an address delayed by an unprecedented government shutdown, Trump told members of the 116th Congress Tuesday that “The state of the Union is strong.”

by Molly Callahan February 6, 2019

The Capitol is seen under early morning skies in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The government might shut down this weekend. Here’s how we got here and how it would affect you.

As the United States steadily marches toward a budget shortage that would kick off a Christmastime government shutdown, a deal to bridge the spending gap is teetering in the balance. But what makes this looming shutdown different from others in the past few years, said Nick Beauchamp, assistant professor of political science at Northeastern, is who will be blamed for it.

by Molly Callahan December 20, 2018