Nancy Pelosi reflects on career as she announces retirement from Congress –video

Nancy Pelosi, a California Democratic representative and the first woman to serve as speaker, has announced she will retire from Congress, two years after stepping down from House leadership. She made the announcement in a video that reflects on her successful political career. The decision marks the close of a 20-term congressional career in which Pelosi rose to the apex of American politics. A force on Capitol Hill for decades, she was a central figure in the major legislative accomplishments of Barack Obama and Joe Biden's presidencies

• Nancy Pelosi, a force on Capitol Hill for decades, to retire from Congress