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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband made at least $130 million in stock profits over the course of the California Democrat’s 37 years in Congress — a staggering return of 16,930%. Pelosi, 85, announced this week she will retire when her term ends in January 2027. The San Francisco pol became famous as the first woman to wield the speaker’s gavel, and infamous for her exceptional stock market returns. Before first taking Congressional office in 1988, the then-47-year-old freshman and her hubby, venture capitalist Paul Pelosi, reported between $610,000 and $785,000 in stocks in their portfolio, according to...

Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, the Minnesota socialist, has seen an astronomical increase in her wealth over the past year, as a recent disclosure revealed her net worth could be as high as $30 million.A May disclosure reveals that Omar is worth between $6 and $30 million — that’s an increase of about 3,500%, compared to 2023.Omar, as a member of Congress, earns $174,000 in salary each year. So how in the world has she recently accumulated such wealth? And how does this wealth contradict her socialist-like political message?It appears Omar’s wealth jump is primarily contributed to by her husband and...