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Kevin McCarthy seeks to assuage House Republican concerns behind closed doors ahead of leadership election

By Melanie Zanona, Gabby Orr, Alex Rogers and Annie Grayer, CNN House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy sought to assuage House Republican concerns at a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill on Monday night, part of his campaign to lead the House GOP conference and possibly take the speakership in the next Congress. The California Republican and

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New records reveal foreign government spending at Trump’s Washington hotel

By Zachary Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Kara Scannell, CNN The governments of six foreign countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, spent more than $700,000 at then-President Donald Trump’s Washington, DC, hotel over the first two years of his presidency, according to newly released accounting documents. The new documents offer concrete evidence

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Pelosi says ‘horrible’ GOP reaction to husband’s attack may have turned off some voters

By Devan Cole, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Sunday that Republicans’ “horrible response” to the politically motivated attack on her husband last month might have turned off some voters in last week’s midterm elections. “It wasn’t just the attack. It was the Republican reaction to it, which was disgraceful,” the California Democrat told CNN’s

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Pelosi says ‘horrible’ GOP reaction to husband’s attack may have turned off some voters

By Devan Cole, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Sunday that Republicans’ “horrible response” to the politically motivated attack on her husband last month might have turned off some voters in last week’s midterm elections. “It wasn’t just the attack. It was the Republican reaction to it, which was disgraceful,” the California Democrat told CNN’s

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