Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) lawmaker, Dev Raj Ghimire has been elected as the Speaker of the House of Representatives as he received 167 votes, The Kathmandu Post reported.
US Congressman Kevin McCarthy from California, the House Republican leader, fell short of the necessary votes to take the gavel in two more rounds of voting
Later in the day, the White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said that President Trump had accepted Pelosi invitation to speak.
US House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday urged the Donald Trump administration to adopt a more “surgical” and “targeted” focus…
