Speaker Mike Johnson has the gavel, but it’s Donald Trump’s House now

WASHINGTON – There may be a , but it’s Donald Trump’s House of Representatives. Even though former President was in New York City today, House Republicans’ unanimous election of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) shows a dramatic rightward shift for the GOP on Capitol Hill. You read that correctly. “Donald Trump has cemented his control over the Republican conference in the House of Representatives. He has a stranglehold on the Republican Party,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) told reporters on the steps of the Capitol. “Even as he faces 91 criminal charges...