With US House speaker fight over, the real chaos begins

The unprecedented three-week Republican search for a new House speaker ended Wednesday. Now the real chaos begins. In the end, GOP members unified behind Rep. Mike Johnson, a little-known social conservative who supports a national abortion ban, opposes federal recognition of same-sex marriages and led efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. It should serve as a stark reminder that much of the nation doesn’t share the political values of the Bay Area and most of California. That Donald Trump is now fully in control of the Republican Party. And that any hopes that moderate Republicans an...