One, Mitt Romney, Republican of Utah, was the Republicans’ presidential nominee in 2012 and has already earned Mr. Trump’s ire for his independent streak. In total, the new class gives Republicans a slightly more durable majority, 53 to 47, in the upper chamber. Even before she was elected speaker, Ms. Pelosi on Thursday morning started a historic day with a left hook, suggesting that a sitting president could be indicted. [With the gavel in hand, she will cement her status as the highest-ranking and most powerful elected woman in American political history. I think that is an open discussion in terms of the law.”

Source: New York Times January 03, 2019 15:25 UTC