House elects Nancy Pelosi speaker as Dems take control

The House has elected Nancy Pelosi as its speaker as Democrats take command of the chamber for the new Congress.The near party-line majority vote makes her the country's most powerful Democrat as the party begins two more years of confronting President Donald Trump. Except now, Pelosi's Democrats will be able to set the House's legislative agenda and conduct investigations of the Trump administration that Republicans shunned when they held the majority.Thursday's vote restores Pelosi to the post