A new year and a new power structure at the Capitol with a House GOP majority eager to exert its influence is quickly transforming the political landscape. The year — barely a month old — has already been marked by at least one political happening not seen in more than a century: an electrifying House election that took 14 votes to make Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) the new House Speaker. The early signs of a 2024 presidential battle, a classified documents controversy that has pulled in President Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence, and the swirling controversy around freshman...