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Senators are angry President Trump turned on a respected former leader whom they consider a loyal Republican. Now Mr. Trump faces resistance from his own embittered ranks.
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John Cornyn became the second Republican senator to lose his seat in less than two weeks. A Trump endorsement helped propel Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to a more than 25-point victory.
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Republican voters made a familiar bet, that Texas is conservative enough that any Republican, even the most conservative, will beat a Democrat.
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President Donald Trump will hold a Cabinet meeting at the White House, canceling a plan for a session at Camp David.
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Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general endorsed by President Trump, defeated John Cornyn, a four-term Republican senator, in a runoff. The race's results reflected Trump's influence over the party.
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Paxton's victory for the Republican nomination and a big shift among Hispanic voters have put a Senate seat within reach.
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Many Democrats and some Republicans said the scandal-plagued Ken Paxton's victory could turn Texas into a battleground state that will determine Senate control.
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Mr. Allred beat the incumbent, Representative Julie Johnson, and is now favored to win the general election in a heavily Democratic Dallas-based district.
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Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, overcame scandals and a significant fund-raising disadvantage to win. His victory sets up the general-election clash that Democrats had hoped for.
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The warnings came after U.S. forces struck military sites in Iran. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that negotiations to end the war were continuing.
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Mr. Menefee, one of the newest members of Congress, beat Representative Al Green, a Democrat who is more than twice his age, in a primary runoff.
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The showdown, manufactured by a Republican gerrymander, created one of many generational clashes consuming Democrats this cycle.
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After connecting his opponent to past criticism of President Trump, the conservative state senator now advances to the general election.
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In past outbreaks, Americans exposed to the virus were sent home to be treated in state-of-the-art facilities. The Trump administration has already flown some U.S. citizens to Europe for treatment.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton celebrated President Trump's endorsement for his campaign against Sen. John Cornyn in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate during a rally on Tuesday.
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As Trump pushes for a more Republican-friendly House map, more than half a dozen states are potential targets for mid-decade tweaks to congressional boundaries.
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