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A tough re-election race grew more daunting after President Trump backed Mr. Cornyn's opponent, Ken Paxton. The Texas senator has vowed to fight to the end.
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Vacant seats, and consistently poor attendance on both sides of the aisle, have exacerbated the challenges of already razor-thin margins in the House and Senate.
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(Second column, 4th story, link)
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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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The president had long considered backing Senator John Cornyn, but Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, carried the support of the MAGA base.
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Writer Jeff Sharlet responds to the shooting event at White House correspondents' dinner this weekend. We discuss the motivations of Cole Allen, the man accused of breaching security in an attempt to assassinate members of the Trump administration, as well as gun access in the United States and the growing violence across the political spectrum of what Sharlet calls a "slow civil war."
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