Paxton Routs Cornyn and Turns Texas Into a Senate War-Powers Problem
Paxton's runoff rout turns a Texas primary into the next public test of Senate obedience on Trump's Iran war.
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Paxton's runoff rout turns a Texas primary into the next public test of Senate obedience on Trump's Iran war.
Cornyn lost the nomination but kept the Senate vote, making his lame-duck posture the first fact after Paxton's rout.
CENTCOM's Bandar Abbas strikes make the June 1 Senate vote about a ceasefire with a public military exception.
Paxton thanked Trump after the runoff win and immediately inherited a general-election race Democrats want to nationalize around James Talarico.
The Texas count turned a narrow polling lead into a lopsided Paxton rout, correcting Tuesday's edition from watch posture to receipt posture.
CDC said the Title 42 Ebola entry rule now reaches lawful permanent residents recently in DRC, Uganda or South Sudan.