Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) will be in the fight of his political life Tuesday, as he looks to defy the odds and defeat Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who clinched an endorsement from President Trump, in the Senate GOP runoff. The last-minute support tees up another test of Trump’s influence in a Republican primary. The president has already successfully picked off several…
Texas will host a slate of high-profile primary runoff races Tuesday, with Republicans and Democrats alike eyeing the Lone Star State as a major battleground ahead of the midterm elections. Several races advanced to runoffs after no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the March 3 primary, the first major nominating contest […]
Sen. John Cornyn is facing off against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who received President Trump's endorsement.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has the support of the Make America Healthy Again movement ahead of his contentious runoff election for the GOP Senate nomination against incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX). Paxton, who will square off against Cornyn on Tuesday, has a distinguished MAHA track record as the Lone Star State’s attorney general, which […]
Republican voters in Texas get their final say Tuesday in a drawn out, vitriolic and expensive primary campaign for a US Senate seat, a race that Democrats are watching closely in hopes that they could flip both houses of Congress in November.
Vote is latest test of President’s grip over party and ability to punish Republicans he sees as insufficiently loyalHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.Texans are voting for a Republican nominee for US Senate in Tuesday’s runoff election, following Donald Trump’s late bid to influence the race in his latest effort to rid the GOP of less devoted leaders.Iran has poured cold water on suggestions that a deal with the US is imminent, pointing to the confusion in US positions and Israeli interference as reasons why an agreement is proving difficult to secure. Speaking at the weekly foreign ministry press briefing, Esmail Baghaei, the spokesperson for Iran’s negotiating team, also said future management of the strait of Hormuz was a matter for Oman and Iran to agree on, and that it was not tolls that were being proposed but “fees for navigational services”.By contrast, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said that a deal was still possible, adding that the strait of Hormuz would open “one way or another”. “There were some talks going on in Qatar today, so we’ll see if we can make progress. I think it’s a lot of talking back and forth going on about specific language in the initial document,” Rubio told reporters in Jaipur during an official visit to India.A Trump Tower planned for the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, is to be built on land currently part-owned by the son of the US-sanctioned leader of the country, according to official records. The proposed skyscraper, a joint venture between a local consortium and the Trump Organization, which is managed by the US president’s sons, Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump, will be on a plot whose current registered owner is the International Charity Fund Cartu.Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, said on Monday her government agreed to allow the Iranian national football team to stay in Mexico during the World Cup, adding that the United States did not want to host the team. Sheinbaum said football’s governing body Fifa approached her government after the US said it did not want Iran’s squad to stay in the country throughout the tournament, despite Iran playing all three of its group matches there. Continue reading...
Tuesday’s primary runoffs in Texas will put President Donald Trump’s endorsement to the test again — the latest step in a mission to punish some incumbent Republicans Trump has deemed insufficiently loyal
Controversial Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is challenging U.S. Sen. John Cornyn's reelection. The $100 million fight could have far-reaching implications for the GOP, and party control of the Senate.
UFC revealed its design for the White House cage match fight event in June and the internet didn't hold back from mocking it.Construction for the UFC Freedom 250 stage was underway on Monday with the June 14 event slated to celebrate the nation's 250th birthday and President Donald Trump's own 80th birthday. While construction for the ballroom continued, two cranes were seen on hoisting up a metal arch for lighting over the stage.People online reacted to the design released by UFC over the weekend."Pray for rain," Chris D. Jackson, a political strategist and longtime election official with more than 132,000 followers, wrote in post on X."If he can do this he doesn't need a ballroom," Tracey Gallagher, an attorney and former Judge Pro Tem with nearly 13,000 followers, wrote in a post on X."I really hope they fly a flag with 48 stars and 11 stripes," political commentator Kes Bretagne wrote on X."While we are at war and inflation/energy costs are going through the roof," Gary Koepnick, who self-identifies as a veteran and has more than 44,000 followers, wrote on X.Pray for rain. https://t.co/DoUyIQcxwD— Chris D. Jackson (@ChrisDJackson) May 25, 2026