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Trump-backed Ken Paxton defeats incumbent John Cornyn in Texas Republican Senate primary runoff
Trump-backed, scandal-plagued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated incumbent John Cornyn in the Republican Senate primary runoff, signaling Trump's enduring influence in the state; Paxton will face Democratic candidate James Talarico in the midterms. The newsletter also covers key global and domestic stories: the UN World Food Programme cites the US-Israel war on Iran and reduced donor funding as drivers of record global acute hunger, South Carolina state senators rejected a Trump-backed redistricting plan, plus updates on Taiwan arms sales, Iceland's EU referendum, Russian drone defense, climate-linked antibiotic resistance, Japan's "catnomics" economy, and a sex educator's rejection of singular sex definitions.
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