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As Texas Republicans battle with state House Democrats, who fled to block the GOP’s ability to pass new congressional maps, there’s an intraparty skirmish proceeding just as fiercely on the sidelines: the state’s contentious Republican Senate primary. Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is challenging Cornyn in a primary, have spent the last week making appeals …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the man he is vying to unseat in next year’s Republican primary, US Sen. John Cornyn, are both using the powers of their offices to try to pressure Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to prevent a vote on a GOP-led redistricting plan. Paxton on Friday said he was asking …

Emma Thompson told an intriguing story this morning at the Locarno Film Festival, where this year she is a guest of honor, that featured what she described as a creepy encounter with the 47th President, Donald Trump.  Speaking to a packed audience for a career Q&A, Thompson was asked about shooting the 1998 Mike Nichols feature Primary Colors. One day …

Top officials in Seattle tried to sound an optimistic note, after early results in the Aug. 5 primary election showed them trailing their more progressive challengers. Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, City Attorney Ann Davison, and City Council President Sara Nelson acknowledged the work they’ll have to do on the campaign trail if they’re going to keep their seats come November. …

County election officials around Washington state began releasing vote tallies Tuesday evening. So far, early results indicate that a slate of progressive newcomers will face off against moderate incumbents in several key Seattle races this November. King County’s government will see a changing of the guard. Property taxes are probably going up in those areas, too. And, in a handful …

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina is running for governor, entering a GOP primary in which competition for President Donald Trump’s endorsement — and the backing of his base of supporters — is expected to be fierce. Mace, who last year won her third term representing South Carolina’s 1st District, made her run official during a …

Paul Dans, one of the main forces behind the conservative blueprint Project 2025, will run against Lindsey Graham in the South Carolina Republican primary next year. News outlets reported Monday that Dans will join a crowded field of Republican contenders looking to unseat the senator. Dans is planning a formal announcement for Wednesday in Charleston. Dans served as the director …

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on during a news conference at the USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C., on July 14. Top medical groups are alarmed by a report that Kennedy may remove another advisory panel. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Health and Human Services Secretary …

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, Angela, are longtime owners of a $1.5 million house in a gated community outside Dallas. In 2015, they snapped up a second home in Austin. Then another. The problem: Mortgages signed by the Paxtons contained inaccurate statements declaring that each of those three houses was their primary residence, enabling the now-estranged couple …