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Trump-Backed Paxton Wins Texas GOP Primary

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for May 27. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeats incumbent John Cornyn to clinch the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, setting up a showdown with Democrat James Talarico in what could be the red state’s most competitive general election in years. Plus, The Trump administration plans to deploy public health officers to Kenya for a potential Ebola quarantine facility for Americans. And WSJ chief foreign-affairs correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov says with Russia stuck on the Ukrainian battlefield and launching massive strikes on Kyiv, European capitals fear Moscow could expand the conflict beyond Ukraine. Luke Vargas hosts.  Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.8

President Trump's endorsement tips the scales in Texas's GOP Senate primary,

0:38.3

plus the U.S. races to set up in Ebola quarantine facility for Americans in Kenya,

0:43.3

and fears mount in Europe that Vladimir Putin could expand the Ukraine war beyond the country's borders.

0:50.3

The Russian calculation is that as the watch President Trump talking about leaving NATO,

0:55.9

they are thinking that if we attack some of these European countries, be the Baltic states,

0:59.9

be it's Finland, Sweden, Norway, maybe the US Monetary Act.

1:03.2

It's Wednesday, May 27th. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the

1:08.1

AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories

1:12.0

moving your world today.

1:16.2

We begin in Texas, where Trump-backed state attorney general Ken Paxton has defeated incumbent

1:22.3

John Cornyn in a primary runoff to clinch the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.

1:27.9

At his victory party, Paxton pivoted his focus to his opponent in November's general election,

1:33.4

Democrat James Talarico.

1:34.8

No matter what he says or how much he raises,

1:38.6

the reality is that James Talariko is going to be nothing more

1:42.3

than a Texas-based puppet for Chuck Schumer and the

1:46.1

National Democrats. Democrats are hoping that a Tala RICO victory could help them to reclaim the

1:52.0

Senate in what's expected to be the Red State's most competitive general election in years.

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