Trump-Backed Paxton Wins Texas GOP Primary

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. 



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