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Trump Endorses Ken Paxton in Texas Senate Runoff Race Against John Cornyn

19. Mai 2026 um 19:34
The president embraced Ken Paxton, a MAGA loyalist, over Senator John Cornyn, despite warnings from Republican leaders about Mr. Paxton’s history of scandal.

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Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, has maneuvered for President Trump’s support ahead of the May 26 runoff election in the Republican primary for Senate in the state.

Trump’s Push to Defeat Thomas Massie Is the Most Expensive House Primary in Recent Years

The Republican primary in Representative Thomas Massie’s district has drawn vast spending, but it is just one of several contests on Tuesday that will test the power of big money.

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Peltola Debuts First Television Ad in High-Profile Alaska Senate Contest

19. Mai 2026 um 13:00
Democrats face an uphill battle to win the Senate. They see in Mary Peltola, the first Native Alaskan elected to Congress, their best chance to unseat Senator Dan Sullivan.

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The former Representative Mary Peltola of Alaska is seeking to unseat Senator Dan Sullivan, a Republican.
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  • Free up fertiliser supplies to avert global food crisis, Yvette Cooper urges
    UK foreign secretary says urgent pressure needed to get strait of Hormuz reopened and fertiliser and fuel movingGlobal fertiliser supplies must be freed up within weeks to avoid disaster, with harvests suffering and food prices rising, the UK’s foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, has said.The war in Iran has frozen shipments of fertiliser through the strait of Hormuz, creating a supply crunch that has already damaged farming in the UK, Europe and the US and is having its worst impacts in the devel
     

Free up fertiliser supplies to avert global food crisis, Yvette Cooper urges

UK foreign secretary says urgent pressure needed to get strait of Hormuz reopened and fertiliser and fuel moving

Global fertiliser supplies must be freed up within weeks to avoid disaster, with harvests suffering and food prices rising, the UK’s foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, has said.

The war in Iran has frozen shipments of fertiliser through the strait of Hormuz, creating a supply crunch that has already damaged farming in the UK, Europe and the US and is having its worst impacts in the developing world, where farmers cannot afford the higher prices now being charged.

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