The race between Senator John Cornyn and his right-wing rival, Ken Paxton, has cost mountains of cash. More of it has gone to help Mr. Cornyn — but that money may not be enough.
The Republican primary race for Senate between Senator John Cornyn and Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, has become the most expensive primary campaign in the country’s recent history.
In the last weeks of the contest, Representative Chip Roy reported raising more than $8 million, and he intensified his attacks on Mayes Middleton, a state senator.
Oil company is FTSE’s biggest faller as chair departs immediately after only eight months in the role
BP has removed its chair, Albert Manifold, with the oil company’s board saying it had serious concerns about “important governance standards, oversight and conduct”.
The FTSE 100 company announced Manifold’s departure with immediate effect on Tuesday, without giving further details. He had lasted only eight months in the role.
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