Cornyn fights to hold Texas Senate seat in runoff with Trump-backed Paxton – US politics live

Vote for Republican nomination is latest test of President’s grip over GOPKen Paxton, the state attorney general, takes on four-term incumbent John Cornyn on Tuesday in the ugliest primary election of the year. The winner of the Republican Senate runoff in Texas will contest November’s general election against Democrat James Talarico.Paxton and Cornyn have spent months coveting the most valuable endorsement in Republican politics: Donald Trump. Last week, scandal-plagued Paxton got it, with the US president describing him as “a true Maga warrior”.Iran has poured cold water on suggestions that a deal with the US is imminent, pointing to the