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“And I'm honored to have his support and I look forward to working with him in the Senate to deliver for Texas.”
Paxton is currently the Texas State Attorney General, he won President Trump's endorsement last week, despite multiple scandals, including whistleblower allegations and impeachment by the Texas House. He was acquitted by the state Senate. Paxton, outstead for a term Senator John Corridon and the most expensive primary in U.S. Senate history, court and gave his concession speech not long after polls closed Tuesday night. He did not mention his opponent directly, but the Texas Newsrooms blazed Gainey says he did mention his overall support for the party.
Corridon has been Texas Senator since 2002 before that he was Texas Attorney General Tuesday, his political career came to an end early in the night, as polls open with him trailing Attorney General Ken Paxton by a sizable amount. The two were in an intense battle where Corridon had said Paxton winning the race would be bad for the Republican party, but in his concession speech, he said he will support any Texas Republican in November.
I've always supported the Republican ticket, and I intend to do so.
“Paxton will now advance to the general election, where he will face Democrat James Tolerico.”
I'm blazed Gainey in Austin. The South Carolina State Senate has rejected President Trump's post to redraw the congressional districts to boost Republicans to gain an extra seat. The proposal passed the South Carolina House last week, but senators rejected the effort to his day as early in person voting got underway for the states to 9th primary election. Some senators said it was simply too late to make a change.
Others worried the move could backfire.
The Israeli military is dismissing a former chief prosecutor over a controversy involving the alleged rape of the detainee from Gaza. The soldiers were reinstated to the military.
“It's a purest annual ester reports. The case made headlines in 2024 when Israeli TV broadcast footage of Israeli soldiers leading away a Palestinian detainee,”
then holding up shields hiding their actions as they allegedly inserted an object into his rectum causing injury. Five soldiers were indicted, causing demonstrations in support of the soldiers. The military's top prosecutor admitted to leaking the security camera footage, and she was suspended from her post. Now, the Israeli military chief is officially discharging her from the army. Israel's defense minister welcomed her dismissal, saying she harmed the soldier's reputation and deserves many years in prison.
Charges were dropped against the soldiers. They were allowed to return to military service. Daniel Estrin and PR News, Tel Aviv. And you're listening to in PR News. Iran is condemning the latest US air strikes as a show of bad faith. The US launch strikes Monday as Iranian and Cotariah negotiators were in Doha for peace talks. The US characterized the strikes in southern Iran as defensive, saying targets included missile launch sites and boat slaying mines.
Iran says they were a ceasefire violation, and that it has to write to retaliate. Meanwhile, Israel pounded Lebanon Tuesday. The strikes described as one of the heaviest days of bombing in weeks. Lebanon's health ministry says at least 31 people were killed. The strikes came as Lebanese and Israeli delegates are to meet in Washington in the coming days. Music fans are celebrating a milestone celebrated a milestone Tuesday. The Centennial Jazz musician Miles Davis. The influential band leader and trumpeter towering figure for over at eight decades as MPR's Felix Contrary reports.
Miles Davis once claimed he changed jazz five or six times in his statement wasn't that far off. From the birth of the cool in the late 1940s, to modal jazz with kind of blue. To the music of two innovative quintets in the late 1950s in early 1960s. To his very popular records with electric instruments in the early 1970s. Miles Davis's Centennial will be celebrated all year long at jazz festivals and tribute concert to around the country this year. Felix Contraryd us and PR news.
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