Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), one of Congress’s most high-profile conservatives, was defeated in the GOP runoff for Texas attorney general on Tuesday. Roy, who has served in the House since 2019, lost the nomination to state Sen. Mayes Middleton. When the Associated Press called the race, Roy trailed Middleton 44.3% to 55.7%. Given that no […]

Four-term Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) lost renomination to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday in a GOP primary that became a referendum on loyalty to President Donald Trump. The Trump-backed Paxton received 62.5% of the votes compared to Cornyn’s 37.5% when the Associated Press called the race. The three-term attorney general will face off […]

Rep. Christian Menefee (D-TX) beat longtime Rep. Al Green (D-TX) in Tuesday’s Democratic primary runoff after the two Texas incumbents were placed in the same seat by mid-decade redistricting. When the Associated Press called the race, Green trailed Menefee 31.1% to 68.9%. Age and generational change were a central theme in the contest. Green, 78, […]

President Donald Trump threw his support behind the federal agency overseeing prediction markets on Tuesday, amid a growing battle between Washington and the states over who should regulate the rapidly expanding industry. Trump backed the authority of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency responsible for overseeing derivatives and financial markets, arguing that prediction […]