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8:40 AM ET, May 27, 2026

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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
South Carolina's redistricting effort fails in the state Senate amid GOP opposition  —  Some Republican lawmakers changed their stance on enacting a new map before the midterms when early voting for the June primary began on Tuesday.  —  The Republican-led South Carolina Senate on Tuesday voted …
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
The Texas Senate election is a tossup  —  I'm breaking my rule of not covering breaking news to write about tonight's election results in Texas, my home state.  (And hey, with a baby on the way, who knows how much longer I'll get to stay up late and write when I should be resting?)
Discussion: New York Times
Matthew Choi / Washington Post:
Why some Republicans are worried about Ken Paxton as a Senate nominee  —  Few politicians have garnered as much scandal in Texas as Paxton, but he has ignited the MAGA base, who see him as a fighter.  —  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican Senate primary in his state Tuesday night, ousting incumbent Sen. John Cornyn.
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Donald Trump's revenge tour might not end in 2026 … Cornyn backed Trump in January 2024 and went to great lengths to win Trump's favor once Trump secured the 2024 Republican nomination for president — after initially running lukewarm on his comeback bid.  Trump's decision to seek retribution anyway …
Discussion: MS NOW
Liz Crampton / Politico:
Rep. Chip Roy loses runoff for Texas attorney general to a MAGA challenger … Trump made no endorsement in the race.  —  Middleton finished ahead of Roy in the March primary, knocking out two other opponents.  A wealthy oil businessman from Galveston, Texas, Middleton loaned his campaign more than $16 million.
Paul Krugman:
Texas's Senate Race Will Be a Referendum On Healthcare  —  So Texas Republicans have, by a huge margin, rejected Sen. John Cornyn, a hardline conservative whose great failing, from Donald Trump's point of view, was that he occasionally took stands on principle.
Bloomberg:
Trump's Defeat of Cornyn Is a Win for Him, But Also Democrats
Discussion: The Guardian
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Endorsed by Trump, Paxton Crushes Cornyn: Takeaways From the Texas Runoff Elections
Discussion: Axios, NOTUS, Newsweek and Breitbart
Associated Press:
Texas live updates: Ken Paxton wins Senate primary runoff, defeats incumbent Sen. John Cornyn
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Colin Allred, Former Lawmaker, Wins Democratic Runoff for House Seat
Lauren McGaughy / New York Times:   As Republicans Battled in the Runoff, Talarico Sought to Unify Democrats
Charles Creitz / Fox News:
Trump-backed Air Force veteran wins GOP runoff in newly-redistricted House district
Discussion: New York Times and IJR
Bloomberg:
Paxton Trounces Cornyn in Texas Runoff After Winning Trump Nod
NBC News:
Texas Senate Primary Runoff Results 2026
Discussion: NPR, Blaze Media and Mediaite
Bridget Bowman / NBC News:
Ken Paxton defeats GOP Sen. John Cornyn in Texas primary runoff
Reuters:
US CDC seeks staff for Ebola screening as outbreak response expands  —  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has asked staff to volunteer for urgent deployment to support Ebola screening at the country's entry points, according to an email seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
Discussion: The Japan Times and CBS News
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Siddhi Mahatole / Reuters:
US to set up quarantine facility in Kenya for Americans exposed to Ebola, WSJ reports  —  The Trump administration is expected to deploy U.S. public health officers to Kenya to staff a potential quarantine facility there amid the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
New York Times:
Trump Administration to Send Americans Exposed to Ebola to Kenya  —  In past outbreaks, Americans exposed to the virus were sent home to be treated in state-of-the-art facilities.  The Trump administration has already flown some U.S. citizens to Europe for treatment.
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Trump appoints Bondi to White House AI panel  —  President Trump has appointed former Attorney General Pam Bondi to an advisory committee focused on AI policy, Axios has learned. … - The panel is chaired by former White House AI adviser David Sacks and White House science adviser Michael Kratsios.
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Politico:
Paxton wins, Talarico spins  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner  —  Good Wednesday morning, it's Adam.  Get in touch.  —  In today's Playbook ...  — Democrats chase a Texas-sized white whale.  — Chip Roy, Al Green and Julie Johnson go down.
Discussion: WTOP News
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
High-Level British Spy Warns of Expanding Russia Threat  —  The director of Britain's electronic surveillance agency warns that Russia is only getting more brazen as battlefield losses in Ukraine mount.  —  As Russia fails to gain ground in the war in Ukraine, President Vladimir V. Putin appears …
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Americans blame Trump for the cost-of-living crisis.  Here's what they want done about it.  —  A new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll finds 58% of Americans say Trump has made the economy worse — and voters are blaming him, not Biden, for the high cost of living.
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Eric Levitz / Vox:   The 2026 economy could have been great — if not for Trump
Financial Times:
Donald Trump's Board of Peace fund is empty  —  Despite $17bn in pledges, organisation is stuck in limbo with no money flowing to projects in Gaza
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Ramsey Khalifeh / Gothamist:
Exclusive renderings of Penn Station overhaul show Trump's name with presidential seal  —  Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations  —  The winning plan to rebuild Penn Station features renderings of a new train hall with American flags at the entrance, gold-accented railings …
Discussion: Raw Story and New Republic
Torrence Banks / NOTUS:
Republican Rep. Mike Flood Jeered at Another Contentious Nebraska Town Hall  —  It was the second time in less than a year that Flood has faced angry constituents.  — Copy  —  Rep. Mike Flood, a Republican from Nebraska, was jeered and backpedaled from several of President Donald Trump's …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Emily Guskin / ABC News:
Americans most likely to say Democrats don't stand up to Republicans, Republicans support Trump too much: ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll  —  Open-ended questions give ABC News an idea what people think about both parties.  —  President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a Memorial …
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
US-Israel war on Iran driving historic levels of global hunger, UN says  —  Conflict and cuts in funding have left World Food Programme ‘taking from the hungry to feed the starving’  —  The continuing US-Israel war on Iran has compounded other global disasters to drive record numbers of people …
Tony Blair Institute:
The Labour Party Is Playing With Fire Over Its Future and the Future of the Country  —  The Labour Party is playing with fire; or, more accurately, with its future, and that of the country.  —  I led the Labour Party for 13 years and through three general elections.
Discussion: Politico, HuffPost and Bloomberg
Garrett Downs / CNBC:
Republicans stare down inflation abyss with midterms fast approaching … Republicans have said for months that inflation is former President Joe Biden's problem.  Now, they're staring down the barrel of an inflation crisis of their own making just in time for the midterm election, and the blame game is just getting started.
 
 
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