What the Texas primary reveals about Trump’s power over the GOP
The episode covers three major stories: Ken Paxton’s decisive victory over John Cornyn in Texas’s Republican Senate primary, fueled by Trump’s endorsement; the escalating Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, hindered by political instability and weakened U.S. glo
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