{"id":68213,"date":"2026-05-16T13:33:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T13:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/16\/gop-sen-bill-cassidy-fights-to-hold-onto-seat-in-louisiana-primary-against-trump-backed-challenger-cbs-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T13:33:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T13:33:50","slug":"gop-sen-bill-cassidy-fights-to-hold-onto-seat-in-louisiana-primary-against-trump-backed-challenger-cbs-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/16\/gop-sen-bill-cassidy-fights-to-hold-onto-seat-in-louisiana-primary-against-trump-backed-challenger-cbs-news\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy fights to hold onto seat in Louisiana primary against Trump-backed challenger &#8211; CBS News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxNdGdGS3FxUERHQmxvVDMtaFVvWElnbHNwWl9GZi1JSE4xdktLMmtNUWJmanVfdUhzemY0c2hvRHJBRmJaZE9EMUQyUDZCYWdsYXY5eFlBNEVRMW5adHFabW5LOURZRnJ4bDZmejZEaGtOam1ZQXdnU2pJRzFESXRCTGcteWgyVUVDWEhEWVFnem7SAZYBQVVfeXFMTmRvNnh6WEQ1QjVqQThrYnpja1duckhMbjh1eFFVU2p6WHhMOVNXNUVhQm5zNnZYa3d0T09pYnJBdzAxaWtTNnFvaDZMcURpem1xRlpmT2owMlVsQkNJMEsxeGp1X3JuR2NZMEJGVzVfN183Zkx1NzJfYTZWNmpTRHJwMEpEYW1USDhvdjRhWklaNjJYOUVB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy fights to hold onto seat in Louisiana primary against Trump-backed challenger<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CBS News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxPZ0VHWTFMNFM0ZjZ4M3g0Q01yZEYway1TWDBWY19aeWdGR2FZTjd2TlVLb25TZ3FYelVQb3FfdDZCWXJHem11TkpoM3pYb0pxUm9YMTdoR3JBRWZxQUViRE8xOGY0b19tdFF5ODRTWlozdUVFMzE5WDBkM0dCamwwa1F4aE4zdnNtZ1c0d2tJaXA3eXpodWJwZGxwbURLUDBydDRUcEwyYlZmUWtZWjQ5RA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s drive for political revenge faces a key test in Saturday\u2019s Louisiana Senate primary<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxPTndEM1RNYWYycXZVNlh5bFRld0hXVjVObnFTOElnZ0JmRWNVNEZRRlIxS2VFZWFGSW5vTTVSUDFFczZuTWo4aHBvTGJTM3FmRWJiZDhnQlh1bHYzOEk1RWdRX1d6cllwZWZFeWcwNEVhS2pKamRTYlprQldTSVZJalp3NDBfNkNzbVc4aVdnWk1mdEROeFczNE5IRGZkc0ZkWE5B?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Cassidy\u2019s defiance vs. Trump\u2019s revenge<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAFBVV95cUxOOFNvbTRrcXdXVjh5d1JfdWx3a2lPVHBWWDR1TkNKRUlmYVdSeGE5cDdtTHgzaE1QSlg5OG5odnRHSFBQaWtkYU9KOGROcUhDZVlrMGZOM3pNU29RVlp1eUgtT1RRaGZsTDRCbzRCUVV6Sksyamc0a0dITGpoR1otMg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">This Republican voted to convict Trump. Now he&#8217;s up for reelection. Can he survive?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxNM0g1bWNKVW1ZV1BneFFUeHBUZ2JsaHJ2emJ4VVVicDJRYnk1dHVLeFVHUlpoVHRIV25QLUFvbXFZdDJYOUFaWEphOF83SjBIZVh0RVdzTjgxaTlKUUFFQk9OQ1drbjMzSzVtRUdIN1Uwb0luRWlCY1M1VWVJcHNCdUdELWx6RmRCRHFrRTdPUWZZYnoxOTdKSGRWaWU4TGdYTm1Eb3JYb1QzVHdta1VCUWJRTnkxZHVaazB0SUdBNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">GOP senator who defied Trump on impeachment faces voters, five years later<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy fights to hold onto seat in Louisiana primary against Trump-backed challenger&nbsp;&nbsp;CBS News Trump\u2019s drive for political revenge faces a key test&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/16\/gop-sen-bill-cassidy-fights-to-hold-onto-seat-in-louisiana-primary-against-trump-backed-challenger-cbs-news\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}