{"id":70824,"date":"2026-05-19T16:53:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/19\/trump-endorses-ken-paxton-over-incumbent-john-cornyn-in-texas-senate-primary-runoff-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T16:53:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:53:41","slug":"trump-endorses-ken-paxton-over-incumbent-john-cornyn-in-texas-senate-primary-runoff-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/19\/trump-endorses-ken-paxton-over-incumbent-john-cornyn-in-texas-senate-primary-runoff-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump endorses Ken Paxton over incumbent John Cornyn in Texas Senate primary runoff &#8211; NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxOb0pmUE1yTmpxSVowVEdMVVAwbFhXWXlqVDVEbjczWXkwRjIwZFU4eE55MGMzMUVlM0NDT21QU0JnUTllTWkzMVg3eUp5QjczN1pzWHpwaTJwOHQtQTExX3lsZnBYcGJKVWVKemlTT21OQUdSZzdMTWV2eGpITnFSYjNkQXJPY1dHdUlB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump endorses Ken Paxton over incumbent John Cornyn in Texas Senate primary runoff<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTFBmc0RGSnhiWUtKY202SXV3YndFdGRXcGdOS1VjeEltSkdiQUpybmdxVzdvWENRQjdPZGdnNFc0Z21CY1dfVGxoRk01ak11ZWxJbUsxeW9TOEFJbmhPZWFidWR5SmM0NmdxN1FJWjJ0VmFPLXVTYW9lRno1NEwzQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump endorses Paxton, upending Senate GOP plans in Texas race<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxPTHB6ZVVRU0RIdk0wWm9lUTNXZ1dkRUU0VV9TTGtlYUFTS3VDbm11Vm16UDJDdzRZQ2VuVUN3dmZwN1Z4c3dGdHkxc2I4eXhkZEJubHBSdE1yT2FxMkl1aHA0MVZCRWFUZW9XN2lfVkVlQ01yWkl1YzUyeGhwazJPRXVHZk5EekJ0eHBFVUhKQjdMMUZZZmJUN0lITmY4dEx6dUJKNEtZc2dTZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Who Is Ken Paxton, Trump\u2019s Pick in the Texas Senate Race?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgJBVV95cUxQSFk2ckxJT2JIM0xIRUxtNGZIVTcwYzZma3RIcEtud21aY1pRM1lWaDI3ZWhfMjQzazZpNE5XSnhyZlZFV0hqdUJnaUhuU25OYU1Sc0c1Zkk0dnlnZkZGcTVsWVU4T2xZQVdjMGEtWm9YTmUtdDlQX3lLNWc2NXA3NHRqVkpyRTg0QmsyUGFjY19vc1BZQUVwcktLb25QTlM1TktiaHVSOHFqMG5sVGo4ZGpxZi14cXk1UHdrZnpKUGRxVllDZEZRVF9ZbWVybk5wWWNJYWl6U3VUMkxYX0tvd1NTQ2NNX254cGNvd1BnN3JBX0pOdU5Td2wyc29uMmxfdnJYTVhsZ2xxa2dJOWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump endorses Paxton in Texas and attacks Kentucky\u2019s Massie again as six states vote in primaries \u2013 US politics live<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQWFZPVWcyU05iZkpkTzE0eXEzRHcyalplUDRwcHpWaXRsUXEzRHJMdnNuYUM0TTdhNVRNbkpWdVZRaFNrSl9MNVlFQ3NQclF6RXZ5TUhVYk44SUtvMDlvNEFiZ0tBWk41bnhhNWo4Qy1rTUxZVUFWSUdiTG05bHBYY0dWc3ZDemttaTNvV3c3OGRlVVhqaDJpa0hYQdIBoAFBVV95cUxQSHQ5T2hiSlFGMzhOaWxRLXVSWFdvUmhsUzNxem1rX2Z6b0pvNjF4dmRFeXJHeERkRkJuOWttRm90QUM2ZHlwcnRRWTMxVTU4VmJhcGNzTGloZGZmZWVra3h1M2FzeVdJckFWaUVtMjE0UnBsb21fRFgxbEFFc1Z5b2N2SnNzclhJbTkwN0RSWnlSSVNiOFZqLW56Uk1yYnct?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump flexes endorsement power for Ken Paxton after ousting Cassidy, targeting Massie<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump endorses Ken Paxton over incumbent John Cornyn in Texas Senate primary runoff&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR Trump endorses Paxton, upending Senate GOP plans in Texas race&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN Who Is&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/19\/trump-endorses-ken-paxton-over-incumbent-john-cornyn-in-texas-senate-primary-runoff-npr\/\" 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-70824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70824","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=70824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}