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Trump endorses Paxton in Texas and attacks Kentucky’s Massie again as six states vote in primaries – US politics live
Contest seen as latest test of president’s grip on GOP as he endorses hardline ally over veteran senator for Senate race in Texas Trump endorses attorney general Ken Paxton in Texas Senate primary Sign up for the Breaking News US email Trump told reporters he is giving Iran until the weekend or early next week , to make a deal to end the war. He said that yesterday he was within an hour of deciding to resume bombing Iran but that his negotiators had reported progress in talks. I never tell anybody when. But they knew that we were very close. I would say we were. I was an hour away from making the decision to go today, and we would probably not be talking about a beautiful ballroom today. We’d be talking about that. I had made the decision, so they called up. They had heard I made the decision. They said, sir, could you give us a couple of more days because we think they’re being reasonab
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Trump endorses Paxton in Texas and attacks Kentucky’s Massie again as six states vote in primaries – US politics live, Contest seen as latest test of president’s grip on GOP as he endorses hardline ally over veteran senator for Senate race in Texas Trump endorses attorney general Ken Paxton in Texas Senate primary Sign up for the Breaking News US email Trump told reporters he is giving Iran until the weekend or early next week , to make a deal to end the war. He said that yesterday he was within an hour of deciding to resume bombing Iran but that his negotiators had reported progress in talks. I never tell anybody when. But they knew that we were very close. I would say we were. I was an hour away from making the decision to go today, and we would probably not be talking about a beautiful ballroom today. We’d be talking about that. I had made the decision, so they called up. They had heard I made the decision. They said, sir, could you give us a couple of more days because we think they’re being reasonab
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