Paxton\u2019s win, despite his history of scandals, signals the president\u2019s enduring grip over the state. Plus, one sex educator on why she doesn\u2019t define sex at all<\/p>\n
Good morning.<\/p>\n
Ken Paxton, the scandal-ridden Texas attorney general<\/a> who was backed by Donald Trump, beat the incumbent, John Cornyn, in the Republican primary runoff for senator, signaling how much sway the president still has in the deep red state.<\/p>\n And Paxton\u2019s new opponent?<\/strong> As a Democrat, Talarico faces long odds in Texas, but has built a groundswell of popularity through his message of peace and populism. Ahead of the primary, Cristina Tzintz\u00fan Ramirez, a former Democratic candidate for the Senate and a partner at Ascend Strategy Labs<\/a>, <\/em>a social justice consulting firm in Austin, said that \u201cif Ken Paxton becomes the candidate, Talarico has a shot\u201d.<\/p>\n How much has funding declined?<\/strong> The WFP\u2019s funding was cut last year<\/a> by a third, with the US, the largest donor by far, decreasing its contribution by more than half.<\/p>\n How does the US-Israel war on Iran<\/strong> affect famine?<\/strong> Most directly, it drives up food prices, mostly because of transport costs, but some aid routes have also been blocked.<\/p>\n Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paxton\u2019s win, despite his history of scandals, signals the president\u2019s enduring grip over the state. Plus, one sex educator on why she doesn\u2019t define sex at all Good morning. Ken Paxton, the scandal-ridden Texas attorney general who was backed by Donald Trump, beat the incumbent, John Cornyn, in the Republican primary runoff for senator, signaling … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}