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WATCH: Embattled GOP senator warns red state ‘at risk’ of historic Dem victory as voters head to polls

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As voters head to the polls today in Texas, GOP Sen. John Cornyn is warning the longtime red state is «at risk» of Democrats pulling off a historic upset for a critical Senate seat.
Cornyn’s primary race against challenger Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton finally comes to a head in today’s runoff election. After what has been a particularly bruising primary, Cornyn expressed his worry that Republicans stand to lose a seat that would be devastating for the party’s hopes of retaining a majority in the upper chamber.
Speaking with Fox News Digital ahead of Election Day, Cornyn touted Texas as «the most conservatively governed state in the country,» making it a «land of opportunity and where the American dream is still very much alive.»
«But I think all of that’s at risk, depending on how this primary runoff turns out, because I think Ken Paxton’s flaws and the baggage he brings to the general election are going to be exploited up to the fullest by James Talarico and by Democrats,» he said.
SENATOR JOHN CORNYN RESPONDS TO TRUMP’S ENDORSEMENT OF KEN PAXTON
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is calling Democratic challenger James Talarico to condemn his pastor for making light of third assassination attempt on President Donald Trump’s life. (Photo by Danielle Villasana // by Heather Diehl/)
Whoever emerges Tuesday night will have to face state Rep. James Talarico, a Democratic rising star who many in the party believe has broad enough appeal to finally flip the state for the first time in over two decades.
Cornyn expressed worry about Talarico’s fundraising abilities, citing the $27 million he raised in the first quarter of the year. He asserted that if Paxton wins, «there will be a tsunami of money coming into the state from outside.»
He also asserted that «it’s not only that Senate seat he [Paxton] puts at risk, it’s also all the down-ballot races, state legislative races, local races, like the judges and the like.»
«We haven’t elected a Democrat in statewide office since 1994 in Texas,» he said. «President Trump is not running, so the Senate race will be at the top, and I believe that I will be in a better position to help provide a significant margin, a winning margin, not only in my case, but also to help everybody down ballot.»
«I don’t think the attorney general can do that because of the significant baggage he brings into the race, which jeopardizes success from the top to the bottom,» he said.
Paxton has faced a slew of scandals and legal problems that have battered him over the past decade. In 2023, the Texas House of Representatives voted to impeach Paxton, but he was eventually acquitted of all charges by the state Senate.
TRUMP FLEXES MAGA MUSCLE IN TEXAS SENATE RUNOFF CLASH BETWEEN CORNYN AND PAXTON

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has leaned heavily on President Donald Trump’s endorsement in his Senate runoff campaign against Sen. John Cornyn. (Elías Valverde II/The Dallas Morning News/Getty Images)
The attorney general is also dealing with a very messy divorce, with his wife citing «biblical grounds» based on «recent discoveries» in filing last year to end their marriage.
Despite this and Cornyn’s status as a longtime fixture of the Republican Party, it is Paxton who has been endorsed by President Donald Trump.
«Ken is a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate,» Trump wrote in a social media post.
Trump said, «John Cornyn is a good man, and I worked well with him, but he was not supportive of me when times were tough.» Pointing to the senator’s past criticism of him, Trump added, «John was very late in backing me in what turned out to be a Historic Run for the Republican Nomination, and then, the Presidency.»
Cornyn, in turn, emphasized his support for the president and his agenda, telling Fox News Digital, «President Trump has called me a friend and a good man, and we’ve worked with him closely for both terms of office.»
Paxton, who grabbed significant national attention the past dozen years by filing lawsuits against the Obama and Biden administrations, disagreed.
ON EVE OF REPUBLICAN SENATE RUNOFF ELECTION, GOP SEN JOHN CORNYN TELLS FOX NEWS DIGITAL ‘TEXANS CAN BE PRETTY INDEPENDENT’

Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, center, campaigns at a meet and greet in Corpus Christi, Texas, on May 22, 2026, days ahead of the runoff election for the GOP Senate nomination. (Luke Travisan/Fox News)
«John Cornyn fought Trump on the border. And you can go back over about a decade and see that he was not for the border wall,» Paxton charged in an interview on Fox News’ «The Big Weekend Show.»
Paxton also argued that the senator «fought the president’s reelection. He fought him in 2024, said his time had passed, and he fought him in 2016. So, this is not a pro-Trump guy. I don’t know if we could be more different on the Republican issues than John Cornyn and me. So, there is a vast difference between the two of us.»
Cornyn pushed back.
«I don’t know how much more with him I could be than 99.3% of the time,» the senator told Fox News Digital.
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«I want him to be successful. I want America to be successful, and I want Republicans to be successful. But you know, in the end, as I said, Texans are the only ones going to be able to make a choice, and I think Texans can be pretty independent,» Cornyn added.
Fox News Digital reached out to Talarico for comment.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces potential leadership challenge from newly-elected Andy Burnham

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Andy Burnham has officially won his special election and regained a seat in Parliament, setting him up to challenge the deeply unpopular Keir Starmer as the leader of the Labour party and as prime minister.
Burnham, currently the mayor of Greater Manchester in northwest England, won a seat in Makerfield and came away with 55% of the vote in a field of more than a dozen candidates, according to The Associated Press. The runner-up was Rob Kenyon of Reform UK, a right-wing populist party, who received more than 9,000 fewer votes than Burnham.
Burnham last served as a member of Parliament in 2017 but strongly implied in his victory speech that he is returning with the intention to lead the United Kingdom.
«Everyone knows that politics isn’t working. Everyone can feel that the country isn’t where it should be. Tonight could, just could, be the turning point,» he said, according to the AP. «This result will bring about a country that works fairly for everywhere and for everybody.»
TRUMP ALLY NIGEL FARAGE DEALS MAJOR BLOW TO STARMER IN LOCAL UK ELECTIONS AS RESIGNATION CALLS MOUNT
Britain’s Labour party candidate Andy Burnham speaks to supporters after the Makerfield by-election in Ashton in Makerfield, England, on Friday, June 19, 2026. (Jon Super/AP)
This special election, called by-elections in Britain, was unusually significant because the area’s Labour MP, Josh Simons, intentionally resigned to allow Burnham to win the seat and pursue leadership.
The potentially outsized impact of this election was juxtaposed with the strange scene that unfolded when all the candidates gathered on Friday morning to hear the results. Burnham stood in between an independent candidate dressed in a fox costume and another candidate known as «Count Binface».
As his name suggests, «Count Binface,» whose real name is Jonathan David Harvey, was wearing a trash can on his head and regularly runs in U.K. elections to advocate for increased voter turnout.
Starmer congratulated Burnham in a social media post on X, saying voters «chose Labour’s campaign of hope and optimism over division and hate.»
When asked about Burnham’s intentions to oust him as leader, Starmer said he will fight to remain prime minister, a position he has held for nearly two years.
«I’ve said repeatedly I’m not going to walk away from that,» Starmer told reporters.

Labour party candidate Andy Burnham, center, stands with other candidates on the podium at the Edge Wigan, awaiting the Makerfield by-election result announcement in Wigan, England, on Friday, June 19, 2026. (Jon Super/AP)
AS EPSTEIN-LINKED APPOINTMENT SPARKS BACKLASH, UK PM STARMER FACES PARTY REVOLT AMID RESIGNATION CALLS
Starmer led the Labour party to a landslide victory in July 2024 and ever since, his popularity has been eroding thanks to a persistently high cost of living, an anemic economy and a scandal over his willingness to accept gifts from wealthy donors.
Last September, Starmer was slammed for appointing Peter Mandelson as the British ambassador to the United States, when it was known as early as 2019 that Mandelson had a friendship with convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Following an enormous public backlash, Mandelson was quickly dismissed from his post.
With Starmer as leader, Labour is increasingly losing liberal-minded voters to the Green Party, while also facing stronger challenges by Reform UK, a Nigel Farage-led party that advocates against mass migration and in favor of tighter border controls. Farage, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, said he was disappointed by Burnham’s victory.
Burnham is expected to head to London to be sworn in as soon as Monday. Under the British parliamentary system, the governing party can hold leadership elections in the middle of the term. The winner of such a contest can become prime minister without there having to be a national election.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer awaits Switzerland’s Federal President Guy Parmelin on the sidelines of the G7 summit, in Evian-les-Bains, France, on Tuesday, June 16, 2026 (Isabel Infantes/Pool Reuters via AP)
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Under Labour rules, a lawmaker can challenge the leader if they win the backing of a fifth of their party’s members in the House of Commons. Burnham has enough lawmakers on board to trigger a leadership contest, according to a report from The New Statesman.
According to the AP, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said Burnham and Starmer will «have a conversation about what comes next» in the next few days.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Tragedia en Central Park: un turista de 18 años murió al caer de un carruaje luego de que un caballo saliera desbocado

Un adolescente que viajaba como turista murió el miércoles por la tarde cuando el caballo que tiraba del carruaje en el que viajaba se asustó y salió al galope por Central Park.
Todo comenzó cerca de la fuente de Cherry Hill, en el parque, el cochero se detuvo para tomar una foto familiar a Romanch Mahajan, de 18 años, a sus padres y a su hermano pequeño. El conductor se alejó del carruaje rojo y blanco para encuadrar la foto, dijo Deepak Mahajan, el padre de Romanch.
En un instante, el caballo se desbocó. Se subió a la vereda y se metió en el césped, acelerando sin control, con el conductor corriendo detrás.
“Gritábamos: ‘¡Ayuda, ayuda!’”, dijo Mahajan. La familia se aferró desesperadamente unos a otros, pero cuando la mujer de Mahajan, Priya, se cayó del carruaje, Romanch saltó para intentar ayudarla, contó él.
“Mi hijo, solo para salvar a su madre, se cayó”, dijo Mahajan, de 44 años. “Gritaba: ‘¡Mamá!’”.
Romanch se golpeó la cabeza contra el suelo y se quedó inmóvil. Romanch Mahajan junto a su familia. (Foto: The New York Times).
Murió el miércoles por la noche en el NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center. El resto de la familia salió ileso, aunque su carruaje chocó contra otro y se volcó, haciéndose añicos.
El accidente, que ocurrió sobre las 14:45, fue el último de una larguísima serie de percances relacionados con los caballos de los carruajes.
El sindicato que representa a los cocheros, los conductores de este tipo de transporte, dijo que esto nunca debería haber pasado.
“Parece que el cochero estaba al menos a un brazo de distancia de su caballo”, dijo Alexander Kemp, vicepresidente del sindicato Transport Workers Union Local 100, en un comunicado. “Esto es inaceptable. Un cochero no debe bajarse del carruaje para hacer fotos, nunca. Apoyamos que se lleve a cabo una investigación exhaustiva”.

Romanch Mahajan murió en el accidente del carruaje. (Foto: gentileza WNYW).
Dijo que el caballo, un ejemplar de 7 años llamado Sampson que parecía no haber sufrido lesiones, llevaba solo seis semanas trabajando en el parque y pidió que se le retirará del servicio. El propietario del carruaje suspendió al cochero de forma indefinida, añadió Kemp. Un agente de las fuerzas del orden, que pidió permanecer en el anonimato para hablar de una investigación en curso, identificó al cochero como Ertan Gokdepe, de Queens.
El accidente provocó de inmediato nuevos llamamientos por parte de defensores de los animales, funcionarios y la asociación Central Park Conservancy -que gestiona el parque- para prohibir los carruajes en el parque. Hay más de 100 caballos de carruaje en Manhattan.
“No podemos permitir que esto se trate como un incidente aislado más”, dijo en un comunicado el concejal Christopher Marte, que presentó un proyecto de ley para prohibir los carruajes a finales del año que viene. “El Ayuntamiento debe actuar con la urgencia que exige esta tragedia”.
La presidenta del Ayuntamiento, Julie Menin, anunció el miércoles por la noche que el Ayuntamiento debatirá el proyecto de ley de Marte el mes que viene.
La asociación de conservación del parque dijo que se habían producido ocho “incidentes relacionados con caballos” en el parque o en sus alrededores desde mayo de 2025, incluido uno el mes pasado en el que un caballo chocó contra otro carruaje y provocó que este volcara, y otro en enero en el que un caballo se adentró en el carril contrario y chocó contra varios coches. La semana pasada, un caballo de carruaje llamado Deniz murió tras comer tejo japonés, una planta tóxica para los caballos, en el parque.
Tanto la asociación como NYCLASS, que lleva años luchando para acabar con el uso comercial de caballos de carruaje, dijeron que esta muerte era la primera en un accidente de carruaje tirado por caballos de la que tenían constancia.
“La semana pasada estábamos en las escaleras del Ayuntamiento diciendo que alguien iba a morir”, dijo Edita Birnkrant, directora ejecutiva de NYCLASS. “Ahora ha pasado”.
NYCLASS pidió al alcalde Zohran Mamdani, quien apoya la retirada de los caballos de los carruajes del parque, que emita una orden ejecutiva para prohibirlos de inmediato.
Mamdani calificó la muerte de “incidente horrible” en un comunicado el miércoles por la noche. “Estoy deseando trabajar con el Ayuntamiento, los sindicatos, los cocheros, los defensores del bienestar animal y los líderes de la comunidad para lograr una transición justa que proteja a los trabajadores y, al mismo tiempo, acabe de una vez por todas con los carruajes tirados por caballos en Central Park”, dijo el alcalde.
La asociación de conservación del parque, que durante mucho tiempo evitó posicionarse sobre los caballos de carruaje pero que el año pasado empezó a pedir su prohibición, dijo que estaba consternada al enterarse de la muerte de Mahajan.
“Un joven vino a disfrutar de nuestro parque y perdió la vida”, dijo la asociación en un comunicado. “Ese no es un costo aceptable para una industria anticuada que opera en medio de uno de los espacios públicos más concurridos de Estados Unidos”.
Los videos publicados en X muestran cómo el carruaje toma una curva a toda velocidad y, segundos después, choca contra otro carruaje y vuelca.
A primera hora de la tarde del miércoles, el carruaje seguía volcado en West Drive, con las ruedas delanteras arrancadas de la carrocería.
Mahajan dijo que la familia había reservado un viaje especial para celebrar la graduación de Romanch de la secundaria. El lunes, el día que llegaron a Nueva York, se enteró de que lo habían admitido en la Universidad Manipal de Jaipur, que su padre describió como una de las mejores universidades de India.
“Este incidente hay que tomárselo muy en serio”, dijo Mahajan. “Le arrebató el sueño de mi hijo”.
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Reporter’s Notebook: How Trump’s surprise move on DNI confirmation upended key Senate deal on FISA

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They didn’t know what to do.
Just before 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, President Trump blindsided everyone in the U.S. Senate. In a post on Truth Social, the president declared he was «cancelling the Senate hearing» for his Director of National Intelligence nominee Jay Clayton. Moreover, the President said he would withhold Clayton’s nomination from «going forward until Jamie McDonald is approved to be U.S. Attorney.»
If confirmed, Clayton would vacate his post as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. That’s the slot for which the President is nominating McDonald.
TRUMP SAYS SENATE HEARING ON DNI NOMINEE IS CANCELED UNTIL US ATTORNEY REPLACEMENT CONFIRMED
Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks next to Jessica S. Tisch, New York Police Department commissioner, during a press conference at NYPD headquarters following the arrest of suspects charged with igniting IEDs near Gracie Mansion, the home of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, in New York City on March 9, 2026. (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)
So what would happen with the hearing?
Lawmakers and aides scrambled as they woke to the news Wednesday morning. After all, Trump is the president. He doesn’t have the authority to cancel a Senate hearing.
«Yeah. I don’t think that’s his call,» said Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Intelligence Committee.
One senior source told Fox News they presumed that Clayton’s confirmation hearing would forge ahead. Another told Fox the fate of the hearing was «undetermined.»
On one hand, lawmakers and aides had to first digest what was happening. Was the President withdrawing Clayton’s nomination? Was he saying he just wasn’t allowing Clayton to testify? Did the head of the executive branch really believe he could bigfoot a congressional hearing? Or was this the president flexing his political muscle, testing Senate Republicans to see how compliant they might be with his intimation — and potentially cancel the hearing on their own?
So was Clayton’s hearing on or off?
«Are we going to have an Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing today?» yours truly asked panel Chairman Tom Cotton, R-Ark., as he slid behind a backdoor to a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Silence from Cotton.
SCOOP: TOP GOP SEN. COTTON TO MEET WITH EMBATTLED TRUMP DEFENSE NOMINEE AS DOUBTS SWIRL

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., arrives for a vote in the U.S. Capitol on April 30, 2025, stating the war with Iran will continue for weeks as the U.S. limits their offensive capabilities. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
«Do you know the answer?» I followed up.
«Do you think the President overstepped his bounds, saying he was canceling the hearing?» I continued.
By that point, Cotton was well behind the doorway and it closed.
«I have never seen anything quite like this,» said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., one of the longest-serving members on the Intelligence Committee in Senate history. «Everybody else is going to have to keep guessing for a while.»
It was Washington whiplash.
«Things change around here pretty quick, Chad,» quipped Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D.
But a bit later, Cotton finally weighed-in when he posted on X that the hearing would proceed. The Arkansas Republican then materialized again in the hallway, heading for an elevator bank.
«To be clear, you will proceed with the hearing and you expect Jay Clayton to be there despite what the President said?» I asked.
A steel-faced Cotton stared straight ahead at the green elevator door.
«Chad, you have our statement,» said a terse Cotton.
But an hour later, Cotton ditched the hearing after the President blocked Clayton from testifying.
«It’s regrettable that the President has directed Jay Clayton not to appear at his confirmation hearing today,» said Cotton in a new statement on X. «While today’s hearing is now unfortunately postponed, I look forward to proceeding with his confirmation in the near future.»
The stunning reversal left everyone trying to grasp what happened. And what might be next.
SPRINT TO CONFIRM TRUMP NOMINEES KICKS OFF IN JANUARY

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a morning work meeting to «revive balanced, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth for the benefit of all» in the presence of the G7 countries, partner countries, the International Monetary Fund, and the OECD, as part of the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 17, 2026. (Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images)
«I am not sure whether Jay Clayton has simply been postponed or withdrawn,» mused Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the Vice Chairman of the Intelligence Committee. «I wonder whether Jay Clayton knows whether he has been postponed or withdrawn.»
Democrats and Republicans brokered a fragile agreement weeks ago to renew FISA Section 702. The intelligence community argues that program is the powerful tool in the American arsenal to track and combat potential terrorism. Congress repeatedly punted a full renewal for months.
But with both bodies on the precipice of reauthorizing the program, President Trump announced he would install housing czar Bill Pulte as interim DNI. Democrats balked at Pulte, noting he had no intelligence experience. Plus, they viewed him as a political hack who would run roughshod over America’s intelligence apparatus.
So Democrats pulled their support from the FISA compromise.
Most Republicans weren’t exactly enamored with Pulte, either. And those worried about the nation’s security pushed to block Pulte from entering the DNI’s office. That’s why Cotton scheduled Clayton’s confirmation hearing so quickly. It was thought that the Senate might be able to pivot after the hearing and confirm Clayton on the floor late this week or early next.
Rapid confirmation of Clayton was essential. Such a scenario would unlock Democrats’ votes to reauthorize FISA Section 702 after the program’s congressional blessing expired a week ago.
That was the plan. At least until the president initiated the firestorm over Clayton’s confirmation hearing this week.
«Another Trump victory gets upended by an impulse,» vented Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D. «It’s frustrating.»
WHY TRUMP PICKED BILL PULTE TO LEAD US INTELLIGENCE AS CRITICS QUESTION HIS QUALIFICATIONS

Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., spoke to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2025, before the weekly Republican Senate policy luncheon. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
But wait. There’s more.
President Trump inserted another chestnut — or hot potato — into his pre-dawn Truth Social screed. Especially if you thought the president was going to make it easy for Congress to hastily re-up FISA as soon as the Senate confirmed Clayton.
«To add a slight bit of intrigue but, for the Good of the Nation, and the People of our Country, I will not approve FISA without THE SAVE AMERICA ACT going along with it,» Trump said.
He added that his plan was for Pulte to «remain as the Acting Director of National Intelligence» and declared that «Republicans fell into a trap.»
The SAVE America Act is the touchstone of President Trump’s 2026 legislative agenda. It requires proof of citizenship to vote. However, the bill has never garnered even 50 yeas in the Senate on two previous test votes.
«We’ve got to pass the SAVE America Act and conditioning passage of FISA on the prior passage of SAVE America would be a great thing,» said Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.
Other Senate Republicans were more realistic, based on the legislative history of the SAVE America Act.
«You can’t always get what you want,» said Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. «I mean, I want a Porsche for my birthday. I’m not going to get it.»
TRUMP, THUNE CLASH ON VOTER ID ULTIMATUM AS GOP REMAINS DIVIDED ON PATH FORWARD

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said a classified briefing reinforced his view that Iran’s leaders would use a nuclear weapon if they obtained one during a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C. (Elizabeth Frantz / Reuters)
Democrats seethed about national security as Republicans squirmed.
«We had a path forward as of yesterday (on FISA) and today we don’t,» said Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz. «This has become a complete debacle and now it’s up to the White House to figure out a path forward here.»
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No one knows what’s next for Clayton. Or McDonald. Or FISA. And there’s high skepticism anything happens on the SAVE America Act. So it’s all in a cryogenic Congressional freeze.
Regardless, Clayton’s confirmation hearing never happened. Such hearings are the responsibility of the legislative branch. But by the end of the day, there was no question who canceled it.
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