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Donald Trump’s Texas rally rocked by repeated protests

Donald Trump’s Texas rally rocked by repeated protests

Trump briefly stepped away from the microphone after one protester appeared to approach the stage Donald Trump’s latest campaign rally was rocked by repeated protests on Wednesday as the US president urged Texas voters to back embattled Senate candidate Ken Paxton. At least half a dozen demonstrators interrupted the US president during his remarks in San Antonio, with some led away by police. One was physically assaulted by an older Trump supporter as he tried to leave the arena. Continue reading...

Donald TrumpKen PaxtonSan Antonio
Oct 8, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Paxton admits Trump’s Iran war and US gas prices are plaguing Republicans in leaked audio

Paxton admits Trump’s Iran war and US gas prices are plaguing Republicans in leaked audio

Texas attorney general acknowledged affordability was his party’s ‘biggest problem’ heading into the midterms US politics live – latest updates Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general running as the Republican candidate in a competitive Senate race, admitted privately that rising fuel prices as a result of Donald Trump’s Iran war were hurting his party before the midterms in the latest leaked audio recording. Asked what issues were “dragging” his campaign at a closed-door fundraising event, Paxton replied, “It’s not tariffs … it’s the war, it’s gas prices, it’s diesel,” according to an audio recording shared with Axios. Continue reading...

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Oct 7, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Paxton: Iran war a drag on Texas Senate campaign

Paxton: Iran war a drag on Texas Senate campaign

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for Senate in the Lone Star State, said in a leaked audio recording that the war in Iran and high prices at home are a drag on his midterm campaign.  “It’s not tariffs. … It’s the war, it’s gas prices, it’s diesel,” Paxton told donors and lobbyists…

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Oct 7, 2026 · byThe Hill
Abbott not joining Trump at San Antonio campaign stop

Abbott not joining Trump at San Antonio campaign stop

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) will not appear alongside President Trump at an upcoming political rally in San Antonio as the Republican incumbent fights for reelection less than a month out from the November election. Trump is traveling to Texas Wednesday to stump for the state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton (R), who is locked in…

Donald TrumpKen PaxtonSan Antonio
Oct 6, 2026 · byThe Hill
Paxton raises $18M in third quarter

Paxton raises $18M in third quarter

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) raised $18 million in the third quarter as he trails Democrat James Talarico in polls on the contentious Texas Senate race.  Paxton’s July-to-September haul is double the $9 million he raised in the second quarter of the year, adding to what’s already the most expensive Senate race of the…

James TalaricoKen PaxtonTexas
Oct 5, 2026 · byThe Hill
Republican Ken Paxton admits forces in DC control his Texas Senate campaign

Republican Ken Paxton admits forces in DC control his Texas Senate campaign

‘I don’t control message or what we’re doing,’ scandal- hit state attorney general reportedly says at private event Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general chosen by Donald Trump to run as the Republican candidate for a Senate seat, admitted in private that his campaign was being controlled by outside forces in Washington DC. Paxton, who is locked in a competitive race with the progressive Democrat James Talarico , told people at a fundraising event in September that he had never felt such little control over his campaign because of outside influence. Continue reading...

Donald TrumpJames TalaricoKen Paxton
Oct 5, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Democrat drops 7-figure ad buy in Texas AG race

Democrat drops 7-figure ad buy in Texas AG race

The Democratic candidate for Texas Attorney General launched a seven-figure television ad buy on Monday amid signs of the party’s momentum in the red Lone Star State.  Nathan Johnson, a Democratic state senator, argues in the ad that “Texas could use a good lawyer” to replace current Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), the scandal-clad prosecutor…

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Oct 5, 2026 · byThe Hill