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GOP fears Trump's last-minute Texas endorsement could give Dems the upper hand

Moments after President Donald Trump made his pick in the Texas Senate race, the mood among Senate Republicans immediately shifted. Several were already en route to their weekly, closed-door lunch preparing to debate the now-stalled immigration funding package and lay out the road ahead for what was set to be a blistering week in the upper chamber. But Trump’s decision to pick Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over longtime incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, turned even the chattiest of lawmakers stone-faced. And some worry that the choice will jeopardize a seat that has been safely Republic...