Plus: Al Green ousted after 20+ years in Congress, VP Vance's task force exposes $135B in fraud, and Maryland's Glock ban becomes law — all in today's episode.
Cornyn spent over $100 million. Paxton won by 25 points within an hour of polls closing. The watch party that wasn't a watch party. The empty room that told the story before any results came in, per NBC. And the message that just got sent to every establishment Republican who thought money could still buy a Senate seat in Texas.
Plus: A 78-year-old Democrat who served two decades in Congress just got ousted in the Texas runoff he couldn't dodge after the state's redistricting reshuffle. VP JD Vance reveals the staggering totals his White House anti-fraud task force has identified since COVID — and the number isn't $13 billion or $35 billion. Maryland becomes the second state to ban a class of handguns most Americans have never thought twice about owning. A chemical tank explodes at a paper mill in Washington State. And baby boomers find themselves doing something they never planned on doing in retirement.
Six stories for 7 AM. The truth starts now.
