Thank you President Donald J. Trump for hosting me & my Senate GOP colleagues at the White House for lunch. President Trump & Republicans are united to make America great again despite the Democrats’ partisan games. We’re here working & won’t allow the Democrat shutdown to stop us from delivering for the American people. | John Cornyn

The contentious Republican primary in Texas’ Senate race between Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton now has another entry after Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) announced his bid for the seat. “You have a guy that's been on the ballot for decades. You have the current attorney general that's been on the ballot, as well, statewide, multiple times,” Hunt says. “That is a clear path for a third candidate like myself. And we intend on exploiting that.” | CBS News

A city in South Texas has taken down an anti-border mural after Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to restrict access to $1.6 billion in state road funding. The mural, painted in 2020 in front of the federal courthouse in Laredo, Texas, was privately funded and read “Defund the Wall.” #Texas #GregAbbott #DefundtheWall #border #TxDOT | Brut

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