{
  "id": 15499715,
  "title": "With Ken Paxton's race faltering, GOP looks for someone to blame",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/with-ken-paxtons-race-faltering-gop-looks-for-someone-to-blame",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T21:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6155048-ken-paxton-republicans-texas-senate-race-trump/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Texas's Senate race is devolving into a blame game among Republicans weeks out from Election Day as the party's nominee Ken Paxton faces a stream of negative headlines and Democrats grow increasingly confident about flipping the state. Republican tensions spilled into the public on Thursday when President Trump lashed out at incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and...",
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}