Trump fights for votes in Texas and deadlock in Israeli election: Morning Rundown

Texas’ Senate candidates rally at dueling events just a few miles apart. No clear winner in Israeli election but Netanyahu looks far from defeated. And a new CDC report warns of rising threat of drug-resistant germs.

In reliably red Lubbock, Texas, people waited for hours in lines that stretched for blocks to see Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico. Less than three miles away, a similar scene unfolded for President Donald Trump, as he sought to boost the Republican Senate candidate, state Attorney General Ken Paxton.

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Yesterday’s dueling rallies in the city, which has a population of less than 300,000, underscored the high stakes in a Senate race that could see the Republican Party lose its grip on Texas.

At Talarico’s rally, Democrats panned the economy, high gas prices and closures of rural hospitals. The Senate candidate called Paxton corrupt and sought to tie him to Elon Musk, who has significant business interests in the state.

For Trump and Paxton, the stop in Lubbock was their second of the day, having held an earlier rally in Corpus Christi. At the evening…

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