Andrew Schneider

President Trump is the leader of our party, and his endorsement is the most powerful force in politics.

And I'm honored to have his support, and I look forward to working with him in the Senate to deliver for Texas.

The Fifth Circuit judges ruled 9 to 8 that the Texas law does not violate the First Amendment to the Constitution, either in its prohibition of government-established religion or its protection for the free exercise or non-exercise of religion.

Charles Rocky Rhodes teaches constitutional law at the University of Missouri.

It seems based on the Fifth Circuit's interpretation here, pretty much anything else that the government wants to do to acknowledge religion is going to be acceptable.

The ACLU and other organizations representing the plaintiffs challenging the Texas law say they anticipate asking the Supreme Court to reverse the Fifth Circuit's ruling.

For NPR News, I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston.

If John Cornyn wins the general election this fall, he could become one of the longest-serving senators in Texas history.

But first, he has to get past State Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has led or tied Cornyn in most polls for nearly a year, and fend off attacks from Congressman Wesley Hunt.

Most analysts expect none of the three candidates will win an outright majority in the March 3rd primary.

That would force a runoff between the top two contenders in May.

For NPR News, I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston.

Unfortunately, my opponents are people who frankly just want to join those ranks of performance artists.

who want to come to Washington, D.C., and want to become famous, get the most clicks on social media, and raise money.

But the job entails a whole lot more than that.

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If John Cornyn wins the general election this fall, he could become one of the longest serving senators in Texas history.

But first, he has to get past State Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has led or tied Cornyn in most polls for nearly a year, and fend off attacks from Congressman Wesley Hunt.

Most analysts expect none of the three candidates will win an outright majority in the March 3rd primary.

That would force a runoff between the top two contenders in May.