Tracy Mumford

From The New York Times, it's The Headlines.

I'm Tracy Mumford.

Today's Wednesday, May 27th.

Here's what we're covering.

In Texas, Ken Paxton, the state's far-right attorney general with a long history of scandal and controversy, took down longtime Senator John Cornyn.

It was essentially a decisive victory for the MAGA movement over the state's old guard of conservatives.

The runoff election was the most expensive primary in American history, and Paxton pulled out a win despite being outspent on ads by roughly $80 million.

The endorsement of President Trump helped carry him to what is, as of right now, a nearly 30-point win over Cornyn.

And it has proved once again that when Trump backs a candidate, he brings voters with him.

That's been the case in Louisiana, Kentucky, and Indiana, where just in the last few weeks, the president's preferred candidates have all taken down GOP incumbents that Trump turned on.

Now, looking ahead to November, Democrats actually see Paxton's primary victory as an opportunity for them.

Lisa Lair is a national political correspondent for The Times.

She says Democrats are feeling confident about Paxton facing off against their candidate for Senate, James Tallarico.

No Democrat has won statewide office in Texas for decades, but Tallarico's quickly become a national name, gaining a huge amount of momentum, a lot of fundraising, and giving the party what they hope is their best chance in a generation.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Ebola outbreak has now become the third largest on record.

And The Times has learned that the Trump administration is planning to send U.S.

citizens who've been exposed to the virus to Kenya.

It is a starkly different approach than how past administrations have responded to outbreaks.

In those cases, health care workers and other Americans who were exposed to Ebola were brought back to the U.S.

to be treated in specialized medical units.