Trump hails Paxton win

Donald Trump on Wednesday hailed a decisive win for his favoured candidate in a bitter Senate primary runoff in Texas, as scandal-plagued Ken Paxton's victory further cemented the US president's grip on the Republican Party. Paxton's resounding defeat on Tuesday of incumbent Senator John Cornyn underscored Trump's continued power to make or break Republican political careers - even as lawmakers on Capitol Hill begin to rebel over the Iran war, his White House ballroom project and a compensation fund for his allies. Cornyn, a four-term senator and former Republican whip, began the year as the establishment favourite.