NPR News: 05-27-2026 6AM EDT

Korva Coleman· Host0:00

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will be the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate this fall. He defeated longtime Texas Senator John Cornyn for the GOP nomination. Paxton said he had the strongest of supporters.

Ken Paxton· Soundbite0:16

President Trump is the leader of our party, and his endorsement in this most power— is the most powerful force in politics. [audience cheering] And I'm honored to have his support, and I look forward to working with him in the Senate to deliver for Texas.

Korva Coleman· Host0:30

[audience cheering] Meanwhile, Paxton has successfully pushed back on criminal indictments, allegations by whistleblowers, and he was impeached by the Texas State House on allegations of abusing his office to protect a political donor. The Texas State Senate acquitted him. Paxton will face Democrat James Talarico in the fall's general election. The Justice Department has been purging government websites of information about prosecutions related to the January 6th Capitol riot. NPR's Tom Dreisbach reports the Trump administration deleted information about violent assaults of police on that day.

Tom Dreisbach1:06

Late last week, the Justice Department said it was proud to purge its website of what it called partisan propaganda. In practice, that meant deleting news releases about January 6th prosecutions, including cases where rioters were convicted of carrying guns and assaulting police with pepper spray, tasers, and stolen police batons. It was just the latest move by the Trump administration to rewrite