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A Texas fugitive who ... worked as a security guard for Rep. Jasmine Crockett was killed in a standoff with a Dallas SWAT team after barricading himself inside a vehicle at a children’s hospital parking garage. ...The source text says the man went by several aliases, including Mike King. He was wanted for impersonating a law enforcement officer.

Jasmine Crockett's pastor, Frederick Haynes III, who announced his bid to take over Crockett's House seat shortly after she announced her now-failed bid for the U.S. Senate, won the Democratic primary for Texas's 30th Congressional District and will likely win in November due to the district being reliably blue. By St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Haynes, who Crockett calls her pastor and mentor, runs Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, where he has been at the helm for around 40 years, according to public reporting. In a sermon the day after Hamas invaded Israel and slaughtered thousands of Israelis on Oct....

🚨 BREAKING: Jasmine Crockett has LOST the Democratic Primary for US Senate in TX, putting an END to her career in Congress Jasmine had to decline reelection for her present seat in the US House in order to run for Senate, so she’ll be OUT after this year. Bye! 👋🏻

Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) isn’t just leading in the Texas Democrat U.S. Senate primary anymore. She’s pulling away, and she’s doing it as early voting is already underway. The latest statewide survey, conducted Feb. 2 through Feb. 16 among likely Democrat primary voters, shows the Dallas congresswoman expanding her edge over state Rep. James Talarico. Early voting began Feb. 17 and runs through Feb. 27 ahead of the March primary, which means this shift is happening while ballots are being cast. “Crockett leads Talarico 56 percent to 44 percent among likely Democratic primary voters statewide.” Twelve points. That is...