Daily Dispatch 3/17/26: Trump Has Until 5pm Today To Endorse Corynyn Or Paxton, and More

Progress Texas Podcasts · Mar 17, 2026 · 7m

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:5pm today is the deadline for primary runoff candidates to remove their names from the May ballot, establishing a deadline of for either John Cornyn or Ken Paxton to drop on on the orders of Donald Trump: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/trump-endorsement-texas-senate-runoff-22079256.php...Cornyn attempted to soothe the irritation of Austin TSA workers yesterday with cold hamburgers: https://www.chron.com/news/article/tsa-cornyn-casar-austin-22079843.phpThe water crisis in Corpus Christi appears worse than initially…