'Frustration' grows as Trump allows 'expensive and nasty' GOP war to get out of hand

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and other Republican officials have expressed growing concern that Donald Trump's refusal to take sides in the Texas Republican primary could cost the party a crucial Senate seat in November.

The seat currently held by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is considered vulnerable, particularly given the possibility of a contentious runoff against scandal-plagued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Thune has privately urged Trump to endorse Cornyn, whom party insiders...