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Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) presides over a subcommittee hearing hearing about the unprecedented number of nationwide judicial injunctions against the Trump Administration in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. The hearing, titled "The Supposedly 'Least Dangerous Branch': District Judges v. Trump," was conducted by the combined subcommittees on The Constitution and The Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Cruz’s office responds to backlash, says he returned from Greece vacation ‘as fast as humanly possible’ after floods hit Texas

Texas Senator Ted Cruz has stated that he traveled back “as fast as humanly possible” from his vacation after facing backlash for being in Greece with his family when devastating floods hit central Texas.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting on February 23, 2024, in National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Ken Paxton Announces U.S. Senate Race Bid, Set To Face Cornyn In GOP Showdown

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate.

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 13: U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-SD) arrives for the Senate Republican leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Senate Republican caucus met to vote on new leadership for the 119th Congress. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

John Thune Elected New Senate Republican Leader, Replacing Mitch McConnell

GOP Senator John Thune of South Dakota has been elected as Senate majority leader, which means he will replace retiring Senator Mitch McConnell, who has held the top Senate GOP position for the last 18 years.