Key Republican Aide Defects to Democrats

Kevin Dietsch / Kevin Dietsch, Getty Images Republican Sen. John Cornyn is facing yet another humiliation after being booted from the race for his own Senate seat. Cornyn’s deputy legislative director, Jacob Smith, has crossed party lines to help Democrat James Talarico win the very Senate seat his old boss is bidding farewell to in Texas, NOTUS first reported. Read more at The Daily Beast.