Cornyn was three votes away from being majority leader He voted against Trump’s impeachment and spent the past year groveling and trying to rename highways with Trump’s name, just for it to end like this

THE BIG ONE: The left has kept Paris. Emmanuel Gregoire has won a 3-way runoff, beating conservative challenger Rachida Dati. Gregoire is from the center-left PS, the party of the retiring incumbent Anne Hidalgo (well known among US urbanists).