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President Donald Trump meets with his Cabinet on Wednesday at a precarious moment for talks aimed at ending the war with Iran. Days after insisting that a settlement was “largely negotiated,” he may find closing his war of choice to be unsatisfactory, putting off many critical issues to be resolved later. The Trump-endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton easily defeated four-term Sen. John Cornyn. The scandal-plagued Republican now faces Democratic state Rep. James Talarico in November, with control of the Senate an open question. And the 79-year-old president emerged from another medical exam saying “Everything checked out PERFECTLY,” dismissing concerns about his age and stamina. Read moreThe Latest: Trump will meet with his Cabinet as talks to end war in Iran remain in flux