A World Series champion looks primed to become a member a Congress from Texas.

With popular Republican Rep. Chip Roy running for state attorney general, Texas' 21st Congressional District is open for a new candidate to take what could be a long and pivotal role within the Republican Party.

'This is a huge victory.'

Generational talent and Maryland native Mark Teixeira on Tuesday took home the Republican bid for the district, which encompasses northwest San Antonio.

According to KTBC, Teixeira was the only candidate to receive more than 9,000 votes, collecting almost 58,000, or 61%, among a large field of GOP hopefuls.

The 45-year-old benefited from a massive endorsement last week, though, when President Trump called Teixeira a "TOTAL WINNER, on and off the field."

"Mark has a great wife, Leigh, and three beautiful children," Trump wrote on Truth Social, before promoting some of the former ballplayer's platform.

"Cut Taxes and Regulations, Promote MADE IN THE U.S.A., Unleash American Energy DOMINANCE, Keep our Border SECURE, [and] Stop Migrant Crime" were just some of the agenda items the president listed.

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This is a huge victory, and I’m truly honored to have such strong support from the people of TX-21. Thank you!

I’m so grateful to everyone who voted, put in the work, donated, and especially prayed for us along the way.

My amazing family has been by my side every step of the… pic.twitter.com/HiQ5yXDavK
— Mark Teixeira (@teixeiramark25) March 4, 2026

"This is a huge victory, and I’m truly honored to have such strong support from the people of TX-21. Thank you!" Teixeira wrote on X after his win.

"My amazing family has been by my side every step of the way. ... We're going to run a strong race and win big in November, then hit the ground running to fight for Texas families."

The Texas district has been run by Republicans since 1979, with only three different representatives over that 47-year span: Tom Loeffler (1979-1987), Lamar Smith (1987-2019), and Roy (2019-2026).

Republicans have historically dominated the vote, too, and while the gap narrowed between 2018 and 2020, Roy increased his margin of victory each time he ran.

After winning by about 3% of the vote in 2018, he expanded that gap to about seven points in 2020. In 2022, he won by more than 25 points (+84,000 votes) and by almost 26 points in 2024 (+110,000 votes).

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Teixeira, a first baseman, entered the major leagues with the Texas Rangers in 2003 and finished with the New York Yankees in 2016. Upon joining the Yankees in 2009, he signed a massive $180 million contract. His tenure with the team was plagued by injuries.

Teixeira was a three-time All-Star, a five-time Gold Glove Award winner, and a World Series champion in 2009.

Rep. Roy is now in a runoff after coming in second place with 32% of the vote in the Republican primary for Texas attorney general. He will go head-to-head against Mayes Middleton — who had 39% of the vote — in May, since neither won a majority.

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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) joined his Democrat colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee in castigating Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday, not only for her past treatment of animals but for her treatment of illegal aliens.

After characterizing the Jan. 6 protesters whom President Donald Trump pardoned as "thugs" and stressing his support for law enforcement, Tillis suggested in his self-described "performance evaluation" that he is "disappointed" with Noem because she is allegedly "running numbers that Stephen Miller wants out of the White House."

'Those are bad decisions made in the heat of the moment, not unlike what happened up in Minneapolis.'

"We just want numbers! We want a thousand a day, 6,000 a day, 9,000 a day, because numbers matter, right? No, they don't matter," added Tillis, who is not running for re-election. "Quality matters, not quantity — quality."

Although the senator did not afford Noem an opportunity to respond at length at any point during his tirade, the secretary later noted on X that "thanks to President Trump's leadership and the dedicated work of DHS personnel, our department has achieved historic results and made communities safer."

Noem indicated:

Nearly 3 million illegal aliens have left the United States. [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] has arrested over 1,500 Known or Suspected Terrorists (KSTs) and more than 7,700 gang members. Fentanyl trafficking at the southern border has dropped by more than half compared to the same period in 2024. Of the more than 450,000 unaccompanied alien children lost under the Biden administration, 145,000 have been located under President Trump.

The DHS indicated in January that there were over 675,000 deportations and an estimated 2.2 million self-deportations in Trump's first year back in office.

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Tillis, adopting a tone he did not previously employ when addressing Noem's predecessor, Alejandro Mayorkas, suggested that the immigration crackdown overseen by the secretary — in which some American citizens have been detained — has been a "disaster" and that the way she has been "going about deporting [migrants] is wrong."

The senator cast doubt on whether the fatal shootings of anti-ICE radicals Alex Pretti and Renee Good were justifiable, then turned his attention to Noem's admissions in her memoir, "No Going Back," specifically her decisions to kill an "untrainable" dog and an unruly goat.

"You decided to kill that dog because you had not invested the appropriate time and training, and then you have the audacity to go into a book and say it’s a leadership lesson about tough choices!" said Tillis.

"At that same lunch hour, you killed a goat, and you killed the goat because you said it was behaving badly."

"My point is those are bad decisions made in the heat of the moment, not unlike what happened up in Minneapolis," said Tillis.

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the United States has killed an Iranian who plotted to kill President Donald Trump.

During a Wednesday Pentagon briefing, Hegseth gave reporters the latest military actions with respect to Operation Epic Fury, just days after the United States first struck Iran alongside Israel on Saturday.

'We are fighting to win.'

"Yesterday, the leader of the unit who attempted to assassinate President Trump has been hunted down and killed," Hegseth said.

"Iran tried to kill President Trump, and President Trump got the last laugh."

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Hegseth also announced that the United States struck and successfully sunk an Iranian warship with a torpedo, emphasizing the operation's successful takedown of the Islamic state's navy.

"An American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters," Hegseth said. "Instead it was sunk by a torpedo. Quiet death. The first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II."

"Like in that war, back when we were still the War Department, we are fighting to win."

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Hegseth reiterated the United States' objectives to debilitate Iran's military capabilities, in particular its nuclear ambitions.

"As I said Monday, the mission is laser focused," Hegseth said. "Obliterate Iran's missiles and drones and facilities that produce them, annihilate its navy and critical security infrastructure, and sever their pathway to nuclear weapons."

"Iran will never possess a nuclear bomb," Hegseth added. "Not on our watch. Not ever."

Hegseth did not elaborate on sensitive details or estimated timelines, but Trump has notably predicted a four- or five-week operation in the Gulf.

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While many people have had their attention turned to the Middle East in the past week, the United States military has continued its mission of protecting the western hemisphere, launching joint operations in another South American country after arresting Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela in early January.

On Tuesday, U.S. forces launched joint operations against designated terrorist organizations in Ecuador, U.S. Southern Command announced in a press release.

'Together, we are taking decisive action to confront narco-terrorists who have long inflicted terror, violence, and corruption on citizens throughout the hemisphere.'

U.S. Southern Command described the operations as a "powerful example of the commitment of partners in Latin America and the Caribbean to combat the scourge of narco-terrorism."

"Together, we are taking decisive action to confront narco-terrorists who have long inflicted terror, violence, and corruption on citizens throughout the hemisphere," the press release added.

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Drugs seized in the joint operation carried out since January of last year. U.S. Embassy of Ecuador

“We commend the men and women of the Ecuadorian armed forces for their unwavering commitment to this fight, demonstrating courage and resolve through continued actions against narco-terrorists in their country," said Marine Gen. Francis L. Donovan, commander of U.S. Southern Command.

The press release included video footage from the operation. The video shows some shots of helicopters lifting off, and some aerial footage shows a group of men gathering around or loading into a helicopter.

The announcement of the operations in Ecuador was nearly contemporaneous with another large drug bust that resulted from the cooperation of U.S., Ecuadorian, and Europol forces, according to the U.S. Embassy of Ecuador.

This joint operation, which had reportedly been carried out since January 2025, reportedly successfully dismantled the transnational drug trafficking organization Hernán Ruilova Barzola, linked to the Los Lobos cartel. Los Lobos emerged as Ecuador's largest drug trafficking organization in recent years following the assassination of the leader of a rival gang in 2020. By June 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned Los Lobos as the country was engulfed in increasing violence, according to a press release at the time.

Authorities successfully apprehended 16 suspects, including a high-value target, and "significant quantities of cocaine and cash."

The embassy lauded the conclusion of the operation as an "important milestone in disrupting the operations and finances of narcoterrorists, directly contributing to the security of the United States."

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