Polls close in Louisiana Republican primary as Trump backs challenger to Sen. Bill Cassidy

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy faced a political reckoning Saturday night as polls closed in Louisiana’s Republican primary, with President Donald Trump supporting a challenger in another attempt to purge his party of people he views as disloyal. Trump endorsed U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow over Cassidy, who voted to convict the [...]