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LONE SLOT - The U.S. Senate has confirmed 20 judges to the federal bench in Texas during the Trump administration, and it’s now one step closer to filling the last vacancy in the Lone Star State. As Angela Morris reports, the confirmation of Drew Tipton, a litigation partner at Baker & Hostetler who’s up for a U.S. District Court slot in Corpus Christi, is expected to lack controversy, based on the low attendance of committee members at the Senate Judiciary hearing earlier this week.