Experts in the News

A new Washington Post/Survey Monkey poll has Trump losing the Lone Star State to Hillary Clinton by a single percentage point, 46 percent to 45 percent — but at this stage such results should be taken with a grain of salt, said political science fellow Mark Jones. However, he cautions that Trump's unpopularity among Hispanics may be costly to other GOP candidates. http://bit.ly/2ct2Wkf

Mexico Center director Tony Payan said he doesn't know what Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto hoped to gain by meeting with Donald Trump on Wednesday. Peña Nieto did not "take a really strong stand and talk to Mr. Trump directly to his face and tell him exactly why his stances are not acceptable to Mexicans."

Had former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, heeded the advice of his grandfather, his legacy of nearly 40 years as Texas' most prominent contemporary international statesman never would have happened.

Ambassador Edward Djerejian invites Rice students to take advantage of internship and other opportunities at the Baker Institute. Rice Thresher: http://bit.ly/29l5XA7