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‘Pretend I’m on the ballot’: Trump opens inaugural Republican midterm convention in Texas
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President Donald Trump said that while Republicans do well when he’s on the ballot, he admitted that it’s hard for a sitting president’s party to keep it’s hold on Congress when it comes to the midterms.
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President Donald Trump is now scheduled to speak on both nights of the Republican Party’s 2026 midterm convention next week, according to a report. The president had been scheduled to deliver a keynote address on Sept.
Four House Democrats are headed to Dallas next week as the Republican National Committee holds a first-of-its-kind midterm convention, House leadership announced on Friday. Reps. Robert Garcia, (D-Calif.), Jason Crow (D-Colo.), Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.
Democrats are gearing up to crash the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas next week, sending their top messengers to highlight the affordability crisis and their own agenda for 2026. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and the Democratic National Committee announced Friday counterprogramming…
According to the Republican National Committee's official program, Trump is expected to speak during the final hour of the convention, from 8 to 9 p.m. CT.
Democrats are seeking to seize on the Republican National Committee's first-of-its-kind midterm convention with plans for counterprogramming around the two-day Dallas bash as the party eyes a Senate flip in the red state.
The 2026 midterm elections are entering the home stretch as candidates across the country shift into the final weeks of the campaign, with control of Congress on the line. Against that backdrop, Republicans are preparing to hold an event that has never been staged by a major political party before: …
President Trump is set to speak on Night 1 of the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) Midterm Convention in Dallas on Sept. 9. “The Greatest RALLY of them all,” Trump wrote in a Friday Truth Social post.
President Trump will head to the GOP’s convention in Dallas next week — an event aimed at galvanizing Republican voters to get out the vote ahead of the midterm elections this November. The president will headline the two-day convention, and Vice President JD Vance is also expected to address attend…
President Trump and his top allies will share the stage with Republican candidates in some of the nation's most competitive races at next week's GOP midterm convention in Dallas, according to a preliminary list of speakers obtained by Axios.
Republican National Committee Midterm Convention is a rare mid-cycle gathering of party leaders and delegates President Trump has called as a way to rally the party faithful ahead of November's contests.
The Republican National Committee announced on Saturday the full list of keynote speakers who will stump for Republican candidates at the midterm elections convention next week. The first-of-its-kind event, to be held in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday and Thursday, will feature President Donald Trump a…
Republicans are preparing for a first-of-its-kind midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 9 and 10, with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance among the featured speakers as the party seeks to mobilize voters ahead of November.
Republican politicians are heading to Texas next week—some of them, anyway. At Donald Trump’s behest, the party is holding a special midterm convention in Dallas to celebrate what the president calls “our Tremendous Victories and Success.
President Trump, who is already slated to speak on the first night of the Republican National Committee's inaugural midterm convention in Dallas, will also close out the event's second night, The Hill's broadcast partner NewsNation confirmed Sunday.
Starting Wednesday and Thursday at the American Airlines Center, Republicans will gather for speeches and candidate showcases as Texas takes the national spotlight in a first-ever midterm convention. After nearly a year of planning and around $40 million in pledged political donations, President Don…
The battle for the soul of the Republican Party and the America First coalition is already under way. The midterm convention in Dallas this week gives anxious voters a chance to see what the party thinks it is fighting for now — and what comes next.
With the Republican midterm convention set to be held at the American Airlines Center from Sept. 9 to Sept. 10, various parts of Downtown Dallas will be closed off this week. RNC causes Dallas closures Dallas will host the first ever Republican Midterm Convention on Sept. 9-10.
The barricades and security measures are already going into place around the American Airlines Center, with the Republican Midterm Convention just days away. President Trump and cabinet members will be among those speaking at the two-day rally.
The political world’s eyes are focused this week on Dallas, where Republicans are turning up the volume at a two-day convention meant to bolster the GOP’s chances in this year’s midterms. The event is being billed as a unifying and electrifying celebration of President Trump’s second term in office …
DALLAS — President Trump’s unprecedented midterm GOP convention might be tough to find on TV — facing stiff primetime competition from the NFL’s opening game and uncertain airtime from major networks. Republicans will gather in Dallas on Wednesday and Thursday for two packed days of fundraising, wor…
Vance will deliver the keynote address on Thursday as the party showcases its present and future stars ahead of midterm elections that will determine control of Congress for the final two years of Trump’s presidency.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans will descend on Dallas this week for a two-day convention dreamed up by President Donald Trump to rally his supporters ahead of this year’s midterm elections. Trump has said he wanted to channel the kind of political extravaganza that each party holds every four years t…
The two-day gathering, informally dubbed “Trumpapalooza,” will put Texas at the center of the political world as it hits the homestretch of its most competitive election cycle in years.
Republican senators and candidates have mixed feelings about President Trump’s midterm election convention, with many hoping that Trump can rev up millions of MAGA voters but worried of being tied to a president with a slumping approval rating.
The two-day midterm political convention in Dallas this week is the party’s last, best chance to put on a show and appeal to donors and corporations ahead of a November election that’s increasingly favoring Democrats.
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