Trump Heads Texas GOP Midterm Convention Amid Shifting Campaign Strategies

Republicans are making Muslims a campaign issue in the 2026 US midterms - Reuters

Republicans are making Muslims a campaign issue in the 2026 US midterms  Reuters

What to watch as Republicans gather in Dallas for Trump’s unusual midterm convention - AP News

What to watch as Republicans gather in Dallas for Trump’s unusual midterm convention  AP News

Trump Headlines Texas Midterm Convention to Tap Donors, Rally Voters

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.

By Nancy Cook and Amanda Gordon

America: the gulf, the lake and now the state – what’s next on Trump’s huge renaming spree? | Marina Hyde

Farewell, New Mexico. The war isn’t going well and nowhere on Earth is safe from the US president’s favourite displacement activity Busy times for crayon-wielding US president Donald Trump, Earth’s most tireless freelance cartographer, who at the weekend celebrated the US labouring under the highest diesel prices in its history while his “two-week” Iran war edges into its seventh month with a social media spree in which he pushed renaming New Mexico as New America. In some ways, it was a surp...

By Marina Hyde

Republicans hope unconventional convention will rally voters ahead of midterms

The Republican party is calling it a "Trumpapalooza." The party is throwing an unconventional convention in Dallas this week to try to boost Republican voter enthusiasm.

By Tamara Keith

President Trump's move just before the midterms looks to defy historic trend and more top headlines

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First-ever GOP midterm convention this week could magnify the party’s perils

The political convention is forcing Republican candidates stake a stance on Trump ahead of November

By David Shribman

Anxious Republicans watch from the sidelines as Trump keeps tight grip on cash and spotlight

President Donald Trump is embracing his inner cowboy, seeking to gallop into this week’s Republican convention in Dallas

By Will Weissert

Trump’s weekend of trolling can’t paper over his political problems

The US president is struggling to find an off-ramp to the Iran conflict, staring down the barrel of midterm carnage and seeing his old shtick start to wear thin.

By Michael Koziol

Warning signs abound for Trump’s Republicans as midterm campaign begins final sprint

With the midterm elections just two months away, Trump's unpopularity is imperiling the GOP's chances of maintaining its majorities in Congress.

Republicans are making Muslims a campaign issue in the 2026 US midterms

Over the past year, Muslims have gained more political power than at any point in recent memory

By Reuters