Trump's Dallas Convention Opens

President Donald Trump will headline the Republican National Committee’s first midterm convention, a two-night event at Dallas’ American Airlines Center, with Vice President JD Vance keynoting the second night. The RNC schedule runs six hours per night, with each hour focused on a policy theme and speaking slots aimed at candidates in competitive races. Republicans are using the Dallas gathering to launch Trump’s promised 30-day October campaign blitz and boost turnout in races that will decide control of Congress. Some party figures want Trump to emphasize the GOP record rather than make the midterms a referendum on himself.