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Trump wants to make this midterm year 'special' to avoid losing Republican control of Congress

Republicans at their midterm convention in Dallas know that history is not on their side this election season, but they are counting on President Donald Trump to rally voter enthusiasm. Their House and Senate majorities are at stake this fall. Trump is headlining Thursday’s second night, just as he did the first, when he made the outlandish proposal of…

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution· Sep 10, 11:41 AMTrump wants to make this midterm year 'special' to avoid losing Republican control of CongressAlso ran in Anchorage Daily News, WTOP

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Tom Emmer lays out game plan for GOP to hold the House in November: 'Very close'The road to Republicans defying history and holding onto the House for another two years comes down to a few districts in Arizona, Maine, Washington, and elsewhere, the chamber's No. 3 Republican told The Post ahead of the Republicans' midterm convention in Dallas.

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Josh Shapiro and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speak out on political violenceShapiro said his family has repeatedly faced terroristic threats. "And oftentimes it’s rooted in an attack on me because of how I worship,” the governor noted.

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Mainstream Media Are Running a 'False Narrative' About DemocratsWednesday on FNC's "The Ingraham Angle," Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) argued that the mainstream media were creating obstacles for Republican midterm success because it was running with a "false narrative" about the state of the modern Democrat Party. | Clips

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CNBC Daily Open: The Trump 'Dividend': $5,000 for control of CongressThe promise of a payment, and a claim oil will "come tumbling down" are the key takeaways from President Trump's speech at the Republican's convention.

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The $5,000 Bribe: Trump’s Desperate Gamble and the Road to RuinTrump’s Desperate Gamble I have spent many years exposing the corruption that festers within centralized power structures, but I have never seen a scheme as transparently insulting as the $5,000 check that the current administration wants to mail to every American household, conditional on whether the GOP maintains control of both the House and Senate […]

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Steve Scalise Claims One DSA Radical Running in Pennsylvania Wants to do Something Even WORSE Than Defunding the Police (VIDEO)Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana recently appeared on the Sean Hannity show and spoke about the midterms and the crazy ideas that…

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'SNL' cold open mocks Trump, Mitch McConnell ahead of midtermsIn the latest "SNL" cold open, President Donald Trump prepared to declare victory in the midterm elections, regardless of the actual outcome.

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Telling Voters 'Not to Believe' their Checkbooks Will Not WorkSunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said asking voters "not to believe" their checkbooks will not work in the midterm elections. | Clips

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Midterms to test Trump’s support in working classWASHINGTON -- The midterm elections are a test for the working-class coalition that lifted Trump into the White House and gave majorities to Republicans in the House and Senate. The outcome will be decided in places like Dayton, Ohio, which once sprouted factories but shed about half of its 90,000 factory jobs since 1990 after the North American Free…

Arkansas Online2d agoWhole story →

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The Pro-Data Center Lawmakers Most at Risk in the MidtermsNewsweek identified 16 candidates in tossup races with relatively supportive data-center records as voters raise concerns about costs.

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Trump wants voters focused on Democrats, not grocery billsHello, I'm Tim Reid, a Reuters national political correspondent, covering my 13th midterm election and happy to be writing my inaugural U.S. politics newsletter. This week my colleagues and I followed an unprecedented event: a national Republican Party midterms convention. Most notable about the two-day gathering in Dallas was the subject President…

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Trump low approval gives Democrats edge in Congress racesPennsylvania voters are pessimistic about Donald Trump, creating problems for Republican candidates for Congress, including in the 7th District between Ryan Mackenzie and Bob Brooks.

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