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Trump remains focus of GOP's midterm campaign as convention wraps

By Liz Landers, Matt Loffman

With November’s midterms closing in, Republicans wrapped an unprecedented two-day convention in Dallas aimed at firing up the party’s base. President Trump and Vice President JD Vance headlined an event that also produced some striking and unexpected moments. Liz Landers…

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Vance? Rubio? DeSantis? Cruz? Republicans at Dallas convention ponder options for post-Trump leader

By Thomas Beaumont, Jill Colvin, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

The vice president's speech solidified his status as a potential frontrunner, and President Donald Trump talked him up afterwards as a “very talented guy” who “did a very good job."…

Live fact check: Night 2 of the Republican Midterm Convention

By PolitiFact staff

Vice President JD Vance will speak Thursday at the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas.

WATCH: 2026 Republican Midterm Convention | Night 2

By Michelle L. Price, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

President Donald Trump and his Vice President JD Vance teamed up Thursday to close out the second and final night of the Republicans’ midterm convention in Dallas, imploring voters to stick together to save their party’s majorities in Congress.

WATCH: Trump calls Iran war 'small potatoes' and 'very intermittent'

By Bryan Gallion

President Donald Trump said Friday that he calls the Iran war a “military conflict” because he thinks it’s “small potatoes” for the United States.

WATCH: Vance holds White House briefing after Leavitt's departure

By Associated Press

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has left the White House and President Donald Trump has yet to name a replacement. So Vice President JD Vance stepped in Thursday to brief the media.

Driscoll offers no reason for his exit as Army secretary but says Wednesday is his last full day

By Ben Finley, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

Dan Driscoll has announced that his last full day as U.S. Army secretary is Wednesday, but his social media post offered no explanation for why he is stepping down after 18 months as the service's civilian leader.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, White House says

By Ben Finley, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

No reason was given for the departure of Driscoll, who is a friend of Vice President JD Vance, but tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been widely reported.

WATCH: Vance says Trump likes to 'switch it up' by posting AI video of Kharg Island bombing

By Associated Press

The vice president spoke to reporters before he flew to Michigan on Monday about the AI video that President Donald Trump posted on social media over the weekend that featured a stylized imaginary attack on Iran’s Kharg Island, which is…

Vance will address Republican Jewish Coalition amid lingering tension over Israel and antisemitism

By Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press

The appearance, which was to be closed to the news media, comes at an extraordinarily sensitive time for Jewish Americans and the U.S. relationship with Israel.