RNC Comes to Texas as Trump Stronghold Under Threat

Trump’s Texas convention arrives as GOP fears grow, with Paxton slipping and Democrats sensing a rare chance to flip the state.


https://www.newsweek.com/rnc-comes-texas-trump-stronghold-under-threat-12397561?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Trump’s First Major Midterm Money Move: A $10M Texas Senate Ad Blitz

President Donald Trump's political group is spending $10 million on ads in the Texas Senate race.


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-campaign-spending-texas_n_6a9c867fe4b0d14101ea0952?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Trump envoys and Putin discussed ‘next steps’ for ending Ukraine war, White House says

‘Substantive plans’ will be announced in ‘coming weeks’ as envoys head to Kyiv for talks with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Donald Trump’s envoys “discussed substantive plans for next steps” for ending the war between Ukraine and Russia during their meeting on Saturday in Moscow with Vladimir Putin, the White House said.

Those steps would be announced in “coming weeks”, a White House official said in a statement, and the envoys “look forward to equally productive meetings tomorrow [Sunday] in Ukraine”. Continue reading...


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/05/steve-witkoff-jared-kushner-russia-revive-ukraine-talks?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Trump’s pique with UK could lead to favor to acolyte Milei over Falklands

US president suggests he might support his Argentinian ally’s drive to reclaim sovereignty of disputed islands

Donald Trump has long embraced vengeance. “I am your retribution,” he declared to an admiring audience at the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) as he commenced his march back to the White House.

It is unlikely Argentina, and far-flung holdovers of the former British empire, were on the US president’s mind at the time. Continue reading...


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/04/trump-argentina-falklands-uk?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger