The Republican National Committee is opening the doors to a first-of-its-kind midterm convention next month, giving ordinary voters a chance to score front-row tickets and unprecedented access to an American celebration expected to be the largest political convention since 2016. 
In September, the conservative movement is set to descend on the American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas to rally Republicans as the party faces political headwinds ahead of the crucial November midterm elections. 
The arena, home to the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, can accommodate more than 20,000 attendees, and voters will have a chance to experience the convention firsthand.
The RNC exclusively told The Daily Wire that a<a href="https://gopconvention.com/"> public ticket lottery</a> will launch Saturday, August 15, allowing Americans to request tickets for September 9, September 10, or both days of the convention. The lottery winners will be notified on September 4 and will have 24 hours to claim their tickets.
Attendees will get a front-row seat to the event featuring President Trump, along with access to Victory Plaza, which will offer surprise guests, entertainment, food, and drinks in what one Republican source described as a “true celebratory environment unlike any convention in history.” A handful of the lottery winners will also receive special VIP front-row tickets. 
<a href="https://www.gopdallas2026.com/program">Potential speakers</a> include President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and border czar Tom Homan. The official convention schedule has not yet been released.
The RNC is also giving Dallas-area Republicans a chance to get involved, with organizers seeking 750 volunteers per day. The volunteer application will open Saturday, allowing Americans to sign up and play a role in the convention.
With 80 days to go, Republicans plan to use the historic event to frame the midterm election as a choice between “common sense and crazy,” highlighting what they describe as the Trump administration’s accomplishments, including tax cuts, border security, a crackdown on government fraud, and a historic drop in violent crime.
A Republican source told The Daily Wire that the convention will also spotlight the Democratic Party’s rising socialist tide, focusing on the insurgent movement’s most fringe positions on gender, efforts to cancel Thanksgiving, as well as the growing influence of leftist streamer Hasan Piker, who has said America deserved the September 11 terrorist attacks.
President Trump first floated the idea of a midterm convention last year but recently confirmed the GOP will, for the first time, stage a national convention outside a presidential election cycle.
“BIG NEWS! For the first time ever, the Republican Party will hold a MIDTERM CONVENTION,” Trump<a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116841220861327348"> announced</a> on Truth Social. Calling it a “truly Historic Event,” Trump said Republicans will celebrate what he described as the “Great American Comeback” and the successes of his America First agenda.
The convention, he said, will feature “hardworking Americans, our Great Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Manufacturers, First Responders, and Job Creators,” alongside entertainment and what he promised would be “a RALLY like none other.”
“Dallas will take center stage on September 9th and 10th as we celebrate our Nation, our achievements, and our bright future,” Trump added.

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Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is preparing to install Islamic foot washing stations inside bathrooms in one of its terminals.
Documents registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on July 31 outlined a project that will add foot-washing stations to a men’s and women’s restroom on the concourse level in Terminal D, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/travel/dallas-fort-worth-airport-install-islamic-foot-wash-stations-bathrooms">reported</a>. The work is privately funded and expected to cost around $300,000. Officials project completion by the end of the year.
The airport said it is installing the stations for maintenance and safety, since some travelers at DFW have been washing their feet in bathroom sinks, which leaves floors wet and slippery, causing hazardous conditions. The new low-level basins for foot washing are designed to prevent water from spilling onto the floor.
While anyone could use the stations, they will primarily accommodate Muslim travelers performing Wudu, the ritual ablution required before the five daily prayers. Foot washing is an obligatory part of the Muslim purification rite.
Other major American airports, including Chicago O’Hare, already have some foot washing stations. DFW also already has ablution stations adjacent to its interfaith chapel in Terminal D.
The foot washing stations are going into DFW bathrooms as major Islamic-focused projects in the Dallas area face intense pushback. Last year, Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott announced that the state had halted all construction on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-says-its-halted-construction-of-muslim-centered-epic-city-outside-dallas">EPIC City</a>, a massive planned development outside Dallas intended solely for thousands of Muslims. 
The community was designed so that Islamic principles would shape daily life, education, and commerce. Abbott stated that no construction is taking place and that Texas launched roughly half a dozen investigations into the project, including criminal inquiries. The U.S. Department of Justice also examined the matter.
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) had previously urged the Justice Department to investigate, calling EPIC City a discriminatory religious settlement in which Islamic principles would govern not only daily life and education but also commerce. 
He warned that a planned community reserved for thousands of Muslims could violate the constitutional rights of Jewish and Christian Texans by excluding them from living there and discriminating against them inside the community. He pressed the department to determine whether non-Muslim residents would receive equal protection under the law.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched a parallel investigation into communications between the East Plano Islamic Center, the group behind the project, and officials in the nearby towns of Plano, Richardson, and Wylie. 
Paxton said any local official supporting or communicating with a development under investigation for potential violations of state law needed to have those exchanges reviewed. He pledged to hold accountable anyone found to have broken Texas law.

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A baby with a heart defect at the center of an extraordinary surrogacy dispute was born after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton stepped in to ensure the child received life-saving medical care when his surrogate rejected demands from the biological parents to abort him.
McKenna West, a single mother of two children and an Alaska nurse, decided to become a surrogate after hearing about a friend’s positive experience, believing it would allow her to earn extra income while helping another family have a child, according to <a href="https://www.liveaction.org/news/surrogate-fights-baby-heart-condition-refusing-abortion">Live Action News.</a> In February 2025, she applied to a surrogacy agency, was approved, and was matched with a California couple she initially described as a “perfect match.”
That all changed when, at 20 weeks, Baby Gabriel was <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-paxton-fights-save-unborn-child-diagnosed-treatable-heart-condition-and-demands">diagnosed</a> in utero with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) — a serious but treatable congenital heart condition that typically requires three staged surgeries. 
After learning of the diagnosis, his biological parents, Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed, reportedly demanded that West travel to California to abort the child, according to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/08/12/us-news/surrogate-mckenna-west-who-refuses-to-abort-baby-despite-its-biological-parents-wishes-scores-early-legal-victory/">New York Post.</a> 
“So we were all really upset. It was completely unexpected. Everything had been going great,” West, who became pregnant through IVF, told <a href="https://www.liveaction.org/news/surrogate-fights-baby-heart-condition-refusing-abortion">Live Action News.</a> &#8220;I was full of fear and stress of what they were going to choose. I was feeling pretty confident that they were going to choose termination, and how could I possibly live with myself going through that?&#8221;
West refused and fled to Dallas, where she sought legal protection and access to doctors experienced in treating Gabriel’s condition.
The vast majority of surrogacy contracts include provisions giving the intended parents a say in whether to terminate a pregnancy, <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/02/surrogacy-contract-melissa-cook/463323">The Atlantic</a> reported. <a href="https://surrogate.com/surrogates/surrogacy-contracts/surrogacy-contracts-termination-pregnancy/">Surrogate.com</a> says surrogates cannot be forced to undergo an abortion, but refusing to comply with a contractual agreement could carry “financial and legal consequences.” 
West says having the baby could cost her $200,000 — a price she was willing to pay. 
“This is my body, and I absolutely don&#8217;t want to go through this. Nothing was scarier than questioning my own soul and knowing what would happen to this baby boy,” she told Lila Rose, president and founder of Live Action. “His life doesn&#8217;t have a price tag on it. There&#8217;s nothing that they could try to come after me for that would be worth his life.”
<a href="https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/?tab=1&amp;code=FA&amp;chapter=FA.160&amp;artSec=">Texas law</a> recognizes the woman who carries and gives birth to a child as the “gestational mother,” prompting Paxton’s office to intervene and ask the district court to enter orders directing the child’s care upon birth.
“The intended parents have refused to agree that they will consent to the life-saving surgery upon birth and may attempt to transport the child out of Texas to prevent treatment from being administered,” the attorney general’s office wrote. 
A district court <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/G%20Relief.pdf?utm_content=&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_name=&amp;utm_source=govdelivery&amp;utm_term=">granted</a> Paxton’s petition, ordering that “upon the child’s live birth, medically indicated stabilizing and life-sustaining care shall be provided to the child pending further order of this Court.” No person shall withhold, direct the withholding of, obstruct, or delay that care,” the order stated. 
Paxton’s office also notified UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Medical Center of Dallas of what he described as their legal obligations to provide Gabriel with life-saving care. In a letter to the hospitals, Paxton said physicians have an independent legal duty to treat Gabriel regardless of how the parentage dispute lands in court.
“The court has made the right decision in immediately acting to protect baby Gabriel’s life and ensure he receives the care he deserves,” Paxton said. “Every child in our state deserves to be cared for and protected, and that’s exactly what I’ll fight for.” 
Lawyers for biological parents, who did not commit to providing their child with life-saving care, have not commented publicly on the surrogate’s legal victory. According to <a href="https://www.nyp.org/pediatrics/heart/hypoplastic-left-heart-syndrome-hlhs/treatment">NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital</a>, children diagnosed with HLHS who undergo treatment have roughly a 72% chance of surviving to age 5. Those who reach their first birthday have about a 90% chance of living to age 18. 
Live Action reported Wednesday that Baby Gabriel is “on the path” to receiving the life-saving care he needs, though a temporary restraining <a href="https://x.com/LilaGraceRose/status/2087604817850208749">order</a> is preventing West from seeing the baby. The next phase of the legal battle over custody will likely play out in California court, while a <a href="https://www.givesendgo.com/help-mckenna-fight-for-baby-gabriels-lif?utm_source=sharelink&amp;utm_medium=copy_link&amp;utm_campaign=help-mckenna-fight-for-baby-gabriels-lif">fundraiser</a> for West circulating online has raised tens of thousands of dollars to help cover the costs of saving the baby’s life.
&#8220;God has been so evident about it all in the ways He has connected me with people and surrounded me with people who love Him and love life and are completely willing to stand beside me as I go through this,&#8221; West told Live Action.
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UPDATE: Baby Gabriel is here!
McKenna gave birth after courageously refusing the contracting parents’ demand that she abort him because of his serious but treatable heart condition.
Heartbreakingly, a temporary restraining order issued yesterday prevented McKenna from seeing or… <a href="https://t.co/y41ZvMN3Au">pic.twitter.com/y41ZvMN3Au</a>
— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) <a href="https://x.com/LilaGraceRose/status/2087604817850208749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2026</a></blockquote>
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The suspect accused of shooting a Dallas Independent School District (ISD) police officer with the officer&#8217;s own gun is an illegal immigrant who crossed the border just four years ago, The Daily Wire has learned.
Jose Santiago Pantoja Morales allegedly grabbed Officer Justin Jones&#8217; gun during a struggle last week and shot the 39-year-old officer in the leg before fleeing. Morales was later arrested and charged with aggravated assault of a public servant, while Jones is expected to survive his injuries.
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed to The Daily Wire that Morales is in the country illegally and said the Mexican national told authorities that he last entered the United States by crossing the border near Eagle Pass, Texas, four years ago.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) learned of Morales&#8217; arrest and lodged a detainer with local authorities on Friday, requesting that he be transferred to federal immigration custody following his release from local custody, the spokesperson said.
“The safest way to arrest and remove criminal illegal aliens from our streets is by lodging arrest detainers,&#8221; the DHS spokesperson told The Daily Wire. &#8220;ICE’s detainer requests are lawful and help safely transfer removable criminal aliens into federal custody.&#8221;
The shooting unfolded Thursday morning after Jones stopped to help Morales while the suspect was walking along a freeway.
Jones was flagged down around 10:39 a.m. by a man who identified himself as Morales&#8217; coworker and said Morales was walking down the freeway, according to CBS News. Jones found Morales walking on the freeway&#8217;s center median before driving him to a nearby Walmart.
Once in the store&#8217;s parking lot, Jones noticed Morales digging through his own work bag and pulling out items, CBS News reported. Jones then exited the vehicle and took one of the items from Morales before pulling him out of the back seat and trying to turn him to face the car.
The two engaged in a struggle on the ground, during which Morales allegedly grabbed Jones&#8217; gun and shot him in the leg, according to CBS News.
Morales fled the scene and was arrested roughly a mile away after allegedly trying to run from officers, according to NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. Officers observed blood on his boots and shirt when they located him.
The suspect admitted to grabbing Jones&#8217; gun and shooting him &#8220;so he could get away,&#8221; the outlet reported.
Morales was charged with aggravated assault of a public servant and is being held on a $500,000 bond.
&#8220;ICE will do everything in its power to detain and remove this criminal illegal alien from the Dallas community following the completion of his criminal proceedings,&#8221; the spokesperson said. “Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, criminal illegal aliens like Morales are not welcome in the United States.”

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A Southwest flight from Dallas to Los Angeles took a tragic turn after a 22-year-old man suffered a mysterious medical emergency and died midair.
Rain McMillan Walmsey, 22, was on board Southwest Flight 958 en route to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Friday morning when he fell into medical distress and became unresponsive, local outlet <a href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/southwest-passenger-dies-lax-bound-plane/3927455/">KNBC reported.</a>
Nearby passengers and flight crew scrambled to help, performing CPR and other lifesaving measures as the man suffered a medical emergency midflight. When the plane landed, paramedics rushed aboard, but the young man could not be revived. Firefighters pronounced Walmsey dead at the scene, KNBC reported.
The <a href="https://me.lacounty.gov/case-detail/?caseNumber=2026-12415">Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office</a> identified the victim but has not yet determined a cause of death, pending further investigation. The office listed Walmsey’s place of death as a LAX Southwest plane.
Southwest confirmed that a medical incident involving one of its passengers occurred aboard the flight but declined to provide additional details.
In-flight deaths remain rare, but Friday’s incident is the latest example of a medical emergency or unruly passengers forcing an airline to abandon normal flight operations and respond to a crisis midair.
In June, chaos erupted onboard an American Airlines flight after an unruly passenger reportedly bit a fellow flyer en route to Philadelphia, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/passenger-bite-american-airlines-fight-police-philadelphia-charlotte/">CBS News reported.</a> The combative passenger was &#8220;trying to fight everybody,&#8221; according to air traffic control audio obtained by the outlet. 
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know&#8230; if he&#8217;s hallucinating or whatever, but he just bit a passenger, and he&#8217;s trying to fight everybody,&#8221; a pilot told an air traffic controller, adding, &#8220;What a day, huh.&#8221;
Reports of unruly passenger behavior peaked at a <a href="https://www.faa.gov/unruly">staggering 5,973 incidents</a> in 2021, during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, and have steadily declined every year since.
“Incidents where airline passengers have disrupted flights with threatening or violent behavior are an ongoing problem, and airlines have seen rapid growth in occurrences since 2021,” The FAA said, citing a “zero-tolerance policy on unruly passenger behavior.”

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A Dallas Independent School District (ISD) police officer was critically wounded Thursday after authorities say a man he had just rescued from a dangerous situation on a Dallas-area freeway shot him.
The shooting happened around 11 a.m. local time in the parking lot of a Walmart and Sam&#8217;s Club in Northwest Dallas. 
<a href="https://www.fox4news.com/news/off-duty-dallas-isd-officer-shot">According</a> to Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux, Dallas ISD Officer Justin Jones had been flagged down by a person experiencing an apparent mental health crisis on the LBJ Freeway. Jones helped remove the individual from the highway and drove him to the nearby shopping center parking lot.
&#8220;After he got to this parking lot, he was trying to talk to the person who is now a suspect,&#8221; Comeaux said. &#8220;He was getting out of the car and then we had a shooting that occurred. The officer was shot.&#8221;
Authorities said Jones suffered a gunshot wound to the lower torso or upper leg. Dallas ISD Police Chief Albert Martinez said Jones was rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery.
Martinez said Jones, 39, has served with the Dallas ISD Police Department for 16 years and is assigned to W.T. White High School. 
&#8220;He was helping somebody in crisis, as we expect the officers to serve in the community,&#8221; Martinez said. &#8220;We&#8217;re grateful to all the help that we have received. He&#8217;s in our prayers. We thank Parkland, the amazing surgeons there at the trauma center that do what they do.&#8221;
Martinez also praised another Dallas ISD officer who responded to the scene and applied a tourniquet before paramedics arrived, helping stabilize Jones. Officials said Jones is expected to survive.
A suspect was taken into custody at the scene, though authorities have not yet released the person&#8217;s identity or announced any charges. Police have also not disclosed what led the suspect to open fire after Jones transported him from the freeway.
Investigators cordoned off the shopping center parking lot as officers searched the surrounding area. Images showed numerous police vehicles, crime scene tape surrounding Jones&#8217; patrol vehicle, and evidence markers near the suspect&#8217;s vehicle.
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Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary says the newly released diaries of Dr. Anthony Fauci echo doubts he formed about Fauci&#8217;s motives years before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Makary said in a resurfaced 2024 interview he &#8220;first became suspicious of Dr. Fauci and his motives&#8221; during the 2014 Ebola outbreak, when Fauci insisted on transferring a recovering nurse from Dallas to the National Institutes of Health, arguing the move was motivated by publicity rather than medical necessity. Makary said the transfer needlessly exposed others.
According to Makary, the patient was already receiving appropriate care under standard respiratory precautions, leaving no medical reason for the transfer, which he attributed to a publicity opportunity.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a room for respiratory precautions at every major medical center,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;It&#8217;s not like the respiratory precaution room at the NIH hospital is better than the respiratory precautions room at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.&#8221;
&#8220;And there&#8217;s nothing really to do, just supportive care,&#8221; Makary said. &#8220;They&#8217;re just watching her, so they&#8217;re doing basically nothing. They&#8217;re just letting her recover. And Fauci insists that they fly her up to the Clinical Center in Washington, D.C., from Dallas.&#8221;
As seen in the resurfaced clip from 2014, Fauci proudly announced the move of the Ebola patient during a congressional hearing in Washington, D.C., adding, &#8220;I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll hear about it soon in the press.&#8221;
&#8220;She will be coming to the National Institutes of Health, where we&#8217;ll be supplying her with state-of-the-art care in our high-level containment facilities, exposing countless people in the transport to Ebola,&#8221; Makary said, mocking Fauci&#8217;s actions. &#8220;Then Fauci puts on an astronaut suit along with a photographer and goes into this room where she&#8217;s recovering and they get a photo-op.&#8221;
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Makary said that one of the photos went viral and the NIH subsequently held a press conference with Dr. Fauci. Makary said Fauci boasted about how all this care would be totally free of charge and that they never bill patients. Makary said one reporter memorably noted that the NIH is funded by taxpayers.
&#8220;One person, a reporter in the audience, astutely says, &#8216;Wait a minute, when you say it&#8217;s free, isn&#8217;t it funded by billions of taxpayer dollars?'&#8221; Makary recalled. &#8220;And you know, that kind of threw a monkey wrench into their argument.&#8221;
&#8220;All I can say is there is no clinical indication, there is no medical justification for transport here,&#8221; Makary added.
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As highlighted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-fauci-diaries-reveal-celebrity-obsession-at-height-of-covid-crisis?utm_content=email_blast_creative00278_na&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter&amp;utm_source=iterable">The Daily Wire</a>, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Rand Paul (R-KY) released a trove of previously private Fauci diaries this week ahead of Fauci’s expected testimony this Wednesday. The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/faucis-personal-diary-highlights-shocking-contradiction-on-covid-fatality-rate">diaries</a> appear to show that Fauci privately discussed COVID-19 fatality estimates that differed from his public statements to Congress, while also documenting what critics have described as a man obsessed with media attention and his growing celebrity.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-fauci-diaries-reveal-celebrity-obsession-at-height-of-covid-crisis">New Fauci Diaries Reveal Celebrity Obsession At Height Of COVID Crisis</a>

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President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Republicans will make history this September by holding the party&#8217;s first national convention during a midterm election year, an unprecedented gathering designed to energize voters and showcase the administration&#8217;s accomplishments ahead of November.
The Republican convention will take place September 9-10 in Dallas, marking the first time the GOP has staged a national convention outside of a presidential election cycle.
&#8220;BIG NEWS! For the first time ever, the Republican Party will hold a MIDTERM CONVENTION,&#8221; Trump announced on Truth Social. Calling it a &#8220;truly Historic Event,&#8221; Trump said Republicans will celebrate what he described as the &#8220;Great American Comeback&#8221; and the successes of his America First agenda.
The president said the convention will feature &#8220;hardworking Americans, our Great Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Manufacturers, First Responders, and Job Creators,&#8221; alongside entertainment and what he promised would be &#8220;a RALLY like none other.&#8221;
Although Trump first floated the idea <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115215261916717696">last year</a>, Tuesday&#8217;s announcement confirms that the event is officially moving forward after the Republican National Committee approved<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/scoop-rnc-eyes-america-first-midterm-convention-boost-trump-gop-ahead-critical-elections" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> rule changes</a> earlier this year that allow for a national convention outside the traditional four-year presidential cycle.
The convention comes as Republicans defend a razor-thin House majority and a narrow Senate majority, where even a handful of losses could hand Democrats control of Congress for the remainder of Trump&#8217;s term.
Historically, the president&#8217;s party almost always loses seats during midterm elections, and Republican strategists have <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/18/republicans-trump-campaign-trail-00657271">acknowledged</a> the challenge of motivating voters without Trump&#8217;s name appearing on the ballot. The convention is intended to help counter that trend by putting Trump himself at the center of the campaign and nationalizing congressional races around his administration&#8217;s record.
In his announcement, Trump highlighted a list of administration priorities he said Republicans will celebrate during the convention, including tax relief, border security, lower costs, increased domestic energy production, and what he described as the country&#8217;s &#8220;Golden Age.&#8221;
Holding the event in Texas also places a national spotlight on one of the country&#8217;s most consequential battlegrounds. Texas will feature multiple competitive House races, while Republicans also are defending a closely watched Senate seat between Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and Democrat Texas state Representative James Talarico. The state also remains central to Republican efforts to preserve and expand their congressional majority following this year&#8217;s mid-decade redistricting fight.
While Republicans move forward with the historic gathering, Democrats ultimately abandoned discussions about organizing a similar midterm convention of their own, despite reportedly considering the idea earlier this year.
The timing of the event is also notable. The convention will conclude on Sept. 10, the first anniversary of the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, whose death last year became a defining moment for many conservatives and prompted renewed discussions about political violence in America. Whether that date becomes part of the convention&#8217;s messaging remains to be seen.

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Tesla is rolling out its robotaxis in Dallas and Houston, the electric vehicle maker said on Saturday, marking further expansion of its nascent service in the United States since its Austin, Texas, launch last year.
Tesla&#8217;s official robotaxi account on X announced the launch and posted two videos showing its best-selling Model Y SUVs running in the two cities with no human driver or monitor in the front seats.
It posted two map images outlining service boundaries, but did not disclose further details such as fleet size or pricing.
&#8220;Try Tesla Robotaxi in Dallas &amp; Houston!&#8221; CEO Elon Musk said reposting the X post.
Tesla&#8217;s move comes as the robotaxi business has regained momentum with Alphabet&#8217;s Waymo and Amazon&#8217;s Zoox speeding up expansion.
Expanding the robotaxi service and wider adoption of its full self-driving software, a version of which underpins the technology, is key to Tesla&#8217;s growth strategy as Musk has pivoted the company&#8217;s focus to artificial intelligence and robotics from EVs.
Much of the company&#8217;s $1.3 trillion valuation hinges on that bet.
Tesla first deployed a small group of self-driving taxis in an area of Austin with human safety monitors and other restrictions. The company has since widened the service area and started removing the monitors.
Last year, Tesla also started a ride-hailing service in the San Francisco Bay Area. Musk has promised to expand the robotaxi service rapidly in the U.S., but missed earlier predictions of its robotaxis operating widely in multiple U.S. metro areas by the end of 2025.
(Reporting by Anusha Shah in Bengaluru and Abhirup Roy in San Francisco Editing by Nick Zieminski, Rod Nickel)

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A man shot and killed by Dallas police during a SWAT standoff this week had previously served as a security guard for Rep. Jasmine Crockett, according to multiple law enforcement sources.
Dallas police tracked the suspect, who went by different aliases — but was going by the name Mike King — to a parking garage at Children&#8217;s Medical Center Dallas late Wednesday night, Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux said during a press conference Thursday morning.
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Officers located the man barricaded inside a vehicle in the garage. After deploying tear gas to force him out, police say the suspect emerged and pointed a gun at SWAT officers.
Officers opened fire, killing the suspect at the scene.
Multiple law enforcement sources have confirmed to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/dallas-police-killing-raises-questions-about-congresswoman-security/">CBS News</a> that the suspect had been operating under several aliases and was known publicly as Mike King. He allegedly ran a company called “Off Duty Police Services,” which connected North Texas police officers with off-duty security jobs. The Daily Wire reached out to a company of that name in the Dallas area for comment to confirm the claim, but did not receive a response.
Sources say the man was wanted for allegedly impersonating a law enforcement officer and had claimed to be one while operating the business. <a href="https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/2032621347978068016">Images</a> obtained by reporters show King standing close to Crockett at public events and on the campaign trail during her recent run for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat.
Law enforcement sources also said King oversaw teams of security officers working at several downtown Dallas hotels and events, and that he frequently drove a replica undercover police vehicle. Authorities say the vehicle allegedly used stolen license plates taken from cars outside a military recruiting office.
Federal Election Commission receipts <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?data_type=processed&amp;committee_id=C00795450&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2026&amp;disbursement_description=security">reviewed</a> by The Daily Wire show that a person identified as Mike King received payments from Crockett for “security services” as recently as last year.
Crockett’s office has declined to comment on the situation. The Dallas Police Department has also said it will provide additional information as the investigation continues.
The Texas Democrat, first elected to Congress in 2023, has been a prominent left-wing voice in the House and a frequent critic of Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers.
The incident raises questions about how the suspect, who authorities say had a criminal background and was using multiple aliases, was able to operate a business placing officers in off-duty security work and secure a role providing protection for a sitting member of Congress.

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The FBI is hunting for an illegal immigrant from Honduras who is accused of ramming his truck into multiple Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicles during a traffic stop in Texas last month. 
Jerson Lopez-Sanchez, 28, is charged with three counts of assaulting or resisting federal officers, according to an indictment unsealed on Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Lopez-Sanchez is on the run, and the FBI has <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/additional/jerson-lopez-sanchez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">offered</a> a $15,000 reward for information that leads to his arrest and conviction. 
The incident unfolded on December 1 after ICE agents conducted a registration check of a Chevrolet Silverado carrying five people driving through Dallas. After determining that Lopez-Sanchez was in the country illegally, agents followed the truck and attempted to initiate a traffic stop in nearby Lewisville, Texas. 
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The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FBI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FBI</a> is offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Jerson Lopez-Sanchez, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wanted?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#wanted</a> for allegedly assaulting federal officers in Lewisville, Texas, on December 1, 2025: <a href="https://t.co/NpFHK7ZdoP">https://t.co/NpFHK7ZdoP</a> <a href="https://t.co/MKsZbB1SSW">pic.twitter.com/MKsZbB1SSW</a>
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Three ICE vehicles surrounded the truck and prepared to conduct the stop when Lopez-Sanchez suddenly put his truck, which was loaded with ladders, in reverse and slammed it into a Jeep SUV driven by one of the ICE agents, according to the indictment. 
“The ICE agent in that SUV had one leg out of his vehicle and on the ground when the driver rammed the Jeep and jolted him backwards. This agent had to quickly jump back into his vehicle to avoid serious injury,” the indictment said. 
That action created enough space for Lopez-Sanchez to drive away, and a car chase began in a heavily populated area, the indictment said. As he drove away, Lopez-Sanchez also allegedly drove into a Chrysler van being driven by an ICE agent, injuring the agent’s knees and neck. 
The indictment said he “weaponized his 5,500-plus-pound vehicle and dangerously accelerated into the ICE agents in the Chrysler van, causing significant damage and smoke to rise from the hood, and also causing all front airbags to deploy.”
After a ten-minute pursuit, Lopez-Sanchez parked his truck in a median and fled. Three of the occupants were later arrested, but Lopez-Sanchez evaded law enforcement. 
The FBI wanted poster for Lopez-Sanchez lists him as being 5 &#8216;8&#8217;’ tall and weighing 165 pounds. His occupation was listed as a roofer. 
ICE agents have faced a sharp increase in vehicle attacks, <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/08/radical-rhetoric-sanctuary-politicians-leads-unprecedented-1300-increase-assaults">according</a> to the Department of Homeland Security. From January 21, 2025, to January 7, 2026, there have been 66 “vehicular attacks” targeting ICE, according to DHS. That is up from two the previous year during the same time frame.

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FBI Hunts For Honduran Illegal Immigrant Accused Of Ramming Truck Into ICE Vehicles

Authorities nabbed an armed illegal immigrant after he allegedly placed a $10,000 bounty calling for the deaths of federal immigration agents in Dallas, Texas. Agents continue to face mounting threats all across the nation.
Mexican illegal immigrant Eduardo Aguilar called for “10 dudes in Dallas with determination who aren’t afraid to [two skull emojis],” and offered “10K for each ICE agent&#8221; in an Oct. 9 TikTok post, <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/17/criminal-illegal-alien-who-offered-10000-bounties-murder-ice-agents-arrested-dallas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Department of Homeland Security. The latest threat comes just weeks after a sniper opened fire on an ICE facility in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/two-injured-one-killed-in-shooting-at-dallas-ice-detention-center">Dallas</a>, killing two detainees despite intending to target federal agents.
Bounties have also been placed on federal officers during &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/over-1000-illegal-immigrants-arrested-in-trumps-operation-midway-blitz">Operation Midway Blitz</a>&#8221; in Chicago, with some amounting to $50,000. The Mexican <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mexican-cartels-place-bounties-on-federal-agents-in-chicago?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=11&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Mexican+Cartels+Place+Bounties+On+Federal+Agents+In+Chicago">cartels</a> have been linked to some of the bounty threats and have reportedly placed armed spotters on rooftops in the Windy City.
&#8220;Thanks to the quick work of law enforcement, this illegal alien who was offering $10,000 cash bounties for the murder of ICE law enforcement is in custody and facing federal charges. We are thankful this illegal alien who had a firearm in his possession was arrested before he could kill one of our law enforcement officers,” Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement on Friday.
“Our agents are facing ambushes, terrorist attacks, and death threats, all because they dare to enforce the laws passed by Congress. We will not back down from these threats, and every criminal, terrorist, and illegal alien will face American justice,&#8221; McLaughlin said.
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When he was arrested, Aguilar was carrying a loaded 9mm handgun in his car, according to DHS. It&#8217;s a felony for illegal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/staggering-number-of-americans-apply-to-join-ice?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Staggering+Number+Of+Americans+Apply+To+Join+ICE">immigrants</a> to possess firearms.
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Aguilar crossed the border illegally in 2018 as an unaccompanied minor before he was ordered deported by an immigration judge the next year, DHS said.
While in the U.S., Aguilar racked up a criminal history that includes liquor law violations. He is now charged with transmitting in interstate or foreign commerce a communication containing a threat.

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Armed Illegal Immigrant Arrested After Offering Bounty Of ’10K For Each ICE Agent’ In Dallas

Armed Illegal Immigrant Arrested After Placing $10,000 Bounties On ICE Agents In Dallas

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