The atypical event underscores the significance of Texas, long a Republican stronghold, in November's midterm elections.

President Donald Trump may try to channel the role of cowboy as he heads to the first-ever off-year Republican convention in Dallas beginning Wednesday.

Republicans will descend on Dallas this week for a two-day convention dreamed up by President Donald Trump to rally his party in this year’s midterm elections

Donald Trump is taking the unusual step of holding a Republican national convention just weeks before the US midterms. The two-day Dallas event aims to energise voters and protect…