Why Trump Is Gathering Republicans in Texas, and Iran Targets U.S. Warships

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  Inspired by the memoir Debriefing the President, this political thriller stars Joel Kinnaman as John Nixon,

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  From the New York Times, it's the headlines.

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  I'm Tracy Mumford.

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  Today's Wednesday, September 9th.

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  Here's what we're covering.

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  I'm here in Dallas for the first day of the unusual midterm convention

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  that President Trump has decided to throw for the Republican Party.

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  It's the first time in modern history that there's been something quite like this.

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  My colleague Shane Goldmacher is in Texas, where Republicans are gathering today for the kind of high profile

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  event that normally only happens during the run up to a presidential election.

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  President Trump will be headlining both nights of the GOP midterm convention.

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  Which one person involved in planning it told the Times,

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  is as much about boosting Trump himself as it is about boosting the party.

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  The event is a chance for Republicans to raise money.

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  Attendees, including lawmakers, are being charged $25,000 each.

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