Thursday, September 10: Van Orden speaks at Trump’s Dallas convention, Gwen Moore tours Kansas ICE facility, Canadian trade war hampers Republican campaigns
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“You deserve high quality, readily available, and actually affordable healthcare. You know who else knows this? Our great president Donald J. Trump. He is fighting to make quality healthcare a reality for everyday Americans.”
– U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, speaking at Trump’s midterm election convention despite voting to cut billions from Medicaid
U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden speaks from the stage at the Republican Party's midterm election convention in Dallas on Sept. 9, 2026. (Screenshot from C-SPAN)
U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden took the stage at President Donald Trump’s midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday, touting his record on healthcare despite voting in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to cut billions from the federal Medicaid budget, Henry Redman reports.
President Donald Trump headlined the first night of the first Republican midterm convention Wednesday, seeking to rally his base ahead of the November elections and dangling a “Trump dividend” to voters if his party retains control of both congressional chambers of “$5,000 to every adult.” Ashley Murray reports.
In a surprise appearance, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) appeared in a video that was played during the GOP convention to tout his work with Republican Sen. Dave McCormick to “defend the steel way of life right here in the Steel Valley.” Shauneen Miranda of our D.C. Bureau reports.
U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore toured an immigrant detention facility in Kansas on Wednesday to visit two Milwaukee women who have been held there since July. At a press conference following her tour, Moore said the women were being treated as human beings, but are depressed, Isiah Holmes reports.
President Trump’s trade war with Canada has put Republican candidates for office across the country in a bind: Choose between defending local industries or the president. Kevin Hardy of Stateline reports.
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