“Senate Republicans in Dallas this week for the party’s unusual midterm election convention could use a good show,” Bloomberg reports.

“Democrats see expanding opportunities with voters irate over the rising cost of living, the country mired in an unpopular war with Iran and President Donald Trump’s job approval polling at a low point. While House control has long been considered in play, the Senate increasingly appears up for grabs in an environment rife with parallels to 2006, a wave election that swept Democrats into power amid a backlash to the Iraq War.”

“The stakes will be high for the president when he takes the stage. Democratic victories would leave him open to a barrage of investigations, a potential impeachment trial, struggles to confirm judicial and cabinet nominees and tough negotiations on budgets.”

New York Magazine: 7 reasons Republicans dread Trump’s midterm convention.

“Two months before the midterms, Democrats are devoting vast financial resources to red states like Ohio, Iowa and Texas, daring to hope their party can reclaim the Senate with victories in a series of states President Trump won in 2024,” the New York Times reports.

“New Hampshire would like a word.”

“In recent weeks, a tide of anxiety has risen among Democrats in the Granite State who are concerned that a party with big dreams of expanding its map could let the seat left open by the pending retirement of Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, slip from its grasp.”