US President Donald Trump's Republican Party has taken a step closer to staging a highly unusual party convention to prop him up and sell his message to voters ahead of crucial midterm elections in November. At a meeting in Santa Barbara, California, the Republican National Committee (RNC) voted Friday to amend party bylaws to clear the way for a planned midterm convention, as polling shows support for the 79-year-old president waning. The midterm elections, historically unfavorable to the party in power, is the key political issue of 2026 for Trump and Republicans, who control both chambers of Congress. RNC chair...