For a decade, President Donald Trump has made himself his party’s main character — a singular force around whom its rallies, conventions and political identity have revolved.

Republicans were gathering in Dallas on Wednesday afternoon for the first day of a convention engineered by President Trump to consolidate his party’s base and boost his public image ahead of the Nove...

The event is so centered on the president that Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters has informally dubbed it "Trumpapalooza," a nod to the popular Lollapalooza music festival.