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Oil price spike from Iran attacks intrudes on GOP’s midterm convention

President Donald Trump accused Iran of trying to influence the elections as he prepared to take the prime-time stage at the party’s two-day rally in Dallas.

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President Donald Trump arrived at a Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday to make his pitch to voters as fighting escalated in the Middle East and oil prices surged anew, putting fresh pressure on his party’s prospects.

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