22+ hour, 20+ min ago   (250+ words) Today is Sunday, Sept. 13, the 256th day of 2026. There are 109 days left in the year. On Sept. 13, 1948, Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U.S. Senate; she became the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress. In…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (548+ words) By JOSH KELETY, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and GARY FIELDS The Justice Department sent letters to 29 states and the District of Columbia instructing election officials not to destroy the records. Those are places the Trump administration has sued in a bid…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (532+ words) By MATTHEW LEE and ASTRID SUÁREZ Trump and Rubio in particular have prioritized having the Western Hemisphere take an increasingly tough stance on “narcoterrorism,” with military strikes against alleged drug traffickers. From unilateral U.S. actions against alleged drug boats…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (519+ words) Amnesty programs at 38th District Court in Eastpointe and 39th District Court in Roseville are geared toward helping people who may have forgotten about a ticket or fine and got behind on paying, according to a court official. “Sometimes life happens. People…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (615+ words) Republican Vice President J.D. Vance spent over a third of his nearly 30-minute speech Monday in Sterling Heights attacking Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, including telling Syed “keep my wife’s name out of your mouth” for his recent comments. Vance slammed…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1098+ words) By Ashley Murray, Michigan Advance An excalating trade war with Canada could bite Republicans ahead of the upcoming midterm elections as voters worry about rising prices and industries in states with competitive races could suffer. Maine’s lobster industry dodged what…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (444+ words) By JACK BROOK, Associated Press/Report for America The wife of an active-duty U.S. soldier was deported Monday to her native Honduras, according to her family and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Cristy Maryori Villafranca-Trejo is at least the seventh spouse…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (535+ words) Congresswoman Lisa McClain said Tuesday that President Donald Trump is trying to stop Canada from serving as a bypass conduit for other countries to avoid U.S. tariffs, lower the trade deficit with Canada and create American jobs. McClain made the comments…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1025+ words) By BILL BARROW and PATRICK WHITTLE The dispute flared over the weekend after negotiations broke down, leading Trump to raise tariffs on $20 billion in Canadian imports. Canada plans to announce tariffs of its own on Tuesday, and the spiraling conflict…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1024+ words) A now-retired Marine who was in the White House bunker in the moments following the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York City commended then Vice President Dick Cheney for his calm decision-making and criticized Secretary of Defense…...