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U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s prosecutors failed to get a grand jury indictment against her for her role in a 90-second social media video reminding Armed Services members they should disobey illegal orders.

In a post on Truth Social on Monday, President Donald Trump said Canada has treated the United States unfairly for decades and claimed the Gordie Howe Bridge was built with little U.S. content and that Canada must come to the negotiating table before the project is allowed to open.

President Donald Trump's suggestion in the Oval Office Wednesday that federal officials should step in to administer elections in Detroit drew swift, same-day condemnations from top Democratic leaders in Michigan.

Attorney General Dana Nessel launched a new reporting form to collect information from residents regarding immigration action in Michigan.

The hearing room reached its maximum capacity as the Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee continued testimony on bills aimed at limiting immigration enforcement's abilities in Michigan, like by outlawing masked officers and prohibiting public bodies from releasing personal information without court-issued warrants.

U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) confirmed on Wednesday that she’s been asked to volunteer for an interview with federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C. over her participation in a video reminding military and intelligence communities they can refuse illegal military orders.

A letter purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein to disgraced former Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar was released this week by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

The humble penny is rapidly vanishing from American cash registers, and a new policy brief from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) warns that lawmakers are running out of time to manage the fallout.

Lue Yang – a Hmong refugee and St. Johns married father of six – who was detained and threatened with deportation by federal immigration officials for a 30-year-old expunged home invasion conviction on his record, was released to his family Wednesday afternoon.

Slotkin Accuses Trump Administration Of 'Weaponizing' FBI

U.S. Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) described the United States' health care system as being in a “crisis" that, in the long term, should include affordable insurance programs, which “likely means . . . a reasonable proposal that opens up Medicare for people who want it."

Trump Symbolically Pardon's Michigan's 2020 GOP Electors

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 11/5/2025) Michigan organizations that provide food assistance and early childhood education warn that the ongoing federal government shutdown is cutting off services for children and families, and could force more programs to close if funding is not restored soon.   During a virtual press conference Wednesday, leaders from early education programs and anti-poverty agencies said families are beginning to lose access to meals, childcare and class

Around 1.4 million Michiganders are not getting food stamps until the federal government has the money to pay for the food assistance program, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was alerted Thursday. 

The Wayne County Airport Authority is asking the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to stop airing a video at the security checkpoint in which Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blames the federal shutdown on Democrats. The request comes after the airports at Grand Rapids and Lansing have opted not to play the video.

A top global economist for one of the country’s biggest banks told state legislators earlier this month that he does not expect interest rates to come down anytime soon nor an influx of manufacturing investment in the United States, but supply chains could move to closer, friendlier nations to avoid risks related to China.

At least five Hmong refugees who have purportedly lived legal, productive lives in Michigan for years face deportation and an uncertain future if they're sent to their ancestral home of Laos or Thailand, as federal officials appear to be preparing to do, state lawmakers said Thursday at a Capitol press conference.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer made a return trip to the White House on Tuesday, making the case directly to the President that his emergency tariffs were hurting Michigan's auto industry. She is also asking that Michigan be allowed to continue a Medicaid provider assessment to prevent the system from potentially having to drop patients due to costs.

The resumes for federal employees laid off from their jobs and military veterans would get pushed to the top of the pile for state and local government jobs under legislation House Democrats introduced Tuesday with support from organized labor.

The U.S. Department of Justice this week asked Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to send it numbers on how many non-citizens and felons are voting in Michigan and what the state is doing to scrub out duplicate voter registrations in compliance with federal law.