National Politics
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Advocates demand Wayne County Airport Authority halt ICE flights out of Willow Run airport
Activists called on airport officials to halt the flights by ICE out of Willow Run Airport near Ypsilanti during the public comment period of the Wayne County Airport Authority board meeting on Wednesday.
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Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says
Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press.
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Mike Rogers made almost $100K advising a company that helped Maduro regime spy on its citizens
Republican US Senate candidate Mike Rogers was a member of an advisory board at Telefonica, a cell phone service provider operating largely in Latin America which admitted in 2022 to collaborating with the Venezuelan government—then led by the now-deposed Nicolas Maduro—to spy on its citizens.
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Slotkin says she’s target of investigation by federal prosecutors
US Sen. Elissa Slotkin says she is the subject of a Justice Department investigation connected to a video in which she and several other Democratic lawmakers urged US military and intelligence personnel to refuse “illegal orders.”
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A Ford worker called out Trump. The president flipped him off. Now, he’s been suspended.
A union-backed auto worker at Ford Motor Co. was caught on video heckling President Donald Trump as a “pedophile protector” when he visited a Dearborn factory on Tuesday ahead of his address to the Detroit Economic Club.
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State lawmakers sound alarm on rising costs as Trump returns to Michigan
Ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to Detroit this week, Michigan lawmakers signed onto a new report warning that his economic agenda is driving up costs for families statewide.
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Brighton vigil honors Renee Good, killed by ICE agent, as protests spread statewide
Dozens of candles illuminated the Mill Pond in Brighton on Sunday evening in honor of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother who was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis during a morning raid on Jan. 7.
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ICE wants to warehouse people in Michigan, according to new report
Industrial warehouses weren’t built for people, but new reporting shows ICE plans to detain immigrants inside them—including at a proposed processing site in Highland Park, Michigan.
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Slotkin follows up on ‘Economic War Plan’ with bill declaring a national housing emergency
US Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) put forth a plan on Thursday to utilize the full force of the federal government to address the nation’s housing crisis.
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Michigan teachers weaving lessons on Jan. 6 uprising into history classes
Michigan history teachers are weaving the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection into lessons to help students understand the importance of a peaceful transfer of power.
