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Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin says her job is to be more than just an ‘activist’ against Trump

Associated Press March 20, 2025

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin said it's no secret Democrats don't have their strategy figured out, but insists the...

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President Donald Trump walks as he tours the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Monday, March 17, 2025.
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Roberts rejects Trump’s call for impeaching judge who ruled against his deportation plans

Associated Press March 18, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an extraordinary display of conflict between the executive and judiciary branches, Supreme Court Chief Justice John...

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In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, prison guards transfer deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Sunday, March 16, 2025.
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Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped

Associated Press March 17, 2025

The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the...

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FILE - Megan Cavanagh, a candidate for the Michigan Supreme Court, speaks during a rally in Detroit, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018.
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Michigan Supreme Court selects new chief justice

Associated Press March 14, 2025

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court announced its justices have selected a new chief justice with the upcoming departure of...

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U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. Jesse Jackson and NAACP President Derick Johnson, from left, march across the Edmund Pettus bridge during the 60th anniversary of the march to ensure that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote, Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Selma, Ala.
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‘Bloody Sunday’ 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the future

Associated Press March 10, 2025

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Charles Mauldin was near the front of a line of voting rights marchers walking in pairs...

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President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025.
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FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made by Trump during his address to Congress

Associated Press March 5, 2025

President Donald Trump's Tuesday night address to a joint session of Congress highlighted several of the initiatives he's started in his first six weeks...

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FILE - Roberta Flack holds the Grammy award for her record, "Killing Me Softly With His Song" as singer Isaac Hayes, right, looks on at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on March 4, 1974.
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Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning singer with an intimate style, dies at 88

Associated Press February 24, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style made her one of the...

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FILE - Michigan Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth T. Clement listens during oral arguments at the Michigan Hall of Justice, Dec. 4, 2024, in Lansing, Mich.
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Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice announces she is stepping down

Associated Press February 24, 2025

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court announced Wednesday that she is stepping down from...

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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump shakes hands with Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a campaign rally at the Desert Diamond Arena, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz.
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Vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sworn in as Trump’s health chief after a close Senate vote

Associated Press February 13, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in Thursday as President Donald Trump’s health secretary after a close Senate vote,...

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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Trump says no right of return for Palestinians in Gaza under his plan for US ‘ownership’

Associated Press February 10, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Palestinians in Gaza would not have a right to return under his plan for U.S....

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The Grammys had a few surprises up their sleeves. Here are some key moments from the show

Associated Press February 3, 2025

All eyes at the Grammy Awards were on whether the most-nominated artist in the history of the telecast would finally...

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First responders are seen at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Arlington, Va.
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Everyone aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter is feared dead

Associated Press January 29, 2025

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — At least 28 bodies were pulled from the icy waters of the Potomac River after an...

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